Sara Graça da Silva (C31B-017A-CE5B)

Curriculum Vitae

Sara Graça da Silva

Sara Graça da Silva. Completed the Licenciatura in Ensino de Português Inglês in 2002 (Universidade de Aveiro); Master in Victorian Literature and Culture in 2004 (Keele University, UK); Doctor of Philosophy in Victorian Studies in 2008 (Keele University, UK). Is, since 2019, Appointed Researcher (contract) at NOVA FCSH, after 6 years as a Postdoctoral Fellow (IELT, NOVA FCSH). Integrated at CETAPS since 2024. RESEARCH INTERESTS Area of specialization The nineteenth century, especially the interrelations between Victorian literature, science and art; Evolutionary theories of sexuality; Gender studies, in particular masculinity; Human evolution and adaptation; Darwinism; Actual interests Intersections between literature, culture and science; Application of phylogenetic methodologies to cross-cultural data; Utopian studies; Folktale studies; Evolutionary readings of literature; Morality; Emotion; biosignals and experimental approaches to literature. PI of the Portuguese Team in the H2020 project VAST - Values across Time and Space (2020-2023).

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Sara Graça da Silva

Nomes de citação

Graça da Silva, Sara

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: C31B-017A-CE5B
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4380-846X

Endereços de correio eletrónico

saragsilva@fcsh.unl.pt (Profissional)

Moradas

NOVA FCSH, Colégio Almada Negreiros CAN, room 112 Campus de Campolide, , 1070-312, , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

www.saragsilva.org (Profissional)
www.emo-labs.com (Profissional)

Domínios de atuação

Humanidades - Línguas e Literaturas

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Francês	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador independente (B1)	Utilizador elementar (A1)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador elementar (A2)
Espanhol; Castelhano	Utilizador elementar (A2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador elementar (A2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B1)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2010 - 2010 Concluído	Advanced Pratical Course on Phylogenetics (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Completed
2010 - 2010 Concluído	Advanced Pratical Course on Phylogeography (Outros) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Completed
2004 - 2008 Concluído	Victorian Studies (Doctor of Philosophy) Especialização em Nineteenth Century Literature and Science Keele University, Reino Unido "Sexual Plots in Charles Darwin and George Eliot: evolution and manliness in Adam Bede and The Mill on the Floss’." (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	very minor corrections
2003 - 2004 Concluído	Victorian Literature and Culture (Master) Especialização em Victorian Literature and Culture Keele University, Reino Unido "Masculinity and Darwin’s Sexual Selection in George Eliot’s Middlemarch" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Very good
1998 - 2002 Concluído	Teaching of Portuguese and English (Licenciatura) Especialização em Teaching of Portuguese and English Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Teaching Training: 17/ Final: 16
1995 - 1997 Concluído	Humanities Group 4 (Ensino secundário) Especialização em Humanities Secondary School Nº 1 Aveiro, Portugal	16

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2013 - 2018	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal

Cargos e Funções

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2019/02 - Atual	Appointed Researcher (contract)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2018/10/01 - 2018/10/31	Visiting Researcher	City University of New York, Estados Unidos
	City University of New York, Estados Unidos
2013 - 2018	Visiting Researcher (1 to 3 months per year, anually)	Durham University Department of Anthropology, Reino Unido
	Durham University Department of Anthropology, Reino Unido
2013 - 2018	Visiting Researcher (1 to 3 months per year, annually)	Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Alemanha
	Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Alemanha
2015/05 - 2015/06	Visiting Researcher	Georg August Universität Göttingen CeMIS, Alemanha
	The Archives for European Folktales, Enzyklopädie des Märchens, Alemanha
2013/01 - 2013/02	Visiting Researcher	Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal
2008 - 2012	Researcher	Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, University of Porto, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
	Universidade do Porto Departamento de Estudos Anglo-Americanos, Portugal

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2013 - Atual	Morality and Emotion: (Un)conscious Journey to Being - Annual International Colloquium (since 2013 -6 editions so far) - Investigador responsável Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2020/12/01 - 2023/11/30	VAST: Values across Space and Time H2020 101004949 Bolseiro de Cientista Convidado Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Em curso
2022 - 2022	(Un)Desirable - Bolseiro de Cientista Convidado Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Não financiado
2013/01/01 - 2018	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MORAL EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN PORTUGUESE AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN FOLKTALE TRADITION: AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F904332%F2012/PT Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2020 - 2020	Bones Digital Footprint: Insights from Scientometrics and Social Media Analysis (ERC Consolidator Proposal) - Consultant Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

Outro

	Designação	Financiadores
2019 - Atual	EMOLABS www.emo-labs.com - Investigador responsável Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	Em curso
2019 - Atual	Street Emotions - Photography Exhibition about emotions comparing NY/Lisbon (on hold due to the pandemic situation). Investigador responsável Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal	Em curso
2018 - Atual	Research Group "Spatialities of literature, arts and culture", at IELT - Investigador Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal	Em curso
2016 - Atual	Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition's Editorial Team - Investigador Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2016 - Atual	Cycle of edited volume editions on the topic of Morality and Emotion (Routledge/Palgrave) - Outra Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	Em curso
2015 - Atual	Interdisciplinary Reading Group "Evolution Across Disciplines" - Investigador responsável Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal	Em curso
2017 - 2017	Participation in the project "Folktales: Stories without Time" for the MA Course in Science Communication - Investigador Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	Concluído
2008 - 2012	Mapping Dreams: British and North-American Utopianism - Bolseiro de Investigação Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal	Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em jornal	Graça da Silva, Sara. "A investigação tem de ser indisciplinada /Research has to be undisciplined",", Público, 2019, https://www.publico.pt/2019/02/06/ciencia/opiniao/investigacao-indisciplinada-1860848.
Artigo em revista	M.Besher Massri; Inna Novalija; Dunja Mladenic; Janez Brank; Sara Graça da Silva; Natasza Marrouch; Carla Murteira; Ali Hürriyetoglu; Beno Šircelj. "Harvesting Context and Mining Emotions Related to Olfactory Cultural Heritage". Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/6/7/57. 10.3390/mti6070057 Bortolini E; Pagani L; Crema ER; Sarno S; Barbieri C; Boattini A; Sazzini M; et al. "Inferring patterns of folktale diffusion using genomic data.". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28784786. 10.1073/pnas.1614395114 Graça da Silva, S.; Tehrani, J.J.. "Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales". Royal Society Open Science 3 1 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958073598&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1098/rsos.150645 Graça da Silva, Sara. "Utopia e Espiritualidade". Utopian Studies Journal, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press 21 2 (2010): 381-385. Publicado Graça da Silva, Sara. "A Árvore de Darwin, Evolução Cultural e o Predicamento Humano: Novas Tendências em Antropologia". Colecção Ciências, Tecnologias e Imaginários, Estudos de História – séculos XVIII-XX, (2010): 21-27. Publicado
Capítulo de livro	Graça da Silva, Sara. ""You stink! Smell and moralization of the other" - published". In The Politics of Emotional Shockwaves, editado por C31B-017A-CE5B; Ana Falcato, 147-163. Reino Unido: Palgrave MacMillan, 2021. Aceite para publicação Graça da Silva, Sara. "Morality and Emotion or why this is a very complicated case. You know, a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-you’s". In New Interdisciplinary Landscapes in morality and emotion, editado por Graça da Silva, Sara. London and New York, Reino Unido: Routledge, 2018. Publicado Graça da Silva, Sara. "Morality and Emotion or well, that's another fine mess you got me into". In Morality and Emotion, editado por Graça Da Silva, Sara. London, Reino Unido: Routledge, 2016. Publicado Graça da Silva, Sara. "The Law of Sexual Selection in Edward Bulwer Lytton's The Coming Race (1871): Gendering Utopia¿,". In (Dis)entangling Darwin: Cross-Disciplinary Reflections on the Man and his Legacy,, editado por Graça Da Silva, Sara; Fátima Vieira. Cambridge, Reino Unido: Cambridge Scholars Publising, 2012. Publicado Graça da Silva, Sara. "Altos e Baixos da Ciência Experimental no Século XIX: Frenologia, Género e Moralização do Carácter em George Eliot". In Ciência e cultura : ficcionalizações da ciência na Grã-Bretanha (séculos XIX e XX), editado por Filipe Furtado; Gabriela gÂNDARA tERENAS. Lisboa, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2012. Publicado
Catálogo de exposição	Graça da Silva, Sara. "Real Brushstrokes of imagination", in Oliveira, Leonor C. S. R. e. A.; Alfaro, Catarina. eds. Paula Rego: Contos tradicionais e contos de fadas ed. 1. Cascais: Fundação D. Luís I, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, 2018.
Documento de trabalho	Graça da Silva, Sara; Jesse Prinz. 2024. "Pull Yourself Together: Identity, Emotions, and Enhancement" (working paper)". Graça da Silva, Sara. 2023. "Frog Kings and Other more Ordinary Frogs: why there is nothing heartless about being cold-blooded".
Edição de livro	Graça da Silva, Sara. The Politics of Emotional Shockwaves - published. Reino Unido: Palgrave Macmillan. 2021. Publicado • Editor Graça da Silva, Sara. New Interdisciplinary Landscapes in Morality and Emotion. London: Routledge. 2018. Publicado • Editor Graça Da Silva, Sara. Morality and Emotion. London, Reino Unido: Routledge. 2016. 10.4324/9781315651040 Graça da Silva, Sara. (Dis)entangling Darwin: Cross-Disciplinary Reflections on the Man and his Legacy,. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2012. Publicado • Editor
Entrada de dicionário	Graça da Silva, Sara. "Chatto and Windus; Frederick and Hall; Robert Chambers; ‘John Murray". London: Academia Press and British Library,, 2009. Graça da Silva, Sara. "Darwin". editado por Alex Warwick; Martin Wilils. Continuum, 2008. Publicado
Livro	Graça da Silva, Sara. Sexual Plots in Charles Darwin and George Eliot: evolution and manliness. 2024.
Tese / Dissertação	Graça da Silva, Sara. "Sexual Plots in Charles Darwin and George Eliot: Evolution and Manliness in Adam Bede and The Mill on the Floss'". Doutoramento, Keele University, 2008.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2022/07/21	Grotesque elegance in Paula Rego’s fairy-tales.	International Society for Folk Narrative Research Conference 2022 University of Arts, London (London, Reino Unido)
2022/05/26	Invited to give the opening talk at the conference "Da Letra às Letras" ( May 26, 27 and 28), to expand on the role of traditional tales in society.	Da letra às letras
2019	‘Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore'	Morality and Emotion: (Un)conscious Journey to Being VI NOVA FCSH (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06/09	Mulheres malvadas e violência familiar no conto tradicional, FCSH-NOVA, Portugal.	Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017	Morality and Emotion or why “this is a very complicated case. You know, a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of what-have-you’s”	Morality and Emotion Nova University (Lisbon)
2016/04/18	"Curiously parallel”: storytelling and phylogenetics https://ce3c.ciencias.ulisboa.pt//outreach/press&events/ver.php?id=593	Darwin’s Legacy Tea Party Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/10/13	Comparative phylogenetic methods reveal an ancient origin for traditional Indo-European folktales	THEO MURPHY INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING Royal Society “Evolutionary Analysis beyond the Gene". (Chicheley Hall, Reino Unido)
2013/06/07	Once upon a time, and a space: Building interdisciplinary and international research collaborations across the humanities, social sciences and sciences	Keele University, Uk (Keele, Reino Unido)
2013	"Phylogenetic Study of Folktales	Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. (Berlim, Alemanha)
2013	The evolution of Foltakes	Durham University Anthropology Department (Durham, Reino Unido)
2013	"Seeing is Believing: The power of image in 19th century Science"	Artes e Ciências em Diálogo Universidade do Algarve (Algarve, Portugal)
2013	Alfred Russel Wallace: a homage	Ficcionalizações da Ciência na Grã-Bretanha III NOVA FCSH (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012	Frog Kings and Other more Ordinary Frogs: why there is nothing heartless about being cold-blooded	The Grimm Brothers Today Kinder- und Hausmärchen and Its Legacy, 200 Years Afte NOVA University (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012	Highs and Lows of Experimental Science in the 19th Century: phrenology, gender and character moralisation in George Eliot.	Science FictionalizationS in Great Britain II NOVA university (Lisbon, Portugal)
2010	Phylogenetic Analyses and New trends in Cultural and Evolutionary Anthropology	“Life sciences, technologies and Imaginaries” University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2010	Charles Darwin and the Expression of Emotions	IEC IEC Mamarrosa (Aveiro, Portugal)
2009	The Law of Sexual Selection in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Coming Race (1871): Gendering Utopia	University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2009	Undermining the Masculine Self in George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss: Tom Tulliver and the Darwinian Inheritance”	APEAA 30th Annual Conference “Self, Memory and Expression" Porto University (Porto, Portugal)
2009	Darwin and Cultural Evolution	Darwin, the Engineer INESC, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, University of Porto, (Porto, Portugal)
2008	Performing Emotion: Masculine Subjectivity in Charles Darwin and George Eliot”,	forming Emotion: Masculine Subjectivity in Charles Darwin and George Eliot”, The British Association for Victorian Studies Ninth Annual Conference: “Victorian Feeling: Touch, Bodies, Emotions” Leicester University (Leicester, Reino Unido)
2007	Male Fatigue as the End of Fiction in George Eliot’s Novels	Victorian Masculinities Conference Birmingham and Keele Universities (Birmingham and Keele, Reino Unido)
2007	Human and Animal Emotion in George Eliot and Charles Darwin: Implications for the Construction of Masculine (Im)balance	Keele University (Keele, Reino Unido)
2007	Charles Darwin’s Sexual Selection and Dual Plots in Daniel Deronda: Masculine and Feminine (Un)conscious Performance	Bristol University (Bristol, Reino Unido)
2006	Phrenology and Sexual Selection	Electrifying Experimentation: Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sheffield University (Sheffield, Reino Unido)
2004	Charles Darwin and George Eliot on the Monstrous	Keele University (Keele, Reino Unido)

Orientação

	Título / Tema Papel desempenhado	Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2020/12/01 - 2023/11/30	Since December 2020, I¿m the PI of the Portuguese team of the H2020 project VAST Values across time and space, supervising 4 postdocs, 2 master students and one doctoral student. Our team employs an interdisciplinary approach to the study of European Folktales, crossing literary studies with experimental psychology and digital humanities. Orientador

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2019 - Atual	Annual organisation, since 2013, of the international colloquium ‘Morality and Emotion'. It brings together top researchers to discuss interdisciplinary views on emotion and morality. 2013 - https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/morality-and-emotion/ 2014 - https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/morality-and-emotion-ii/ 2015 - https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/morality-and-emotion-iii/ 2016 - https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/morality-and-emotion-iv/ 2017 - https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/morality-and-emotion-unconscious-journey-to-being/ 2019- https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/morality-and-emotion-vi (2013) Conferência	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal
2019 - Atual	Street Emotions - Photography Exhibition on emotions comparing NY/Lisbon contexts. I spent October 2018 in NY working n the themes of emotion and morality at CUNY and decided to organise a photo exhibition entitled "Street Emotions". The question I asked people was simple yet deep: "How do you feel?". The replies were telling and addictive. Some prototypes can be access here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LLMUB2AUFrUuRRbf8 The objective is to give the same attention to image and text. The project is looking for funding for framing and print. (2019) Exposição	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal
2009 - Atual	‘(Dis)Entangling Darwin: Cross-Disciplinary Reflections on the Man and His Legacy‘ (2009) Conferência (Coorganizador)	Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
2022/10/26 - 2022/10/28	International conference "Return to animality: theoretical perspectives; cultural approaches and artistic manifestations" , NOVA FCSH (organising and scientific committee) (2022/10/26 - 2022/10/28) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2021/11/24 - Atual	H2020 VAST Project Advisory Board Meeting Encontro	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2022/07/20 - 2032/07/23	Presentation of the paper "Grotesque elegance in Paula Rego’s fairy-tales" , exploring Paula Rego’s work and the subversive potential of tales by focusing on the opposing worlds, sensations and representations she pursues are superbly constructs in unsettling, crude portrayals that ultimately reveal the masks of humanity in their fragile, raw and beautiful ugliness. Conferência
2020/12/01 - 2023/11/30	2020 to present: Participation in H2020 VAST Project monthly plenary meetings as well as specific work package meetings, being the representative of NOVA team as the PI of the Portuguese Team. Encontro
2017 - 2017	Participation in the MA in Science Communication at NOVA FCSH. My research was chosen for the students' course project "Folktales: stories without time", and resulted in the creation of a website https://betafcsh.wordpress.com/ Outro	Folktales stories without time Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2009 - 2009	Guide to the Darwin Exhibition ‘Evolution and Biodiversity", during the celebrations of the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species (1859". Exposição	Darwin Exhibition ‘Evolution and Biodiversity" Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Arbitragem científica em conferência

	Nome da conferência	Local da conferência
2014 - Atual	We are the Folk	Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Facudalde de Ciências sociais e Humanas
2012 - Atual	Grimm in Lisbon	NOVA FCSH LISBON

Comissão de avaliação

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de assessoria	Instituição / Organização	Entidade financiadora
2016 - Atual	Member of the jury for the Atlas scholarship. https://ielt.fcsh.unl.pt/Projetos/atlas-das-paisagens-literarias-de-portugal-continental/ Avaliador	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição
2020 - 2021/02	President of the jury for selection of 4 postdoctoral researchers to work on the Horizon 2020 Project VAST - VALUES ACROSS TIME AND SPACE Outro	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal	Horizon 2020

Consultoria / Parecer

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2020 - 2020	Invited consultant in the ERC Consolidator project proposal submission "Bones Digital Footprint: Insights from Scientometrics and Social Media Analysis" , for participation in the study of emotions in the context of Human Osteology. P.I. Francisca Alves Cardoso (CRIA, NOVA FCSH).	Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2022/10 - Atual	Summer School Proposal "Mirror, Mirror on the Screen»: Retelling Fairy Tales with Biosignals and New Media Arts". Composed of researchers, multimedia artists, psychologists and engineers, this initiative of the Institute on the Study of Literature and Tradition (IELT) is part of VAST_Values ¿¿Across Space and Time, a European project combining Literary Studies, Digital Humanities and Experimental Psychology.
2022/03/16 - Atual	Optional curricular Unit proposal"Morality and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" . Akin to the submission of the previous year, this course will engage in a multidisciplinary voyage through historical, literary, philosophical, sociological, artistic, anthropological and biological debates concerning this relationship, challenging self-containing disciplinary views on the nature and importance of this symbiosis. Aimed at Master's students.	(Mestrado)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021 - Atual	Invited to teach a session of a summer course "The narrative phenomenon: multidisciplinary views", at NOVA FCSH . My session will be entitled "Curiously parallel: literature, evolution and phylogenetics".	The narrative phenomenon: multidisciplinary views	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021 - Atual	Optional curricular Unit proposal"Morality and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives" Understanding morality and emotion has occupied scholars since the days of Plato and Aristotle, and this study has become increasingly interdisciplinary over the past few decades. This course will engage in a multidisciplinary voyage through historical, literary, philosophical, sociological, artistic, anthropological and biological debates concerning this relationship, challenging self-containing disciplinary views on the nature and importance of this symbiosis.	(Mestrado)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

	Descrição da atividade	Jornal / Forum
2017	National Geographic Magazine piece on folktake ancestry.	National Geographic Magazine
2017	New York Times. Help with a story about the evolution of myths and folktales.	New York Times
2016	Expresso Newspaper. interview about my article on folktale ancestry published in Royal Society Open Science	EXPRESSO
2016	The Guardian. Interview about the findings of my article on folktale ancestry published in Royal Society Open science.	The Guardian
2016	Globo Newspaper, Brazil. Interview about the findings of my article on folktale ancestry published in Royal Society Open science.	GLOBO, Brazil
2016	The Telegraph. Discussion of the findings on folktale ancestry published in the Royal Society Open Science article.	The Telegraph

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

	Programa	Tema
2020/05 - Atual	Invited Speaker to the Science Youtube Podcast Programme "The Dissenter".	Human Cultural Evolution; Study of Emotion and Morality
2020 - Atual	RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Daily science show CQFD	The Evolution of Folktales
2016 - Atual	BBC Radio 4. Interview about the findings of my article on folktale ancestry published in Royal Society Open science.	Folktale ancesntry
2014/10/13 - Atual	Ciência 2, Antena 2	Morality and Emotion

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2021 - Atual	English Translator of the Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition's biweekly Newsletter	Translator

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2020 - Atual	Invited Research member to the H2020 call project submisison DT-TRANSFORMATIONS VAST: Values across Space and Time. Funded project (start date Dec 2020) Membro	Institouto Plerophorikes kai Telepikoinonion, Grécia
2016 - Atual	Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition's Editorial Team. IELT's editorial activity is developed along three lines: a) Individual works of national and foreign researchers on topics within the scope of the project IELT's strategic plan; b) Collective works ; c) Works of dissemination. I am part of the team since its inception (2016). Membro	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição, Portugal

Outro júri / avaliação

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2020 - Atual	Peer-Reviewer for the journal PLOS-ONE regarding the article "Phylogenetic analysis of homeland and time depth of Sino-Tibetan language family".	PLOS-ONE, Estados Unidos
2018 - Atual	Invited to peer-review the article "Cultural additivity” and how the values and norms of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism co-exist, interact, and influence Vietnamese society: A Bayesian analysis of long-standing folktales, using R and Stan"	Religions Journal, Suiça
2017 - Atual	Peer-Reviewer of the article “Dualities, Crossings and Convergences: Contemporary Art and Popular Cultures"	MEMORIAMEDIA Journal, Portugal
2014 - Atual	Peer-Reviewer of the article "Oral Fairy Tale or Literary Fake? Investigating the Origins of Little Red Riding Hood Using Phylogenetic Network Analysis"	The Journal of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities , Reino Unido

Distinções

Prémio

2014	Theo Murphy International Scientific Meeting Travel award Royal Society, Reino Unido
2010	Visiting Travel Award Durham's University Anthropology Department Durham University, Reino Unido
2005	Research Institute Grant by Keele University Humanities Department Keele University, Reino Unido

Outra distinção

2018	Visiting Researcher grant to conduct research at the City University of New York Graduate Centre (October 2018) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013	Postdoctoral Scholarship (6 years) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2002	4 years PhD scholarship by ‘Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia’, FCT. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal