Antonio Luciano de Andrade Tosta

Associate Professor de Literatura e Cultura Brasileiras na University of Kansas (EUA). Graduado (licenciatura e bacharelado) em Língua Estrangeira (inglês) pela Universidade Federal da Bahia, possui mestrado em Literatura Comparada pela State University of New York at Buffalo (1999), mestrado em Estudos Portugueses e Brasileiros pela Brown University (2002), mestrado em Literatura Comparada pela Brown University (2002) e doutorado em Literatura Comparada pela Brown University (2006). Tem experiência na área de Letras, com ênfase em Estudos Culturais e Literatura Comparada nas Américas, Europa (Portugal e Espanha) e África Lusófona, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: literatura brasileira dos séculos XIX e XX, cinema brasileiro contemporâneo, literatura e cinema sobre brasileiros nos EUA, representações da cidade, identidade e etnicidade, estudos (trans)nacionais e pós-coloniais. É o autor de "Confluence Narratives: Ethnicity, History, and Nation Making in the Americas" (Bucknell University Press, 2016) e co-editor de "Brazil" (ABC/CLIO, 2015) e "Luso American Literature: Writings by Portuguese Speaking Authors in North America" (Rutgers University Press, 2011).

Prof. Tosta has a Bachelor's degree and a "Licenciatura" in English from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (1993 & 1992), a Master's degree in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1999), a Master's degree in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from Brown University (2002), and a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Brown University (2002 & 2006). He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Kansas (USA). His work focuses on the field of Letras, with an emphasis on Comparative Literature in the Americas, Europe (Portugal and Spain), and Luso-Africa, especially in the following areas: 19th and 20th Century Brazilian literature, contemporary Brazilian cinema, Brazilian-American cultural production (literature, film & music), representations of the city, studies of identity and ethnicity, (trans)national and postcolonial studies. He is the author of "Confluence Narratives: Ethnicity, History, and Nation Making in the Americas" (Bucknell University Press, 2016) and co-editor of "Brazil" (ABC/CLIO, 2015) e "Luso American Literature: Writings by Portuguese Speaking Authors in North America" (Rutgers University Press, 2011).