Jimmy Casas Klausen is an Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, where he teaches courses on global inequality, indigenous studies, political resistance, and theories of international politics. He has published work inspired by queer theory in the journals Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, Theory & Event, and Political Theory. He is author of the book Fugitive Rousseau: Slavery, Primitivism, and Political Freedom (Fordham) and co-edited How Not to Be Governed (Lexington Books) with James Martel.