Assistant Instructional Professor in Spanish
eduardol@uchicago.edu
Gates-Blake 222B
Office Hours:
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
PhD, University of Chicago
Eduardo Leão has a degree in Portuguese from the Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brazil, and a Ph.D. in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies from the University of Chicago. In addition to Spanish and Portuguese, he has also taught English as a Foreign Language. His interests include Latin American contemporary literature, science fiction and Amazonian studies.
Selected Publications
- “Suicidal Cows and Fields of Worms: Apocalyptic Agribusiness in Brazil and Argentina." Journal of Lusophone Studies. August 2022.
Recent Courses in RLL
- SPAN 10100 Beginning Elementary Spanish I (Autumn 2024)
- SPAN 10300 Beginning Elementary Spanish III (Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Winter 2025)
- SPAN 20100 Language, History, and Culture I (Winter 2025)
- SPAN 21955 Latin American Literatures and Cultures: 20th and 21st Centuries (Winter 2023, Autumn 2023)
- PORT 23424 Building a Nation: Brazilian Culture from Modernism to the Present (Winter 2024)
Subject Area:
Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies