We are proud to share the publication of "Arab Brazil: Fictions of Ternary Orientalism," authored by Professor Waïl S. Hassan, a distinguished member of the Department of Comparative & World Literature and an affiliate of the Lemann Institu…
The Lemann Center promotes the multidisciplinary study of Brazil by offering fellowships to UIUC and Brazilian students, funding faculty collaboration and research, organizing international conferences, and supporting cultural programming.
Elisa Frühauf Garcia is Professor of History at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), where she received her PhD in History. She has done postdoctoral research at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and at the Spanish National Res…
The Lemann Center Research Grants provide funding opportunities for University of Illinois (U of I) faculty members engaged in research related to Brazil. Grant Amount: We are pleased to announce the 2024 grants, which offer up to two award…
The Lemann Center (LC) Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant is open to all U of I (Champaign-Urbana) graduate students from all departments and colleges who have a paper (about Brazil or researched in Brazil) accepted in a national or i…
Created in memory of Werner Baer, a renowned economist of Brazilian development who taught at the University of Illinois, thanks to gifts from the family of Professor Baer’s sister, Marianne Kilby, and from Jorge Paulo Lemann, the Werner Ba…
Welcome to the Lemann Center Collaborative Research Grants 2026-2027! We invite you to submit your research proposals for collaborative projects between UIUC faculty and faculty members from Brazil's universities and public research institu…
The Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign is proud of combining academic and cultural events that attend the most different tastes. Don't miss the fantastic range of opportunities we offer the wh…
The Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies offers fellowships to matriculated University of Illinois graduate students doing research about Brazil. Depending upon Center funding and the proposed plan of study or research, awards may be made fo…
John Tofik Karam is a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois. His first book on Arab cultural politics in neoliberal Brazil (2007) won awar…
To be eligible for the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies Fellowship for Undergraduate Students 2025-2026, an applicant must be: Award amounts may be up to $2,000 and will be granted to students planning to spend a semester abroad. Funding…
The Lemann Center Research Grants provide funding opportunities for University of Illinois (U of I) faculty members engaged in research related to Brazil. We are pleased to announce the 2026 grants, which offer up to two awards per year, wi…