Apresentação Pessoal

 

Date of birth – 5^th  February 1954 (married, two sons, one daughter, one grand-son and one grand-daughter)

 Emerita Professor of tje University of Porto

 Member of the «Conselho Geral» of the University of Porto

Vice-President of the University of Porto  (2014-2018)

Dean and President of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, 2010 - 2014.

President of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, 2004-2010

Full Professor at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto [Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto] since November 2001.

Teacher of the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto [Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto], University of Porto, since November 1976

 

President of the Administration Board of the Instituto José Marques da Silva Foundation (2014-2018)

Member of the IAU (International Association of Universities) Administration Board (2016-2022)

Expert of the Haut Conseil de l’Évaluation de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur (France)

Expert of A3ES (Evaluation and Accreditation Agency of Higher Education)

Expert of FCT (Foundation for the Scienvce and Technology)

Visiting Professor for the PhD in Portuguese Studies of the University of Etvös Lorand in Budapest, Hungary (2010-2014).

Visiting Professor of the University of Belgrade, Serbia (2009-2015).

Visiting Professor in the University od Mykolas Romeris (Vilnius, Lithuania) - September - November 2020

 

Distinctions

 

Decoration by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto wilth the Golden Meda. (February 2024)
Decoration by Porto Municipality with the Gold Merit Medal (July 2024)

Decoration by the French Government with the title of «Officier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques» [Officer of Academic Palms], November 2015

During her term of Vice-Rector/President for International Relations, The University of Porto received the award for Innovation in Internationalisation (EAIE, European Association for International Education, Liverpool, September 2016)

Supervision of Master's and PhD dissertations in Portuguese literature

Member of Master's and PhD  dissertation and Habilitation  assessment panels in all Portuguese Universities, in France (Université La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) and in Sweden (Stockholm University)

Member of Competitive Examination panels for Associate Professor and for Full Professor  in the Universities of Porto, Évora, Coimbra, Lisboa, Nova de Lisboa, Algarve, Azores, Aberta and Minho

Referee of several reviews and member of projects and scholarships evaluation panels (FCT)

Member of literary awards panels

 Research Activities

Member of CITCEM (Interdisciplinary Research Centre Culture, Space and Memory) and of CREPAL, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3

Participation with a paper in many conferences in several countries: Algeria, Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Bosnia-Herzgovinia, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, France, China, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morroco, Mozambique, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Porto, Rico, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa, Sri-Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.

Main Publications (many papers in journals, procedings and bokks' chapters)

Herberto Helder, a Obra e o Homem, Lisbon, Arcádia, 1982, 263 pp.

O Surrealismo em Portugal, Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, Col. Temas Portugueses, 1987, 739 pp.

A Poesia Portuguesa nos meados do Século XX - Rupturas e Continuidade, Lisbon, Caminho, Col. Estudos de Literatura Portuguesa, 1989, 265 pp.

O Romance Histórico em Portugal, Porto, Campo das Letras, 1999, 349 pp.

Um Poço sem Fundo – Novas Reflexões sobre Literatura e História, Porto, Campo das Letras, 2005, 453 pp.

O Sonho de Aljubarrota, Aljubarrota, Fundação Batalha de Aljubarrota, 2007, 77 pp.

History and Myth – The Presence of National Myths in Portuguese Literature, Munich, Martin Meidenbauer Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2008, 343 pp

A Lição de Blimunda – A propósito de Memorial do Convento, Colecção Saberes Plurais, Porto, Areal Editores, 2009, 126 pp.

Camilo Castelo Branco e a Atração dos Abismos. Vila Nova de Famalicão: Estudos Camilianos 14. Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Famalicão. Casa de Camilo. Centro de Estudos Camilianos, 2022, 178 pp.

Áreas de Interesse

1. Humanities > Literature > European literature > Romance literatures > Portuguese literature