Daniel Mandur Thomaz is a historian and cultural studies scholar with interests spanning literature, history, the media and popular culture in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, with an emphasis on Brazil.

Daniel joined King’s College London in 2019, after researching and teaching at St. Peter’s College, University of Oxford (2015-2019), and at the University of Leiden, Netherlands (2014-2015). He has presented his research outputs in universities and research institutions in the UK, Europe, Asia and the Americas, as well as publishing analyses of current affairs in the Brazilian media.

He has a DPhil (PhD) in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford, and a BA and an MA in History from the University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Daniel is a Fellow of King's Brazil Institute (School of Global Affairs), a Fellow of the UK's Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Research interests and PhD supervision

• Engaged art, propaganda and interconnections between aesthetics and politics 
• Transnational and Latin American media history in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Transatlantic networks of Latin American and European intellectuals 
• 20th century Brazilian cultural studies 
• Decolonial thinking and methodologies

Dr Mandur Thomaz’s current research focuses on 20th century overt and covert propaganda campaigns in Brazil and Latin America with a focus on the press, broadcasting, films, cartoons and book publications. 

Teaching

Daniel teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules on research methodologies and the cultural histories of Brazil, Latin America and the Portuguese-speaking world. 

Expertise and public engagement 

A selection of interviews, blog posts and reviews about Dr Mandur Thomaz’s research, as well as articles he published in the Brazilian media, can be found at the links below:  

• Restaging the archive: King's students revive forgotten Brazilian radio drama, King's Brazil Institute, 2023
• Brasil no alvo da publicidade estrangeira, Revista Problemas Brasileiros, 2021
• Roteiros de radioteatro revelam lado humorístico de Antônio Callado, Estadão (book review), 2019
• A guerra, Callado e a BBC, Valor Econômico (book review), 2018
• Callado ganha peças radiofônicas e crônicas no seu centenário. Interview for Folha de São Paulo, 2017
• Por que a China aposta na língua portuguesa. Article for BBC News Brasil, 2017

Selected publications

Transatlantic Radio Dramas: Antônio Callado and the BBC Latin American Service During and After WW2

Mandur Thomaz, D., 2023, Pittsburgh, USA: University of Pittsburgh Press. 264 p. (Latinx and Latin American Profiles). Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

Antifascism and Literature in Brazil: The Many Wars of Antônio Callado

Mandur Thomaz, D., 2022, Latin American Literature in Transition 1930–1980. Holmes, A. & Kumaraswami, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., p. 46-64. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Broadcasting to the ‘New World’: Representing Columbus on the BBC's Latin American and West Indian Services (1940-1944)

Mandur Thomaz, D. & Cyzewski, J., 2022, In: The Global South. 15, 2, p. 11-36. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Propaganda and Entertainment in the BBC Latin American Service During WW2: The Case of Antônio Callado and the Brazilian Section

Mandur Thomaz, D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Media History. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Antônio Callado: Roteiros de radioteatro durante e depois da Segunda Grande Guerra (1943 a 1947)

Mandur Thomaz, D., 2018, Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Editora Autêntica. 288 p. Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review