César Braga-Pinto

César Braga-Pinto is the George F. Appel Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, specializing in Brazilian and Lusophone African literature, Comparative Literature, and Gender/Sexuality studies. He has held leadership roles as Chair of the Spanish and Portuguese Department (2017-2022) and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at WCAS (2022-2025). Previously, he taught at Rutgers University and served as a Visiting Professor at Columbia University and Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique).

• PhD in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley

His research focuses on dissident gender and sexuality representations in pre-1950 Brazilian and Lusophone African literature, colonial prophetic discourses, and modernist cultural norms. His recent work analyzes Machado de Assis's racial themes, Mário de Andrade's sexuality, and transnational adaptations of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in Brazil.

Key awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, NEH Summer Institute participation (2005), and an Honorable Mention for Best Article in Humanities from the Latin American Studies Association (2018). He has edited anthologies like O Homem que passou por baixo do arco-íris (2023), which recontextualizes LGBTQ+ narratives in early Brazilian literature.