Christian Fischgold
Professor of Comparative Literature (Brazil - Africa) and Literary Theory. Currently, MSCA École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). Lecturer of Languages, Literature and Audiovisual Communication at Universidade Internacional do Cuanza (Angola 2022-23). Dr Fischgold was a GCRF Visiting Researcher at the University of Manchester School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures (2020-21 UK), with research on the works by Kuikuros (Xingu) filmmakers. Post-doctorate in Theory and Literary History at the Institute of Language Studies (Unicamp 2019), with research on anthropophagy and neo-animism. PhD in Comparative Literature (UERJ 2018) regarding representations of the Makunaimã and Nambalista myths. Master's degree on the work by Angolan writer and anthropologist Ruy Duarte de Carvalho (UERJ 2014), as well as research on representations of backwoods in Brazilian Literature and contemporary cinema (UNESA 2011).
Dr. Fischgold researches the relationships between literature, anthropology, and cinema, with emphasis on interdisciplinary relationships between aesthetics and politics and on contemporary identity re-configurations. He has also developed projects in the experimental film area, such as the short movie Barrão (2013), made in partnership with the artist André Renaud, and collaborated in collective volumes and published articles in national and international journals.
Member of the group Áfricas: Society, Politics, and Culture, coordinated by Professor Silvio de Almeida Carvalho Filho (UFRJ) and Professor Washington Santos Nascimento (UERJ).
Member of the group KALIBAN - Postcolonial Studies and World Literature, coordinated by Professors Alfredo Cesar Barbosa de Melo (Unicamp) and Professor Elena Brugioni (Unicamp).
Editorial Board member of the journal Lugar Comum Review - UFRJ (ISSN 1415-8604).
Dr. Fischgold researches the relationships between literature, anthropology, and cinema, with emphasis on interdisciplinary relationships between aesthetics and politics and on contemporary identity re-configurations. He has also developed projects in the experimental film area, such as the short movie Barrão (2013), made in partnership with the artist André Renaud, and collaborated in collective volumes and published articles in national and international journals.
Member of the group Áfricas: Society, Politics, and Culture, coordinated by Professor Silvio de Almeida Carvalho Filho (UFRJ) and Professor Washington Santos Nascimento (UERJ).
Member of the group KALIBAN - Postcolonial Studies and World Literature, coordinated by Professors Alfredo Cesar Barbosa de Melo (Unicamp) and Professor Elena Brugioni (Unicamp).
Editorial Board member of the journal Lugar Comum Review - UFRJ (ISSN 1415-8604).
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Curated by Takumã Kuikuro and Christian Fischgold, the Festival is the result of research carried out at the University of Manchester, supervised by prof. Lucia Sá.
Among other materials, the Festival catalog features an introduction by the curators entitled "KAHEHIJÜ ÜGÜHÜTU: A counter-colonial way of representing Indigenous issues".
Abstract: In this interview with Bernardo Carvalho, we discuss some recurring issues in his literature, such as the relationship with the other and its representation, the possibilities of literary language and cultural conflicts.
Curated by Takumã Kuikuro and Christian Fischgold, the Festival is the result of research carried out at the University of Manchester, supervised by prof. Lucia Sá.
Among other materials, the Festival catalog features an introduction by the curators entitled "KAHEHIJÜ ÜGÜHÜTU: A counter-colonial way of representing Indigenous issues".
Abstract: In this interview with Bernardo Carvalho, we discuss some recurring issues in his literature, such as the relationship with the other and its representation, the possibilities of literary language and cultural conflicts.
Esta publicação é financiada por fundos nacionais através da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito do projeto UID/ELT/0509/2019 (Centro de Estudos Comparatistas).