As an interdisciplinary scholar, Daniel da Silva explores queer expressions and subjectivities through performance in Luso-Afro-Brazilian cultures. To sustain that research, he develops and participates in deliberate acts of field-building to support a community of artists, audiences, and scholars with shared interests.
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Research Seminars
2023-2024, “Voice,” Directed by Andrew Parker and Maurice Wallace, Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
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Research Programs
Founder & Director of the Cátedra Três Marias for the Study of Portuguese and Luso-Afro-Brazilian Cultures, in partnership with the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) and the Camões Institute, at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
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Research Groups
Co-Director of Queer Aqui International Working Group, with Jack Halberstam and Macarena Gómez-Barris, Center for the Study of Social Difference, Columbia University
Co-Founder of the Lusophone Music International Research Group
Director of the Brazil Working Group, Center for Latin American Studies, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Member of the Queer Studies Reading Group, with Jack Halberstam and Gaytri Gopinath, New York University
Co-Director of the Thinking Through Performance Working Group, with Nancy Rao and Amanda Eubanks, Center for Cultural Analysis, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, in development
Daniel da Silva, Ph.D. 