Stephen Bocskay
Email Address: Stephen_bocskay@brown.edu
Office Phone Number: 401-863-3411
Hometown: Harrison, New York
Education Background: B.A. and M.A. Cornell University (Hispanic Literatures); M.A. Brown University (Portuguese and Brazilian Studies).
Research Interests: 20th century Brazilian cultural and racial politics and popular music; critiques of the American empire in Brazilian and Hispanic American poetry (1850-2009); 19th and 20th century Spanish, Hispanic American and Brazilian literature; Catalan studies; cultural studies and critical theory; literary translation and practices. For the academic year 2010-2011, Stephen is a visiting scholar at the PACC/UFRJ (Programa Avançado de Cultura Contemporânea da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro).
Dissertation (in progress): "Voices of samba: music and the Brazilian racial imaginary, 1964-79"
Director: Nelson H. Vieira
Readers: Luiz Valente and Anani Dzidzienyo
Selected Conference Papers:
"João Cabral de Melo Neto e a Estrátegia do Equilíbrio." Salão de Livros do Piauí (SALIPI), Teresina, Piauí, Brazil, June 2-7, 2008.
"Black over White: the Afro-Carioca Sambista in the Samba-enredos of Paulinho da Viola." IX Brazilian Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-29, 2008.
"Depois da Adaptação: José Asunción Silva, Poeta Pré Modernista Brasileiro?" XVIII Congresso da Associação Internacional de Literatura Comparada, Beyond Binarisms: Discontinuities and Displacements in Comparative Literature, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 29-August 4, 2007.
Courses Taught at Brown: POBS 100-200
Personal Interests: Travel, music, surfing, cooking, and meditation
