Katya Wesolowski, Instructional Staff of Thompson Writing Program and Visiting Professor of Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	Cultural Anthropology
Office Phone:	(919) 660-7087
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• CULANTH 221SL.001, CAPOEIRA: PRACTICE AND CULTURE Synopsis

  Crowell 107, W 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 221SL.001, DANCE 235SL.001, ROMST 235SL.001)

• CULANTH 221SL.01L, CAPOEIRA: PRACTICE AND CULTURE Synopsis

  Rubenstein 224, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 221SL.01L, DANCE 235SL.01L, ROMST 235SL.01L)

• CULANTH 320S.01, RITUAL AND MAGIC Synopsis

  Friedl Bdg 204, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as ICS 248S.01, SOCIOL 320S.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	Columbia University	2007
MA	Columbia University, (Anthropology and Education)
BA	Reed College (English)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Wesolowski, K, Capoeira Connections A Memoir in Motion (January, 2023), pp. 304 pages, University of Florida Press, ISBN 1683403207  [abs]
2. Wesolowski, K; Castañeda, QE, Ethnography In-Sight: Diasporic Imaginings, The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 25 no. 3 (September, 2020), pp. 370-373 [doi]
3. Wesolowski, K, Imagining Brazil in Africa: Capoeira's Transatlantic Roots and Routes, The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 25 no. 3 (September, 2020), pp. 453-472 [doi]  [abs]
4. Wesolowski, K, Body Games: Capoeira and Ancestry, The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 22 no. 1 (March, 2017), pp. 198-201, WILEY
5. Wesolowski, K, Jogo de Corpo: Capoeira e Ancestralidade / Body Games: Capoeira and Ancestry, 2013. A film by Richard Pakleppa, Matthias Röhrig Assunção and Mestre Cobra Mansa. 87 min. Color. Distributed by Manganga Produções., The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, vol. 21 no. 3 (2017)