Lior Zisman Zalis

Lior Zisman Zalis is pursuing a doctoral degree in post-colonialism and global citizenship at the Centro de Estudios Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. His research project, “Insurgent Spiritualities and Enchanted Politics,” is supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and aims to investigate the political influence of spiritual entities and religious communities in Codó, Maranhão, Brazil. He holds a master’s degree in comparative studies in literature, art, and thought from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and he participated in the Program for Independent Studies at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), where he conducted research on the colonial memory of fetishism. Zisman is involved in several research projects, including the POLICREDOS working group, NAR/CRIA, and the Laboratory for Political Anthropology. Additionally, they have collaborated with institutions like MACBA, Hangar, and La Escocesa. His research interests span the interdisciplinary fields of cultural studies, anthropology, history, and sociology in the context of Latin America, with a focus on their intersections with religion, memory, politics, post-colonialism, and materiality.

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