Nilzimar Hauskrecht Vieira
Education
Ph.D., Portuguese, Indiana University (2023)
MA, Portuguese, Indiana University (2012)
MAT, German, Indiana University (2011)
BA, Tourism and Business, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro (1991)
About Professor Hauskrecht Vieira
Nilzimar Vieira's research focuses on Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese Women’s Literature and Cinema. Her current and future projects contemplate interest in women’s narratives, with secondary emphases in Afro-Latinx literature and cinema and diaspora studies. She is also interested in discussing race in Germany, particularly in literature and cinema.
Nilzimar Vieira has been teaching courses on Afro-diasporic cultures. She taught her Language Across the Curriculum course in the Fall of 2022, “Brazil and Beyond: Resistance through Art, Music and Virtual Activism.” In this course, students examined the importance of Black identity in the modern African diaspora, focusing on Brazil, Portugal, and Germany through pop culture, including music, dance, cinema, and virtual activism.
Publications, Articles, & Presentations
Alvim, Renato and Nilzimar Vieira. “Teaching in Covid-19 Times: Challenges, Promises, and Progress,” (2020). Published by Revista Letras Raras, (Ing. 43-53/Port.45-57).
Vieira, Nilzimar. Review of AmarElo—É Tudo Pra Ontem, by Fred Ouro Preto. Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Cultures, vol. 6 no. 1, 2021, p. 143-146. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.2979/chiricu.6.1.15.
Augusto, F. et al. Anthology Afrofuturism – the Future Is Ours. Translated by Alvim, R. & Vieira, N. Kitembo, 2023.
Awards & Honors
UNC Romance Studies - Diversity and Inclusion Award, 2023
Developed the course PORT316 (Brazilian Performance in Music and Dance Capoeira) with a new title:
Capoeira: Resilience and Resistance through Movement, Martial Arts, Music and Dance, Spring 2024.
College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Indiana University, 2021
MLA (Modern Language Association) Emergency Grant, Indiana University, 2020
Summer Research Fellowship, Indiana University, 2020
CRRES Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity Studies – Research Grant, Indiana University, 2019
University of Graduate School – Grant in Aid of Doctoral Research Award, Indiana University, 2019
CAHI College of Arts & Humanities Institute– Research Travel Grant, Indiana University, 2019
Indiana University, “Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Portuguese Women’s Voices in Literature and Cinema.”
Tinker Fields Research Grant – CLACS: Center for Latin American and Caribbean, Indiana University, 2008
Typical Courses
PORT 408: Brazil and Beyond: Resistance through Art, Music, and Virtual Activism
PORT 402: Accelerated Brazilian Portuguese II
PORT 388: Portuguese, Brazilian, and African Identity in Film
PORT 203: Intermediate Portuguese I
PORT 102: Elementary Portuguese II
PORT 101: Elementary Portuguese I
SPAN 101: Elementary Spanish I