Curriculum Vitae
Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
Citation names
- Horta, Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5E19-0CD0-0796
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5568-4185
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2011/12/20
Concluded
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Cultural Studies (Doktor (PhD))
University of London, United Kingdom
"PORTRAIT AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA: (HI)STORIES OF PAST AND PRESENT" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2002
Concluded
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Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Mestrado)
University of London, United Kingdom
"E-learning at INA: A Case Study" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinction |
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1991
Concluded
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Línguas e Literaturas Modernas (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/11/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | ||
| 2003/11/01 - 2020/10/31 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Anglisticos, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1995/01/01 - 2003/12/20 | Teacher of English for specific purposes | Direção-Geral da Qualificação dos Trabalhadores em Funções Públicas, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/06/22 | Photographing the (un)familiar city: an interview with Luísa Ferreira | Representations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English: (Dis)locations: The Shifting Thematics of Home International
Conference
Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2022/10/28 | #Istayhomebut”: narratives of displacement during the COVID-19 lockdown | Narratives of Displacement International Conference
London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Birkbeck College, University of London (Londres, United Kingdom)
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| 2022/09/07 | Picturing lost moments in the street and the city during COVID-19 | The Street and the City: Moments
Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2022/06/30 | ’Tis the season for warm fuzzy emotion: storytelling and nostalgia in Christmas adverts | Visual Storytelling: From the Mural to the Digital
Universidade de Aveiro (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2020/03/04 | Dis)Pleasing humour in advertising campaigns. | Advertising Discourses: Semiotics, Multimodality and Visuality
Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019/06/19 | The politics of affect and the unconventional portrait of the president of the people | 14th International Conference The Arts in Society
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2019/04/11 | Photographic encounters in the street and the politics of affect | The Street and the City-Encounters
Centro de Estudos Anglísticos da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2018/06/04 | “I dreamt, I dreamt with the food of my mother”: memories of and longing for home | Nostalgia in Contemporary Culture
University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2022/05/02 - Current | A Função Pedagógica das Imagens em Manuais de PLE/PL2
Supervisor
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Mestrado em Português como Língua Estrangeira/Língua Segunda (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/04/05 - Current | RHOME Outreach 1: “Art, the Audience and Activism: How can the Arts Bring About Real Change in the World?” (2022/04/05 - 2022/04/05)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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CEAUL/ULICES, Portugal |
| 2023/06/27 - 2023/07/12 | “Nameless City | Cidade Sem Nome”, da autoria de Luísa Ferreira, integrada no Congresso Representations of Home in Literatures
and Cultures in English: (Dis)locations: The Shifting Thematics of Home (2023/06/27 - 2023/07/12)
Exhibition (Other)
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CEAUL/ULICES, Portugal |
| 2023/06/22 - 2023/06/23 | Representations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English: (Dis)locations: The Shifting Thematics of Home International
Conference, ULICES. ULisboa. (2023/06/22 - 2023/06/23)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27 | RHOME Outreach 2: Sound and Vision: Painted Responses to Music, featuring João Gama, Lucas Calheiros, Maria Tristão, Marta
Agostini (2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27)
Other (Co-organisor)
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CEAUL/ULICES, Portugal |
| 2019/10/01 - 2019/10/01 | Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE: “Music and the Movies: The Soundtrack of American Film” com Pamela Howland,
CEAUL/American Corner/ICA (2019/10/01 - 2019/10/01)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2019/02/20 - 2019/02/20 | Custody, Dir. James Lapine (2016), American Film Showcase (2019/02/20 - 2019/02/20)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2018/04/11 - 2018/04/11 | Erasmus Mobility: English & American Study Programs in Université Bordeaux Montaigne, com a Prof. Pascale Antolin, Universidade
Bordeaux Montaigne (2018/04/11 - 2018/04/11)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2017/11/16 - 2017/11/17 | Representations of Home 2: Conflict and/or (Be)longing: Thinking with Stories and Images. CEAUL. ULisboa (2017/11/16 - 2017/11/17)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2017 - 2017 | Representations of Home 2: Conflict and/or (Be)longing: Thinking with Stories and Images
Symposium (Other)
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| 2017 - 2017 | Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE 11: “A reading with Australian writer Simone Lazaroo”
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2016 | Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE 10: “On the Persistent, Contradictory Feeling of “Home”
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2016 - 2016 | Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE 9: “Belonging and (Un)belonging: Representations of ‘Home’ in Text and Culture”
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2016 - 2016 | English Studies Courses (ESC)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2015 - 2015 | English Studies Courses (ESC)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2014 - 2014 | Representations of Home in English-speaking Literatures and Cultures
Symposium (Other)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2014 - 2014 | Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE 2: “Portuguese at Home in North America?”
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2014 - 2014 | Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE 1: “Ubuntu em Portugal”
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2014 - 2014 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição de fotografia “Bastidores do Bairro”
Other (Other)
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| 2014 - 2014 | Lecture by John Kelly: “Sing out with strings”
Other (Other)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2014 - 2014 | English Summer Courses (ESC)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2013 - 2013 | Lecture on Australian Aboriginal Literature: Anne Brewster
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2013 - 2013 | A Tribute to Seamus Heaney: “I can connect...”: relation and continuity in Seamus Heaney”Lecture by Rui Carvalho Homem
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal |
| 2013 - 2013 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição “O Consumo Feliz: Publicidade e Sociedade no Século XX”
Other (Other)
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| 2013 - 2013 | Experiencing South Africa: Post-apartheid Culture and Society
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
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| 2009 - 2009 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição de fotografia, “Todos Caminhada de Culturas”
Other (Other)
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| 2008 - 2008 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição “David Goldblatt: Intersecções Intersectadas”
Other (Other)
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| 2006 - 2006 | Palestra “Fora de Jogo”, Luísa Ferreira
Other (Other)
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| 2006 - 2006 | Palestra “Artes de Palco”, Xavier Martins
Other (Other)
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| 2006 - 2006 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição “Frida Kahlo”
Other (Other)
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| 2006 - 2006 | Visita de estudo guiada à Rádio Difusão Portuguesa
Other (Other)
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| 2005 - 2005 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição de fotografia “World Press Photo 2005”
Other (Other)
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| 2005 - 2005 | Visita de estudo guiada à exposição de fotografia “Há quanto tempo trabalha aqui”
Other (Other)
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| 2005 - 2005 | 3rd International Language, Communication and Culture Conference
Conference (Other)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2017 - 2017 | Contesting Distance from the Object of Study: Researchers’ Narratives through Ubuntu and Egohistoire
Conference
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Australia-South Asia: Contestations and Remonstrances
EASA, Belgium
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| 2017 - 2017 | “’Home’” is certainly and exclusively Africa”
Symposium
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Representations of Home 2: Conflict and/or (Be)longing: Thinking with Stories and Images
CEAUL/ULICES, Portugal
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| 2016 - 2016 | The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive: Image and Text at the Intersection of Memory and Emotion
Conference
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photography + (con)text: Photography in Academic Research
UCL Heritage Studies, Institute of Archaeology, United Kingdom
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| 2016 - 2016 | Becoming, belonging and sharing: striving to live in the spirit of Ubuntu in Portugal
Conference
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Go Between In between: Borders of Belonging
EASA, Spain
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| 2016 - 2016 | Procurando Viver a Filosofia Ubuntu: Ser, Pertencer e Partilhar
Meeting
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Encerramento da III Edição da Academia Ubuntu
IPAV/Academia Ubuntu, Portugal
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| 2015 - 2015 | The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive: a storytelling platform and public site of personal memories
Congress
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6th European Conference on African Studies
ECAS, France
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| 2015 - 2015 | The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive: a storytelling platform and public site of personal memories
Seminar
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Representations of Home Open Seminars: RHOSE 10: Belonging and (un)belonging in South Africa: Past and Present
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estatística e Aplicações, Portugal
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| 2014 - 2014 | The power of charisma: images of Nelson Mandela
Conference
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International Conference Helsinki Photomedia 2014 |
| 2013 - 2013 | What do they want from us?
Conference
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6th Global Conference Forgiveness: Probing the Boundaries
Inter-Disciplinary Net, United Kingdom
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| 2013 - 2013 | On photographic representations of Nelson Mandela in the public sphere
Conference
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International Conference Experiencing South Africa: Post-apartheid Culture and Society
CEAUL/ULICES, Portugal
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| 2013 - 2013 | SUBURBIA: Kendell Geers’s photographic representations of Johannesburg’s post-apartheid architecture of fear
Conference
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International Conference Images of Terror, Narratives of (In)security: Literary, Artistic and Cultural Responses
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, Portugal
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| 2012 - 2012 | Photographic portraiture: the unspoken narrative of victims at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Conference
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After the Crisis: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Narratives of Traumatic Events |
| 2012 - 2012 | A response to violence: the iconography of human agency in Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin’s portraiture
Conference
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10th Global Conference: Violence
Inter-Disciplinary Net, United Kingdom
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| 2012 - 2012 | The ethics in post-apartheid photographic practice: an alternative route for considering violence in photography
Conference
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Helsinki Photomedia 2012: Images in Circulation |
| 2012 - 2012 | Long Night’s Journey Into Day: mapping the rehabilitation of South Africa’s fractured society
Conference
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International Conference Changing Times: Performances and Identities on Screen
CEAUL/ULICES, Portugal
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| 2010 - 2010 | The face that ‘speaks’: an exploration of the multi-layered synthesis in photographic portraiture
Conference
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Relational Forms I: An International Conference on Literature and the Arts |
| 2007 - 2007 | Missing Shops, Changing Faces and Places: Representations of a (Post)modern City
Conference
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Things that Move: the Material World of Tourism and Travel |
| 2006 - 2006 | A Portrait of a New South Africa
Conference
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4th International Language, Communication and Culture Conference |
| 2005 - 2005 | Stories within images
Conference
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3rd International Language, Communication and Culture Conference |
| 2004 - 2004 | Using Photography in the FL Classroom
Conference
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2nd International Conference Language, Communication and Culture Conference |
| 2003 - 2003 | O DEA e a Ligação à Comunidade: Pós Graduações, Cursos Livres, Novas Tecnologias
Meeting
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Work Sessions
DEA, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2023/07/20 | Strategies to motivate learners to engage in speaking and overcome anxiety: a case study at the Open Language Courses
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Elsa Cristina Morais Vilela Filipe (Master)
Universidade Aberta, Portugal
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| 2023/04/06 | Negociação do Poder entre a Literatura e a Lei: as Mulheres de Unity Dow
(Thesis) Arguer
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Dulce Paula Pimentel Biscaia (PhD) |
| 2021/05/27 | Culture through films and television ads in the English foreign language classroom
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria Manuela Ribeiro Henriques (Master) |
| 2021/05/19 | From the distance of death: “Le Radeau de la Méduse” (1818-1819) de Théodore Géricault e “The Raft of George W. Bush” (2006)
de Joel-Peter Witkin
President of the jury
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Cheila Cristina de Sousa Mateigueira (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2018/04/28 | Teaching English through movement: an aid to develop writing
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Carol Nascimento Lourenço (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2017 | Introducing Interaction in the Primary School Foreign Language Classroom | Manuela Mendes Rodrigues Catarino (Master) |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2023/05/02 - Current | Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture ( 2083-2931) | |
| 2021/07/25 - Current | Open Cultural Studies (2451-3474) | De Gruyter |
| 2020/03/22 - Current | Anglo Saxonica (0873-0628) | Ubiquity Press |
| 2019/06/04 - Current | The International Journal of the Image (2154-8579) | Common Ground Journals and Books |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2013 - Current | Concurso de pessoal docente especialmente contratado |