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Elisa Melo Franco Santos

PhD Student

Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Academic discipline: L-LIN/06 Latin American Languages and Literatures

Curriculum vitae

Ph.D. student in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures: Diversity and Inclusion, curriculum EDGES (Gender and Women's Studies) at the University of Bologna (36th cycle). Her research investigates picturebooks in the context of military dictatorships in Argentina (1976-1983) and Brazil (1964-1985) through a queer perspective.

 

Education

2020 Master of Arts in Modern Modern, Post-colonial and Comparative Literatures, curriculum GEMMA: Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy. Final grade 110/110 with honors.

2020 Master of Arts GEMMA in Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Lodz, Poland. Final grade 5/5.

2017 Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design at the School of Design at the University of the State of Minas Gerais (UEMG), Brazil.

2013 Bachelor of Arts in Portuguese Language and Literature, with specialization in Edition Studies, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.

 

Scholarships, honours and awards

2021 Awarded with a travel grant to participate at the 25th Congress of the International Research Society for Children's Literature;

2020 Awarded with a PhD scholarship for the program in Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures: Diversity and Inclusion, curriculum EDGES (Gender and Women's Studies) at the University of Bologna;

2020 First place in the Academic Merit Award for non-EU students from the University of Bologna (academic year 2019/2020);

2018-2020 Awarded with the Erasmus Mundus scholarship, granted by the European Union to attend the two-year master GEMMA at the University of Bologna and the University of Lodz (Poland);

2010-2011 Awarded with a scholarship from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development to work on the project C-ORAL BRASIL, at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

 

Languages

Portuguese mother tongue

English advanced

Italian advanced

Spanish intermediate

Danish basic

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