Full Professor [Portuguese Studies] at Universidade Aberta [UAb] (Portugal). Aggregation in Portuguese Studies (UAb) [2019]; PhD in Portuguese Literature (UAb) [2002]; Master’s Degree in Literary Theory and Portuguese Literature (FLUC) [1993]. Teaches Modern and Contemporary Portuguese Literature and Literature and Interarts (with a special focus on Portuguese Modernism and Fernando Pessoa). Director of the Department of Humanities (UAb) (2022-2026). Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Visiting Professor at the University of Padua, Marie Curie University and University of São Paulo. Professor and Guest Lecturer at several European and American universities. Director of several literary collections. Scientific reviewer for several international journals. Member of the Organising and/or Scientific Committees of hundreds of scientific and cultural events. Director of the Coimbra Delegation of the UAb (1998-2006). Full member of the General Council of the UAb (2017-2021; 2021-2025; 2025-2029). Member of the Ethics Committee of the UAb (2023-). Member of the UAb Teaching Performance Action Council (2022-). Member of the Scientific Council of CIDH – FCT Infante Dom Henrique Chair (UAb). Member of the Scientific Council, Assembly and Senate of UAb (1998-2002; 2002-2006). Coordinator of the 3rd Cycle in Portuguese Studies (UAb) (2014/2016). Academic Coordinator of Erasmus+ (with the University of Padua and the University of Warsaw) [UAb]. Musical Studies (Porto Conservatory [Porto] and Dr. Azeredo Perdigão Conservatory [Viseu]). Artistic director of over 1,100 concerts, with over 350 musical works written and harmonised. Conductor Emeritus of the Mozart Choir. Various publications (scientific,educational, artistic, interartistic, cultural, and audiovisual).