
Position Title
Graduate Student in Spanish, Associate in Spanish
Position Title
Graduate Student in Spanish, Associate in Spanish
616 Sproul Hall
Bio
PROFILE
Leonardo Silva is a Ph.D. student at UC Davis. His major research interest is History, Literature and the representation of minority groups, focusing on war, race and political matters in 19th-century Latin America.
EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)
- M.A. in Brazilian Literature, University of São Paulo
- B.A. in Portuguese Language and Literatures and B.A. in Linguistics, University of São Paulo
RESEARCH INTEREST(S)
- 19th-century
- 20th-century
- Critical Theory
- Literary Criticism
- Race studies
- War Studies
COURSE(S) TAUGHT
- SPA 1-3
- SPA 23-24
- SPA 150
- SPA 159
- POR 1
- POR 162
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- "O herói negro na poesia da Guerra da Tríplice Aliança: Marcílio Dias em Riachuelo" – Hispania, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Professors for the Future fellowship (2019-2020)
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Tinker Foundation Latin America & Caribbean Field Research Award (2017)
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Provost's Fellowship (2015-2016)
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo