Diana Duarte Ferreira holds a PhD in Portuguese Studies, specializing in Literary Studies, from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Nova University of Lisbon, where she also completed her BA in Portuguese Studies. Her doctoral thesis, O Romance da Obra: Paradoxo e João Guimarães Rosa, proposes an original reading of the author’s work, mobilizing paradox as both a critical and creative instrument. Her research focuses on Brazilian literature, literary theory, philosophy, and interart studies. She has published on Machado de Assis and Adília Lopes in journals such as Machado de Assis em Linha and Journal of Lusophone Studies. She was a member of the organizing committee of the International Colloquium Ir à escola com a Adília. From 2021 to 2025, she held an FCT-IELT doctoral fellowship.