Julia Boechat Machado

Country: 
Brazil
Year of Enrollment: 
2022

I research History of the Book and History of Reading in the Soviet Union, focusing on Tamizdat Publishers.

I also volunteer at ISHA (International Students of History Association), where I had a number of positions, from Webmaster, to Vice-President and Editor-in-Chief.

I spent part of the 24-25 Academic Year in the United States, doing archival research as a Visiting Fellow in the Universities of Harvard, Michigan and Minnesota. During the 25-26 Academic Year I'll be abroad again as a visiting fellow in the Universities of Lund, in Sweden, and Mainz, in Germany, thanks to a Marietta Blau Fellowship.

Fellowships:

Marietta Blau Fellowship (OEAD, Austria, 2025)
Houghton Mifflin Fellowship in Publishing History (Harvard University, 2024)
Ralph C. and Mary Lynn Heid Research Fellowship (University of Michigan, 2024)
Elmer L. Andersen research scholars program (University of Minnesota, 2024)
UNIBO Azione 2 Grant for International Students (University of Bologna, 2018-2020)
CAPES fellowship for Undergraduate Research Assistants (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2017)
FUNDEP fellowship for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2015)
CNPQ fellowship for Undergraduate Research Assistants (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2013-2014)

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

Qualification

MA in Global Cultures at Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita di Bologna (Italy)
BA in History at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brasil)

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