Thomaz Amâncio

Thomaz Amâncio is a Teaching Fellow in the Humanities at the University of Chicago, affiliated with the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. He specializes in the written archive of the countryside in Latin America with a focus on Brazil, examining intellectual and cultural history through the intersection of aesthetics and social science.

Education:

• BA, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), 2013
• MA, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), 2017
• PhD, University of Chicago, 2024

Research Interests: Environmental humanities, ecocriticism, rural studies examining the representation of animals, plants, and nature in contemporary environmental contexts, particularly as they relate to Brazilian cultural identity and political organization.