Lucía Sbardella

Lucía’s research explores the intersection between memory, arts, and politics in Latin America, with special focus on 20th and 21th century Argentina and Brazil. She holds a Master’s in Memory: Language and Society from the Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB) with the sponsorship of the GCUB Mobility Program and the Organization of the American States (OAS). Her dissertation, titled Memoria de la resistencia política en las artes visuales durante la dictadura militar brasileña: Claudio Tozzi, Rubens Gerchman y Carlos Zilio (1964-1968), examines the artistic resistance against to censorship during the early years of the Brazilian dictatorship. She analyzes diverse documents and archives, like paintings, correspondence, and media. 

Before joining the department, Lucía earned a B.A. in Law from the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste and she pursued a master’s in Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. During these years, her research focused on visual strategies of political protest in Argentina during the Transitional Justice period, especially in Corrientes province, where she was born. She has worked at her home university in Argentina as an editor assistant, cultural coordinator, and professor of methodology. At Penn, she seeks to focus on the transformative potential of artistic practices to challenge established narratives of memory and reimagine political engagement amid the rise of the far right in Brazil and Argentina over the past decade.