Marcos Neto de Cordova is an external PhD candidate at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).

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Fields of interest
● Brazilian Literature, Film and Culture;
● Post-coloniality
● Schizoanalysis

Research
In my research master's thesis, I investigated the interplay of masculinities and Loyalism/Unionism in two plays by Northern Irish playwright Christina Reid. This study is available at https://tede.ufsc.br/teses. Currently, in my PhD research, I explore cartographies of desire in artworks from the ongoing aesthetic scene in Brazil (2013 to the present).

Supervisors
Prof. dr. F.W.A. Korsten
Dr. S.L.A. Brandellero
Dr. Y. Horsman

Curriculum Vitae
● 2022 - present
Leiden University - Doctor of Philosophy, PhD - Centre for Arts in Society.
● 2020 - 2021
Leiden University - Master of Arts, ResMA - Literary Studies (research).
● 2019 - 2022
Federal University of de Santa Catarina - Master's degree, MA - Linguistic and
Literary Studies.
● 2015 - 2018
Federal University of de Santa Catarina - Bachelor of Arts, BA - English Language and Literature (teaching oriented).

Scholarships
● Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS), Leiden University, 2020.
● MA Scholarship, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Brazil, 2019.

Prizes & Awards
● Excellent Academic Performance - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2015, 2017, and 2018.

Licenses & Certifications
● Lesbevoegdheid: Eerstegraads - granted by Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap/Teaching qualification: First degree - granted by Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, 2021.
● TOEFL ITP Supervisor - granted by Mastertest, 2017.
● TOEIC Bridge Supervisor - granted by Mastertest, 2017.

Teaching
● English Language and Literature and Process Drama at Andreas College/Pieter Groen HAVO and VWO programmes, Netherlands, 2022 - present.
● English Language Courses at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2016 - 2020.
● English for Academic Purposes courses, such as Oral Production; Academic Interactions; Debates; and Academic Writing; TOEFL iBT: Prep. at the Languages Without Borders programme, Brazil, 2017 - 2019.

Editing
● Associate editor at the Centre for the Arts in Society Blog, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2020 - present. 
● Associate editor at the Linguistic and Literary Studies programme newsletter, UFSC, Brazil, 2019 - 2020.

Conferences, Symposiums, Seminars
● Conference paper: "Lines of Flight and The Necropolitical Gravity: The Black Icarus Fate in the song Ismália by Brazilian Artist Emicida", at the Deleuze and Guattari Studies Conference, Belgrade, Croatia, 2023.
● Seminar: A(Dis)oriented Aesthetics: A Schizoanalysis of Necropolitics in Brazilian Art, Culture and Literature, at the Graduate programme English: Linguistic and Literary Studies, UFSC, Brazil 2022.
● Conference paper: “The Masculine Ideal of Nationalism in Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and The Stars”, at the International Symposium IV Jornada do NEI: Where Irish Literature, Theatre and History Meet, Brazil, 2019.
● Organised together with Souza, M. V. and Ros, J. K. M. the annual Research Festival for Literary and Cultural Studies at the Graduate programme in English: Linguistic and Literary Studies, UFSC, Brazil, 2019.

Activities