Research Group: American Studies (RG 3)
Professional Title: Guest Lecturer; Scholarship from FCT, preparing a doctorate under the supervision of Teresa F. A. Alves and Onésimo de Almeida (Brown University).

Research Projects:

• RG5 Projects

Academic Degrees:

• 2001 – Master’s Degree in English Studies, American Literature, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon; dissertation on R. W. Emerson’s poetry. Magna cum Laude
• 1996 – First Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, English and German Studies, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon
• 1985 – BA in Translation (English and German), College of Languages and Administration (ISLA).

Publications:

• 2009 – Short-story for children, A Estrada da Lua, forthcoming.
• 2008 – “José Rodrigues Miguéis: Letras Americanas em Língua Portuguesa” in Babilónia, No. 6. Lisbon: Edições Universitárias Lusófonas.
• 2003 – “A Diversidade Linguística na Aula” in Ias Jornadas de Língua e Cultura Portuguesa. Lisbon: Department of Portuguese Language and Culture, Univ. of Lisbon.
• 2002 – Collaboration with the team responsible for the Portuguese Contemporary Language Dictionary, Academia das Ciências / Editorial Verbo, Lisbon.

Internationalisation:

• 2008: “As Pátrias de Migueis”, paper presented at the International Conference on Storytelling: Narrating the Portuguese Diaspora, organized by the University of Lisbon, Brock University (Ontario, Canada), and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA), Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, 23-25 Oct.
• 2007 – “José Rodrigues Miguéis: Letras Americanas em Língua Portuguesa”, paper presented at the 2º Encontro de Lusofonia, S. Miguel, Azores, 4-6 May.
• 2007 – “O Milagre de Salomé: Entre a Escrita e a Imagem”, paper presented at the International Symposium on Literature and Cinema, organized by the Centre of Comparative Studies of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, 19-20 Apr.
• 2006 – "José Rodrigues Miguéis: Portuguese Stories in New York", paper presented at the 9th International Conference on the Short Story in English: Views from the Edge: The Short Story Revisited, organised by the Society for the Study of the Short Story, the Department of English Studies of the University of Lisbon and ULICES
• 2003 – “O Professor enquanto Embaixador da Cultura Portuguesa”, paper presented at the Ias Jornadas de Língua e Cultura Portuguesa, organized by the Department of Portuguese Language and Culture, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon
• 2002 – “A Diversidade Linguística na Aula”, nas Ias Jornadas de Língua e Cultural Portuguesa, organised by the Department of Portuguese Language and Culture, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon

Other curricular elements:

• 2006 – Studying for Doctorate in Comparative Studies, at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, with a dissertation on José Rodrigues Miguéis

Scholarships and Support for Projects:

• 2008 - Short-term grant awarded by the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) to research into the unpublished papers of José Rodrigues Miguéis, at the John Hay Library, Brown University, under the scope of a PhD project
• 2008 – Grant awarded by the Comparative Studies Program of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon to research into the unpublished papers of José Rodrigues Miguéis, at the John Hay Library, Brown University, under the scope of a PhD project.
• 2007 – Financial support awarded by the Universidade Lusófona and the Comparative Studies Program of the Faculty of Letters or the University of Lisbon, to present a paper on José Rodrigues Miguéis, 2º Encontro de Lusofonia, São Miguel, Azores.
• 2001 – Scholarship awarded by the Luso-American Development Foundation Scholar, for research in the USA (Boston, New York, Washington), under the scope of an MA project.

Professional Experience:

• 2000/2005 – Lecturer of English Language and Culture for the First Degree in “Business Management Consultancy”, Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões (INP).
• 2002/2004 – Guest lecturer in "Portuguese Language I", in the First Degree of Portuguese Language and Culture, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.
• 2001/2002 – Guest Lecturer in “Academic Research and Writing” for the First Degree in Portuguese Language and Culture, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.
• 1999 – Guest lecturer in Portuguese Language Language and Culture, in the course of Portuguese as a Second Language, Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon

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