Building the Humanities through Brazilian Studies

FAIN: AC-295780-24

San Diego State University Foundation (San Diego, CA 92182-1931)
Erika Robb Larkins (Project Director: May 2023 to present)
Kristal Robin Bivona (Co Project Director: June 2023 to present)

A three-year grant to enhance a Brazilian studies program.

Building the Humanities through Brazilian Studies is a three-year curriculum development and public engagement project housed in the Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University. The project adopts an intersectional approach to the humanistic study of Brazil, foregrounding the cultural production of underrepresented authors, artists, filmmakers, and scholars. Funding will enable us to advance our humanities curriculum by (1) creating core classes; (2) promoting academic engagement that fosters the development of Brazilian studies via scholarly and creative events on campus; (3) disseminating project outcomes to the public through the expansion of the Center for Brazilian Studies award-winning digital humanities platform, the Digital Brazil Project. Overall, the initiative will contribute to our objective to give students an understanding of Brazil as a pluralistic society while strengthening global perspectives in the humanities.