Tatiana Heise

Dr. Tatiana Heise serves as Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Glasgow's School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Her research focuses on Latin American culture with special emphasis on Brazil and the Southern Cone, examining cinema's role in reconstructing collective memories of traumatic socio-political events through her Leverhulme Trust-funded project 'Memories of the Dictatorship'.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD from the University of Leeds
• MA in Sociology of Contemporary Culture from the University of York
• MPhil in Sciences of Communication from the University of São Paulo

Dr. Heise's research centers on Latin American Culture and Society, Memory Studies, Film Studies, and Ecocriticism, with significant contributions to political cinema, documentary activism, and sociology of cinema. Her work explores how film processes historical trauma and constructs national identities across Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent thematic focus on post-dictatorship memory, gendered political violence, and national identity construction in Southern Cone cinema. Her 2024 monograph synthesizes transnational memory frameworks while earlier works establish foundational connections between Brazilian road movies, music documentaries, and sociopolitical commentary.

Her scholarly recognition includes:

• Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2017-2018) for 'Memories of the Dictatorship'
• Carnegie Trust Grant (2016) for Brazilian postdictatorship cinema research
• CAPES Scholarship (2003-2004) from the Brazilian government

As an academic supervisor, Dr. Heise currently guides PhD candidates Boudiaf, Hamid (Kabyle language preservation) and Campello Gramelius, Misha (feminine writing in Clarice Lispector's works), with prior supervision spanning cultural identities, Argentine cinema, political film, and Ecocriticism. She has secured major research funding from UK and Brazilian institutions while collaborating with cultural organizations including Havana-Glasgow Festival and IberoDocs.

She leads the 'Memories of the Dictatorship' research team examining cinematic memory reconstruction across the Southern Cone, while maintaining active partnerships with Scottish cultural festivals that showcase Latin American film and arts.