Eduardo Leão

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

• PORT 23424 Building a Nation: Brazilian Culture from Modernism to the Present (Winter 2024)
• SPAN 10300 Beginning Elementary Spanish III (Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)
• SPAN 21955 Latin American Literatures and Cultures: 20th and 21st Centuries (Winter 2023, Autumn 2023)