Rate My Professor Nuno Brito

Nuno Brito is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo. His academic career is rooted in advanced studies in Hispanic and Lusophone literatures. He earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2020, an M.A. in Portuguese from the same institution in 2016, and a B.A. in History with a specialization in Medieval and Renaissance History from the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto, Portugal in 2009. As an alumnus of the Center for Portuguese Studies at UC Santa Barbara, Brito maintains strong ties to Portuguese literary scholarship.

Brito's research specialization lies in Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, with a focus on modern poetry and its poetics. His work delves into themes such as the finite and matter, excess and intensity, attention to the minimal, and interconnections between self, perception, and the world. Key publications include "Irredutível ao canto, superior à poesia: a poética do finito e da matéria em Carlos Drummond de Andrade" (Veredas: Revista da Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas, vol. 42, 2024), which examines the concretization and plasticity of images in Drummond's poetry; "imagens do eu e do mundo em Carlos Drummond de Andrade e Emily Dickinson" (Veredas, vol. 41, 2024); "Com a pedra, com a árvore, com o rio: pensar a atenção e o mínimo nas criações poéticas de Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen e Manuel Bandeira" (Texto Poético, vol. 19, no. 40, 2023), analyzing poems like "Arte Poética III" and "Maçã"; and "As mãos, o coração, o mundo: o excesso e a intensidade na poesia de Carlos Drummond de Andrade" (Limite: Revista de Estudios Portugueses y de la Lusofonía, vol. 16, no. 1, 2022), exploring reflexivity and the "canto esponjoso." Brito has presented at conferences including BRASA XVII and participates in poetic readings at the University at Buffalo, contributing to both scholarly and cultural discourse in the field.