Current positions

Since 2001                 Chairman of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, UNESCO

Since 1996                 Chairman of the National Library Foundation of Brazil

Since 1976                 Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Since 1974                 Founding Chairman, Organization for Development of Science and Culture

                                     (ORDECC), Colégio do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

Since 1974                 Researcher, National Council for Scientific and Technological

                                   Development (CNPq)

Since 1962                 Director of Revista Tempo Brasileiro cultural magazine

                                   Founding Director, Tempo Brasileiro Publishers