Luso-Brazilian Cultural and Media Studies
Drawing from the expertise of five tenured faculty within the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, dozens of specialists in related fields within the University of Texas at Austin, and one of the world's leading collections of relevant archival resources, a PhD specialization in Luso-Brazilian Cultural and Media studies trains students in a range of areas of vital relevance to global studies and the humanities.
The entering student must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field with demonstrated written and spoken fluency in Portuguese. In addition, all students must demonstrate proficiency in Spanish or another language. This requirement may be fulfilled by exam, previous credit, or additional coursework.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Brazilian film and media studies
- Luso-Afro-Brazilian literary and cultural studies
- Brazilian media and performance studies
- Racialization, blackness, and identities
- Gender and sexuality in the Lusophone world
- Brazilian popular music and sound studies
- Diaspora dynamics, globalization, and migration studies
REGULARLY TAUGHT GRADUATE SEMINARS
- Luso-Afro-Brazilian Migrations
- Brazilian Cultural Theory
- Brazilian Urban Studies
- Race and Servitude in Brazil
- Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian Media and Diasporas
- Cinema and Sound in Brazil and the Americas
CAREERS PURSUED BY GRADUATES
- University teaching and research
- Library science and information technology
- Journalism, the Internet and new media
- International development and management
- International relations and foreign service
- International business and marketing
- Performance and entertainment industries
JOB PLACEMENT FOR OUR RECENT GRADUATES
- Boston University
- Howard University
- University of Oregon
- Roger Williams University
- Middlebury College
LINKS
CORE FACULTY
Brazilian film
Brazilian music
Urban geography and social space
Racial and ethnic studies
Brazilian cultural theories
Luso-Afro-Brazilian literatures and cultures
Domestic servitude and race in Brazil
Theories of Immigration and Imperialism
Trans-Atlantic cultural studies
Latin American and Caribbean studies
Luso-Brazilian & Afro-Diasporic literatures & cultures
Race, gender & sexuality in colonial & postcolonial societies
Media and performance studies
Critical race theory
Brazilian and Spanish American film studies
Transnational American Studies
Popular music and sound studies
Cultural Studies and Critical Pan-Americanism
Naomi Lindstrom
Brazilian and Spanish American Jewish writers
Prophetic and apocalyptic narrative and poetry in Latin America
Gender and feminist theory
Poetics of translation of literary texts
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For administrative matters and logistical inquiries: Graduate Coordinator, Josephine Foster
Concerning academic aspects of the program: Graduate Adviser Dr. Kelly McDonough
