Carlos Nogueira is scientific director of the José Saramago Chair at the University of Vigo (Galicia, Spain) as well as holder of the José Saramago Chair at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes. His teaching and research have focused on the relationships between Literature and Philosophy, Anthropology, Politics, and Law. His books have been published by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda, Porto Editora, Edições Europa-América, Edições Lusitânia, Livraria Lello, and Tinta da China. He was awarded The Santander prize for Research Internationalization at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, the MontepioEssay prize, the Jacinto do Prado Coelho prize for Criticism, and the Vergílio Ferreira Literary Essay prize. [Scientific outputs]