Karla Adriana Martins Bessa

Karla Bessa is researcher at the Gender Studies Center (Núcleo de Estudos de Gênero Pagu) at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Professor in the Postgraduate Programs in Multimeios (Institute of Arts) and in the PhD in Social Sciences (IFCH) at the same institution. Deputy Coordinator of the National Institute for Advanced Studies on Inequalities, Gender, and Sexuality-Based Violence and Insurgencies (INCT Caleidoscópio UNB/CNPq), where she leads the Scientific Outreach Division.She has undertaken postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Michigan (2004), ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon (2008), and the Department of Film Studies at Kings College London (2014), where she also served as a Visiting Researcher (2010/2011, 2023). Previously, she was an Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Postgraduate Program in History at the Federal University of Uberlândia (19942008).She holds a BA in History (1990) from the Federal University of Uberlândia, an MA (1994), and a PhD (2000) in Social History from the State University of Campinas. She served as Editor-in-Chief of História e Perspectivas (20062008) and Cadernos Pagu (20122014). Since 2009, she has coordinated the CinePagu Extension Project and curated the Curta o Gênero International Audiovisual Festival in Fortaleza (20122021).She is a member of the Executive Council of the National Network for Feminist, Transfeminist, Antiracist, Transdisciplinary, and Decolonial Studies (20212024). Her research and supervision focus on feminist studies, equity and diversity in gender and sexuality in arts and sciences, cultural history, audiovisual studies, cinema, imaginaries, and violence. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)