Marilia Corrêa

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
  • HIS 3355 | Modern Latin America

Other Courses Taught

• Undergraduate:
  • HIS 4340 | Repression and Resistance in Latin America During the Cold War
  • HIS 4340 | History of Brazil
  • HIS 5350-01 | Race and Ethnicity in Latin America, 1500-present

Follow Dr. Corrêa on:

Twitter: @mariliacorrea8