Julia Boechat Machado

Country: 
Brazil
Year of Enrollment: 
2022

I completed my BA in History at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG / Brasil), defending the undergraduate thesis “The Bosnian War in History and Literature: analysing the works of Saša Stanišić and Miljenko Jergović”. I completed my MA in Global Cultures at Università di Bologna (UNIBO / Italy), defending the thesis "Against Ambiguity: The Reception of Yuli Daniel's works before and after his trial", supervised by professors Paolo Capuzzo and Vanessa Voisin. Besides working as a PhD Candidate in Comparative History at Central European University, I also work for the CEU Application Clinic, assisting students by revieweing application materials, and I volunteer as Vice-President and Editor-in Chief at ISHA (International Students of History Association).
In the autumn 2024, I will be abroad as a visiting fellow at Harvard's Houghton Library, the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota.

Affiliations:
ISHA International (International Students of History Association)
SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing)

Qualification

MA in Global Cultures at Unibo (Italy)
BA in History at UFMG (Brasil)

Supervisor