/lit/ - Literature

I've a doctorate in History, specialized in the Bandeiras (portuguese funded incursions into the brazilian hinterlands), also dabbled in some of the anthropological aspects of natives and how it changed with the arrival of europeans. Published some papers, co-written some books and I make a living out of it. However, I rarely post here, primarily because the subject of brazilian history/literature rarely comes up and I am a lurker by nature, even in other boards.
If you got any questions about being a researcher I can try to answer them, but I think much of my experience won't apply to you since things are a bit different in Brazil.