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Bruno R. Véras is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English & Drama at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in Games Studies, Digital Humanities, and African Diaspora Studies. His work bridges historical research with contemporary media practices, focusing on the representation of enslaved Africans, postcolonial memory, and the material culture of the African Diaspora.
- Current affiliations: University of Toronto Mississauga
- Advisory Board member: Slavery North Initiative, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Collaborations with UNESCO, cultural institutions in Canada, Brazil, Nigeria
His research explores intersections of gender, race, and media in video game studies, Coloniality in Media Theory, and creative representations of slave narratives through theatre, dance, and digital platforms. He emphasizes knowledge mobilization and museum repatriation projects.
Recent publications and projects highlight trends in Black diasporic digital humanities, AI-driven memory exhibitions, and multilingual storytelling, with a focus on Brazil, Nigeria, and the Atlantic World. His work often engages with pre-colonial African history and Islamic traditions in the diaspora.
Scientific awards include: Antonieta de Barros Award (2016), Zdenka Volavka Fellowship (2020), YTB Los Turcos Research Support Program (2023).
Véras collaborates with cultural institutions for public history projects, including the Dance Performance 'M. G. Baquaqua' (since 2017) and the Theatre Performance 'Baquaqua' (since 2016). His grants span cultural production, digital scholarship, and arts-based research.
