marina dadico amâncio de souza
(ela/ella/she)
department of latin american & latino studies, ucsc
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olá! i am a 3rd-year phd student in the latin american and latino studies program at ucsc, originally from porto alegre, in southern brazil.
my research interests contemplate black geographies, marronage, and black political mobilizations in the américas, with a special focus on women leading quilombola communities in brazil's urban south.
🤓📚🗣️ in my free time, i'm usually obsessing over my duolingo streak.
news
April 23, 2024
i just heard from the conference on latin american history (clah), affiliated with the american historical association (aha): i was awarded the james r. scobie award! 🥳✨ this travel grant will help me conduct an exploratory research trip to visit the public archives in porto alegre, brazil, and determine the feasibility of my dissertation project. 📚🔍🇧🇷
December 6, 2023
my application has been selected by the dolores huerta research center for the américas for a 2023-24 graduate student grant 🥳🤓✨ this award will help fund my trip to the 17th brasa congress to present my paper. ✈️🔍🇧🇷
October 20, 2023
my paper Between Black Roots and Asphalt: Quilombola Political Struggles in Porto Alegre and West Pará was accepted for the 17th brasa congress on april 2024, @ the san diego state university 🥳👩🏾🏫✨
May 16, 2023
the uc multicampus research programs & initiatives (mrpi) “routes of enslavement” awarded my project with research funds! 🔍🇧🇷
April 18, 2023
my project was selected for a brazilian initiation scholarship (bis) sponsored by the brazilian studies association (brasa)! i will be going to pará and porto alegre (brazil) in the summer for fieldwork 🔍🇧🇷
January 25, 2022
🐌 i got into grad school! starting september 2022, i'm going to be a phd student in the latin american & latino studies program at uc santa cruz.