Carlotta Defenu holds a Ph.D. in Textual Criticism from the University of Lisbon; her doctoral thesis examined the genesis and revision process of Fernando Pessoa’s orthonymous poems. She has published various articles and book chapters in the field of textual criticism, genetic criticism, and genetic translation studies, with a special focus on the work of Fernando Pessoa. Recently, she co-organized, with João Dionísio and Carlota Pimenta, the exhibition “Spot the Differences: variation in Portuguese literature from the Middle Ages until the day before yesterday” at the National Library of Portugal.
Sara Lacerda Campino
Sara Lacerda Campino holds both Master and PhD Degrees in Portuguese Studies, with a specialization in Literary Studies, awarded by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at NOVA University of Lisbon. She was an FCT Doctoral Fellow while researching for her thesis with the title Training the eye: reading portuguese experimental poetry from the second half of the 20th century. Her academic interests are focused on experimental poetry, visuality, materiality and word-image relations. She also has a BA in Architecture from Instituto Superior Técnico at University of Lisbon. [Scientific outputs]
Joana Castaño
Joana Castaño holds a PhD from Universidade NOVA de Lisboa and Universidade de Oviedo (2021), with the thesis Espanha no Teatro de Manuel de Figueiredo. She was a visiting lecturer of Camões-IP at the University of Oviedo and at the University of São Tomé and Príncipe (2010-2018). She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Portuguese Studies (2005) and a Master in Portuguese as a Second and Foreign Language (2010) both from Nova University of Lisbon. Her research interests include second/foreign language didactics, African literature in Portuguese language and 18th century theatre. Currently she is a Portuguese teacher. [Scientific outputs]
Tiago Gouveia de Faria
PhD in Literature (2022) from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, Brazil), Master in Classical Studies (2011) from the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Lisbon (FL-UL) and Graduated in Musicology (2010) from the NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH) and Languages, Literatures and Cultures (2007) from the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Lisbon (FL-UL). Between 2013 and 2016, he was proofreader and head of sales and distribution at the Federal University of Grande Dourados Press House (EdUFGD, Brazil). He is, since October 2023, a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT) at NOVA FCSH. He is also a guitarist and composer.
Ana Luísa R. Moreira
Ana Luísa R. Moreira has a bachelor’s degree in History from NOVA FCSH (2020-2023) and is currently enrolled as a Master’s student in Modern History in the same institution. Her main areas of scientific interest are: History of the Book, Palaeography, Cultural and Mentalities History in the modern period and Social History.
Ana Paula Guimarães
Associate Professor (School of Social Sciences and Humanities – Universidade Nova de Lisboa). Has a PhD in Portuguese Studies, Oral Literature. Founded the Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT) from School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH). [Scientific outputs]
José Bértolo
I got my MA from the University of Lisbon in Comparative Studies, in 2015, with a dissertation on intermediality in the cinema of François Truffaut. In 2019, I finished my PhD in the International FCT PhD Programme in Comparative Studies (PhD-COMP), a joint programme involving the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, KU Leuven and the University of Bologna, with a thesis on spectrality in cinema with a focus on Portuguese filmmakers Manoel de Oliveira and João Pedro Rodrigues. I was a member of the University of Lisbon Centre for Comparative Studies (CEComp) from 2013 to 2021. During this period, I was awarded two FCT Scientific Research Grants in CEComp Research Project “False Movement: Studies in Writing and Film” (2013-2015) and an FCT PhD fellowship (2015-2019). While being a member of CEComp, I participated in different projects in the field of Interart Studies, dealing especially with film, literature, and photography. In 2017, I was part of the team that created the research project “RIAL — Reality and Imagination in Art and Literature”. In 2021, I was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship in IELT, thus becoming a full member and actively collaborating in the recently created project “Spectrality: Literature and the Arts”. Since 2022, this project’s team successfully applied for funding in the annual Call of FCT R&D Projects in All Scientific Domains, with the FCT Exploratory Project “GHOST — Spectrality: Literature and the Art (Portugal and Brazil)”. I am the project’s co-PI. I was an Invited Teaching Assistant of Film Analysis, at the ULisbon School of Arts and Humanities (2017-2018). Since 2021, I have been an invited adjunct professor in ESAD-CR (Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, IPL), where I teach courses related to contemporary art and theory. I have also been teaching courses on the NOVA Summer School since 2022. In 2021, I co-created the online peer-reviewed journal Compendium: Journal of Comparative Studies. I have been one of the four editors since its creation. I am also a photographer: https://www.
Maria Brás Ferreira
PhD student in Estudos Portugueses at NOVA FCSH, with an FCT scholarship, develops a project around Agustina Bessa-Luís and Manoel de Oliveira, based on the concept of melancholy. Bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Estudos Portugueses with the thesis “Modos de Cindir para Continuar. Uma leitura de A Noite e o Riso e Estação, de Nuno Bragança”. Has published two poetry books: Hidrogénio (Flan de Tal, 2020) and Rasura (Fresca, 2021) and received a literary creation scholarship from DGLAB. She is co-editor of Lote magazine.
Fernando Cabral Martins
Fernando Cabral Martins was Professor of Portuguese Literature at the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. He has written on modern portuguese literature, namely three books on Cesário Verde, Mário de Sá-Carneiro and Fernando Pessoa, and on the portuguese painting and film history. He organized annotated anthologies and prepared several literary editions of Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Fernando Pessoa, Almada Negreiros, Alexandre O’Neill, Luiza Neto Jorge. He has edited one reference book on Fernando Pessoa, portuguese modernism and avant-garde, Dicionário de Fernando Pessoa e do Modernismo Português. [Scientific Outputs]
Pedro Liberato
Pedro Liberato has a PhD in Tourism Management and Planning and a Master’s in Management and Planning of Health and Inland Tourism from the University of Vigo. He is a lecturer and coordinator of the Department of Tourism and Leisure at the School of Hospitality and Tourism of the Porto Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches several courses in Tourism at undergraduate and master levels. He is coordinator of the Master in Tourism Management (ESHT – P.PORTO). His main research interests are Tourism Marketing, Tourism Destination Management and Regional Development, Tourism Management, Tourism Planning, Literary Tourism, Gastronomic Tourism, Creative Tourism, and etourism. He has supervised and co-supervised several MSc dissertations and PhD theses. He is involved in applied research and consultancy projects in Tourism and Leisure and is a member of organizing and scientific committees of international conferences. He authored or co-authored more than 75 book chapters and articles published in international journals and international conference proceedings, indexed Scopus and/or Web of Science.









