Academic Experience

• 2021-2024: Doctoral Researcher BMBF Junior Research Group Food for Justice | FU Berlin.
• 2019-2021: Research Assistant BMBF Junior Research Group Food for Justice | FU Berlin.
• 2019: Student Researcher Monitoring Human Rights and Democracy in Brazil | FU Berlin.

Education

• 2018-2021: Master | Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies | Freie Universität Berlin. Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI), Profile Political and Social Sciences (B). Thesis: „Women disputing the Brazilian public sphere: #Elenão vs. #Elesim. A critical feminist discourse analysis of the polarization during the 2018 presidential campaign“.
• 2015-2016: Academic Year Abroad | Letras & Ciências Humanas | Universidade de São Paulo.
• 2014-2017: Bachelor | Translation Studies | Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg. Thesis: “‘Plastische Mammachirurgie‘. Eine Terminologiearbeit zum Sprachenpaar Deutsch-Portugiesisch unter Betrachtung der soziokulturellen Hintergründe der brasilianischen Schönheitschirurgie“

Other Work Experience                                                                                                      

• 2018-2021: Assistant Dep. Literatures and Cultures of Latin America | FU Berlin.
• 2018: Internship in Journalism | Schwäbisches Tagblatt Tübingen.
• 2017-2018: Trainee in PR and Communication | German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce São Paulo (AHK São Paulo).
• 2017: Internship in Translation | Brazilian Editor Vermelho Marinho.
• 2013: Internship as Assistant Director | Studio Theater Stuttgart.
• 2012: Internship as Assistant Stage Designer | Staatsoper Stuttgart.

Editorial Experience                                                                                                            

• Since 2019: Editorial Assistant, Food for Justice Working Paper Serie
• 2017-2018: Editor, Revista Brasil Alemanha (AHK São Paulo)
• 2017-2019: Editorial Assistant, Wochenbericht Brasilien
• 2018: Editorial Assistant, Willkommen in Brasilien

Languages                                                                                                                                 

• German (native speaker)
• Portuguese (advanced - C1/C2)
• English (advanced - C1)
• French (intermediate - B2)
• Spanish (intermediate - B2)

Research Interests

Gender Studies, feminist theories, intersectionality, ecofeminism, social movement studies, environmental studies, food studies, digital food activism, digital media studies, postcolonialism, critical whiteness, social media content analysis, digital ethnography, discourse analysis.

PhD-Project

... coming soon

Presentations given

• Zentgraf, Lea (2021): “Women Disrupting the Brazilian Public Sphere: #elenão vs. #elesim.” Digital Americas Conference, Austria, October 21-29.
• Zentgraf, Lea, Sávio, Karina (2021): “The Brazilian Backlash: Social Movements, Digital and Mass Media, and the Public Sphere.”, Digital Americas Conference, Austria, October 21-29.
• Zentgraf, Lea, Sávio, Karina (2021): “Media and Public Sphere in Dispute: Monitoring human rights and democracy in Brazil”. Panel 1, Poster Session Junior Researchers. Munich: ADLAF, July 2.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2020): “Women disputing the Brazilian public sphere: #Elenão vs. #Elesim. A critical feminist discourse analysis of the polarization during the 2018 presidential campaign“. Colloquium Sociology Institute for Latin American Studies, June 29.
• Zentgraf, Lea, Sávio Karina (2020): Monitoring human rights and democracy in Brazil - Media and Public Sphere”. Poster Session. International Symposium The Conservative Backlash: Brazil in Comparative Perspective, February 17/18.

Research Reports

• Teixeira, Marco Antonio, Motta, Renata, Rennó, Lúcio, Galiza Pereira de Souza, Marcelo, Zentgraf, Lea (forthcoming, 2021): Marcha das Margaridas 2019: alimentação, mobilização social e gênero. Food for Justice Working Paper Series (Nr. 2). Berlin: Food for Justice: Power, Politics, and Food Inequalities in a Bioeconomy.

Articles

• Zentgraf, Lea (forthcoming, planned for 2021/22): "#EleNão #NotHim – a feminist strike". In: FKW Zeitschrift für Geschlechterforschung und visuelle Kultur, special issue: „how :// do we speak #feminism? // new global challenges“, Berlin.
• Suarez, Marcela, Zentgraf, Lea (submitted, planned for 2021/2022): "The vicious circle of violence and resistance: hate speech and feminist protests in Brazil and Mexico". In: CLACSO, special issue.

Publications in Newspapers, Magazines and Websites

• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): „Wettrennen im Rollstuhl“. Schwäbisches Tagblatt, August 23, 2018.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): „Ein Sommertag in der Steinzeit“. Schwäbisches Tagblatt, August 17, 2018.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): “Câmera apoia Prêmio Melhores Empresas para Trabalhadores com Deficiência 2018”. Brasil Alemanha News, March 15.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): “Baden-Württemberg vem para o Brasil para promover oportunidades para startups”. Brasil Alemanha News, March 5.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): “Delegação brasileira visita Didacta em Hannover”. Brasil Alemanha News, February 19.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): “Segurança de Dados: um novo cenário. Datenschutz: neue Gesetzgebung”. Revista Brasil Alemanha, AHK São Paulo, ANO 26, N° 1, p. 44-51.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): „Prêmio Personalidade Brasil-Alemanha. Deutsch-Brasilianische Persönlichkeitsehrung”. Revista Brasil Alemanha, AHK São Paulo, ANO 26, N° 1, p. 54-58.
• Zentgraf, Lea (2018): „Diversidade tem rosto, tem corpo e, principalmente, opinião. Diversität hat ein Gesicht, einen Körper und vor allem eine Meinung“. Revista Brasil Alemanha, AHK São Paulo, ANO 26, N° 1, p. 68-77.