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Graduate Student, History
College of Arts and Sciences
Thesis Title: Inside Out: Region, Nation and Globalization in the Brazilian Northeast, 1926-1971
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Marshall C. Eakin
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About
I am a PhD candidate in Latin American History, with a focus on Modern Brazil at Vanderbilt University. My dissertation focuses on regional identity in the Brazilian Northeast, specifically on the intersections of region, nation and globalization. I also work with Dr. Jane Landers on the Ecclesiastical and Secular Sources in Slave Societies project.
Before coming to Vanderbilt, I was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Paraguayan Chaco and completed my Master's degree in Education at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco in Brazil. For my master's thesis, I studied the concept of Linguistic Imperialism and the history of the teaching of English in the city of Recife. In addition, I have two B.A.s in French and in Spanish/International Studies from the University of Michigan-Flint.
I was recently awarded the new IIE Graduate Fellowship (funded by the Mellon Foundation, replacing the Fulbright Hays Dissertation Fellowship), allowing me to spend 2012 conducting dissertation research in Brazil. I am carrying out research in Recife, Campina Grande, João Pessoa, Natal, Fortaleza, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
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