Dr Felipe Botelho Correa is a cultural studies scholar with a focus on Brazil, Latin America, and the Atlantic World more broadly.

His current research explores the global history of anti-racism, focusing on how centuries of racialisation and racism have been challenged since the late 19th century.

He is the founding director of the pioneering online MA in Global Cultures (MAGC), a flagship programme of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. This programme bridges theory and practice, allowing professionals and students worldwide to explore topics such as race, gender, cultural identity, and migration, while addressing real-world practices like Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, and Global Communication.

He is the author and editor of several influential books, including Lima Barreto: Sátiras e Outras Subversões (Penguin-Companhia das Letras), which was selected as one of the 10 best books published in Brazil in 2016 by O Globo and the São Paulo Association of Art Critics.

His expertise in cultural history and anti-racism has made him a regular contributor to prominent publications like Revista Piauí and a speaker at global forums, including the Paraty International Literary Festival (Flip) and the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL). He has held visiting fellowships at Princeton University and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and has presented his work at universities across the US, Brazil, and Mozambique.

He served as the Chief Editor of Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies (2018–2023) and is an affiliate of the King’s Brazil Institute and the King's Global Cultures Institute.

He holds a DPhil in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford (Wolfson College), where he studied as a recipient of the Clarendon Scholarship, the Wolfson Award, and the Magellan Award. He also holds an MPhil and BA in Communication and Media Studies from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He joined King’s College London in 2013.

Research interests and PhD supervision

Dr Correa has supervised numerous PhD theses at King’s College London, as well as hosted visiting PhD students from overseas (Harvard University and Fundação Getúlio Vargas). His supervision covers a diverse range of topics, including literature, music, and print culture from the South Atlantic World, with a specialized focus on Brazil and Latin America.

He welcomes applications from prospective doctoral students interested in pursuing research related to:

• Afro-Brazilian and/or Afro-Latin-American cultures
• Global history of anti-racism
• Brazilian Cultural Studies
• Periodical print culture and its global history

Some examples of past and current supervisions:

• Women transforming gendered equality, leadership, and resistance in global capoeira.
• Voices from the Past: A Linguistic and Literary Investigation into the Bantu Ancestry and Oral Tradition through the Short Fictional Works of José Luandino Vieira, Arnaldo Santos and Ana Paula Tavares
• Photography, Identity and Feminism in Estampa (1928-38): Mainstreaming the 'mujer moderna'
• Lyricism in the Brazilian Novel
• Intertextual Appropriations of Eça Queirós in Contemporary Fiction
• The status of Brazil from the perspective of great powers
• Interventions to Sites of Colonial Memory: Countering a Celebratory Narrative of Imperialism Within Portugal’s Urban Public Spaces (2017-2020)

Teaching

From race to music to literature to visual culture to cultural history, Felipe has taught a wide range of Arts & Humanities modules at postgraduate and undergraduate programmes that reflect his interdisciplinary expertise.

Expertise and public engagement

Felipe’s research examines how ideas about race, culture, and identity circulate across the Atlantic World, linking the histories of Latin America, Africa, and Europe. His work explores the global dimensions of anti-racism, migration, and cultural exchange, with a focus on how scholarship can inform contemporary social and cultural debates.

He is particularly interested in developing ways to make research accessible and relevant beyond the university. As founding director of the online MA in Global Cultures, Felipe has created innovative approaches that connect critical theory with applied topics such as diversity & inclusion; communication; and leadership.

His essays and interviews have appeared in various media outlets, and he often collaborates with Revista Piauí.

Felipe welcomes partnerships with cultural institutions, media, and educational organisations on projects that translate academic research on topics such as anti-racism, diversity and inclusion, cultural history, and intercultural communication into public and professional contexts.

Selected publications

• Anti-racismos: uma breve história global (forthcoming).
• Magazines and Modernity in Brazil: Transnational Networks and Cross-Cultural Exchanges (co-edited with Monica Velloso and Valeria Guimaraes). London: Anthem Press, 2020.
• Cronicas da Bruzundanga: a literatura militante de Lima Barreto. Sao Paulo: e-galaxia, 2017.
• Satiras e outras subversoes: textos ineditos de Lima Barreto. Sao Paulo: Penguin-Companhia das Letras, 2016.