Luiz (“Luca”) Prazeres
Email Address: Luiz_Prazeres@Brown.edu
Office Phone Number: 401-863-3411
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Education Background: B.A. San Diego State University (Major: Classics and Minor: Comparative Literature)
Research Interests: Teaching Portuguese through the performing arts, Brazilian fiction and theater from the 1960 and 1970s, Tropicalism and Brazilian counterculture, Contemporary poetry, performance, Teatro Experimental do Negro, Fernando Pessoa.
Selected Conferences and Workshops:
“Performance and Second Language Acquisition.” AATSP, Salamanca, Spain, June 28-July 2, 2006.
“Second Language Acquisition.” Language Professors Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI, April 13, 2007.
“EPA!!! Educação pela Arte.” PUC Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 27, 2007.
"Performance, Oralidade e Comunidade na Poesia de Chacal." IX Brazilian Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-29, 2008
Courses Taught at Brown: POBS 100-200, POBS 110, POBS 400, POBS 1800