Marilia Corrêa
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Specialization
Modern Latin America, Dictatorship and Democratization in Brazil, Global, Class, Race, & Gender History
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois
M.A., University of Illinois
B.A., Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP-Brazil)
Academic Interests & Research Narratives
I am a historian of Modern Latin America, with an emphasis on Cold War politics. I am currently working on a book manuscript examining the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985) and its persecution of military officers and soldiers labeled as subversives. I study how military regimes regulate and restructure sectors not traditionally associated with political or social dissent and explore how the traumas the dictatorship inflicted onto expelled servicemen altered their sense of belonging in ways that transcended the era of dictatorship itself.
Selected Publications
"Amnesty and the Limits of Transitional Justice in Brazil: The Case of Expelled Low-Ranking Soldiers, 1964-2014," American Journal of Legal History, vol. 62, issue 2 (June 2022): 182-205. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajlh/njac005.
"Military Resistance to the Brazilian Coup: The Fight of Officers and Soldiers Against Authoritarian Rule, 1964-67," The Americas 77, no. 2 (April 2020): 275-300. doi:10.1017/tam.2019.112
Regular Course Offerings
- Undergraduate:
- HIS 1300 | US in Global Perspective - The US Empire in Latin America
Other Courses Taught
- Undergraduate:
- HIS 4340 | Repression and Resistance in Latin America During the Cold War
- HIS 3355 | Modern Latin America
Work with Students
Open to helping undergraduate students interested in Latin American history.
Follow Dr. Corrêa on:
Twitter: @mariliacorrea8