Carlos Manuel Bernardo Ascenso André. He obtained his Aggregate Degree in Letters in 2002/10 from the University of Coimbra, his PhD in Latin Literature in 1990/11/29 from the University of Coimbra - Faculty of Letters, his Master's Degree in Neolatin Literature in Portugal in 1984 from the University of Coimbra - Faculty of Letters and his Degree in Classical Languages and Literatures - Classical and Portuguese Studies in 1981 from the University of Coimbra - Faculty of Letters. He is a retired Associate Professor with Aggregation at the University of Coimbra, Visiting Professor at the Shanghai University of Foreign Studies, Honorary Professor at the Polytechnic University of Macau, Full Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and President of the International Association of Lusitanists. He has published 49 articles in specialized journals. He has 54 book chapters and 30 books. He has received 3 awards and/or honors. He works in the Humanities with an emphasis on Languages and Literatures. In her Ciência Vitae CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualize her scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Love and poetry; Love-hate; Paradoxes of love; Antitheses of love; Catullus; Propertius; Ovid; Virgil, 70-19 BC; Literature; Poetry; Rome; Aeneid; History of Rome; Latin literature; Portuguese novilatin poetry - 16th century; Exile; Portugal - 16th century; Cicero, 106-43 BC; Translation