Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Álvaro Seiça
Citation names
- Seiça, Álvaro
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5112-050F-4200
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1137-0811
Email addresses
- alvaro.seica@uib.no (Professional)
Addresses
- University of Bergen, Humanities Faculty, Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies. Sydnesplassen 7, 5007, Bergen, Bergen, Norway (Professional)
Websites
- https://alvaroseica.net (Personal)
- https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Alvaro.Seica (Scholar)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Literary Theory
- Humanities - Other Humanities
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures
- Humanities - Arts
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
French | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Beginner (A1) | Advanced (C1) | |
Norwegian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | |
Swedish | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | |
Italian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | |||
Chinese | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | |
Latin | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2018/08/13 - 2021/10/14
Ongoing
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Marie Curie Global Fellow (Postdoctoral fellow) (Pós-doutoramento)
Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway
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2018/09 - 2020/09
Concluded
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Visiting Researcher at GSE&IS (Outros)
University of California Los Angeles Department of Information Studies, United States
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2019/03 - 2019/08
Concluded
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Materialidades da Literatura (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Postdoctoral Studies in Materialities of Literature
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019 - 2019
Concluded
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Chinese (Mandarin) A1.1. (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Línguas, Portugal
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16 |
2013/08/01 - 2018/02/02
Concluded
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PhD in Digital Culture (Doktor (PhD))
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
"setInterval(): Time-Based Readings of Kinetic Poetry" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014 - 2016
Concluded
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Norwegian Language and Culture for Foreign Language Students, Level 1 and U2 (Outros)
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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2009/09 - 2011/10/03
Concluded
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Criações Literárias Contemporâneas (Mestrado)
Major in MA in Contemporary American Literature
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Transdução: Processos de Transferência na Literatura e Arte Digitais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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19 - Excellent, or A (ECTS) |
2003/09 - 2007/07/27
Concluded
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Línguas e Literaturas Modernas, variante de Estudos Portugueses (Licenciatura)
Major in Portuguese Studies. Minor in English and American Studies
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Shaping Absence: Carol Ann Duffy's "Rapture"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 |
2001/09 - 2003/07
Attended
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Arquitectura (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
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2000/01 - 2002/01
Concluded
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Course in Modern and Contemporary History of Art (Outros)
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/12 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Literatura Portuguesa, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Literatura Portuguesa, Portugal | ||
2013/08/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Digital Culture Research Group, Norway |
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway | ||
2013/08/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Electronic Literature Research Group, Norway |
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway | ||
2018/08/13 - 2021/10/13 | Postdoc (Research) | Universitetet i Bergen, Norway |
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway | ||
2018/09 - 2020/09 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of California Los Angeles Department of Information Studies, United States |
2019/03 - 2019/08 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal | ||
2018/04 - 2018/05 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland |
National University of Ireland Galway Library, Ireland (...) |
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2013/08/01 - 2018/02/20 | Researcher (Research) | Universitetet i Bergen, Norway |
Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway | ||
2015/08 - 2015/12 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States |
New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States (...) |
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2014/10 - 2014/12 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, France |
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, France (...) |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013/08/01 - 2018/02/20 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universitetet i Bergen, Norway |
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway |
Others
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2011/09 - 2013/06 | Teacher of Portuguese as a Foreign Language | Orange Box AB, Sweden |
2008/03 - 2009/03 | Teacher of Creative Writing | Companhia do Eu - Associação Cultural, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/08/13 - 2021/10/14 | The Art of Deleting: A Study of Erasure Poetry, Practices of Control, Surveillance, and Censorship
Principal investigator
Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway
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European Commission EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Ongoing
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2018/09 - 2020/09 | The Art of Deleting: A Study of Erasure Poetry, Practices of Control, Surveillance, and Censorship (TOP-UP FINANCING)
Principal investigator
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Norges forskningsråd
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2013/08/01 - 2018/02/20 | The Digital Diasthima: Replaying Intervals in Digital Poetry
PhD research fellowship UiB
PhD Student Fellow
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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Universitetet i Bergen
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2014 - 2019 | Editor of the ELMCIP Knowlege Base (https://elmcip.net/)
PhD Student Fellow
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Book review |
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Edited book |
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Exhibition catalog |
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Journal article |
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Journal issue |
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Magazine article |
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Newspaper article |
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Online resource |
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Preface / Postscript |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Working paper |
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Artistic / Performance
Artistic exhibition |
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Artistic performance |
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Program / Show |
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Visual artwork |
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Other
Dataset |
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Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2020/12/03 | The Art of Deleting: On Poetry and Erasure | Emerging Breslauer Scholar, UCLA Information Studies Colloquium
UCLA Information Studies (Los Angeles, United States)
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2020/06/09 | This Is the Paradox of Language | Digital Poetry: Politically Programmed / Poesiefestival Berlin 2020
Poesiefestival Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
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2019/10/18 | Roundtable and Workshop paper feedback | Electronic Literature [Frame]works for the Creative Digital Humanities
UC Santa Barbara, Digital Arts and Humanities Commons, Peder Sather Grant Collaboration (Santa Barbara, United States)
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2019/07/16 | Erasure Poetry: Introduction and Visualization | ELO2019: Electronic Literature Organization Conference & Media Arts Festival
University College Cork, Ireland (Cork, Ireland)
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2019/06/11 | Poesia e Rasura | Postdoc MATLIT conference
University of Coimbra, Faculty of Letters, CLP (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2018/08/14 | Literature Mods | ELO2018 Conference and Festival
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) (Montreal, Canada)
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2018/05/03 | Kinetic Poetry: From Screening to Running Interactive Language | Digital Scholarship Seminar, Visiting Moore Fellow
NUI Galway, Moore Institute (Galway, Ireland)
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2018/04/06 | Lit Mods | Electronic Literature as a Framework for Digital Humanities
UC Berkeley, Centre for New Media, Peder Sather Grant Collaboration (Berkeley, United States)
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2018/02/01 | Beyond and Beside Avant-Garde: (Popular) Forms of Kinetic Writing | Doctoral Trial Lecture
University of Bergen, Faculty of Humanities (Bergen, Norway)
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2017/07/12 | setInterval(): Time-Based Readings of Kinetic Poetry | Masterclass in Digital Culture led by David Jhave Johnston
University of Bergen, PhD Research School in Literature, Culture, and Aesthetic Studies (Bergen, Norway)
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2017/05/11 | Control and the #black_box Critique: A Modifying Deformance of Ian Hatcher's "TRO" | Other Codes / Cóid Eile: Digital Literatures in Context, The First Galway Digital Cultures Initiative Conference
NUI Galway (Galway, Ireland)
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2016/06/17 | Transgression in Experimental Poetics | Text-World-World-Text I, CROWD Omnibus Reading Tour and Symposium
Forum Stadtpark (Graz, Austria)
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2016/06/10 | Action Session Day 1: Workshop on ELMCIP | ELO 2016 Conference and Media Arts Festival "Next Horizons"
University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada)
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2016/04/23 | Reading Strategies in Stephanie Strickland's "slippingglimpse" | 37th APEAA International Conference Meeting
NOVA University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2015/08/06 | The Digital Diasthima: Time-Lapse Reading as Critical and Creative Performance | ELO2015 Conference and Media Arts Festival
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
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2015/08/06 | Artists' and Curators' Talks: "Decentering: Global Electronic Literature." Presentation of the "p2p: Polish-Portuguese E-Lit" exhibition to the public, with guided tour and interview by Nick Montfort | Decentering: Global Electronic Literature / ELO2015 festival Conference
Gallery 3,14 / University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
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2015/08/04 | Documenting Events and Works in the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base | ELO2015 Conference and Media Arts Festival
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
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2015/05/21 | Digital Poetry and Meta-Discourse: A Network of Self-References? | PhD Research Seminar "Aesthetic Technologies"
TBLR PhD Research Training School / Seaman’s Church (New York City, United States)
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2015/05/14 | Digital Poetry and Meta-Discourse: A Network of Self-References? | Digital Literary Studies 2015 Conference
University of Coimbra, School of Arts and Humanities (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/11/06 | Time-Lapse Reading as Critical Performance | Trends in Literary Studies: Narrative, Cognitive and Historical Perspectives
ILOS, University of Oslo / Centre Franco-Norvégien en Sciences Sociales et Humaines/FMSH (Paris, France)
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2014/10/23 | Finding No Object: A Traversal through Processes in Digital Poetry | The Statement of the Object: Aesthetics, Theory, Context
University of Bergen / Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Centre Franco-Norvégien en Sciences Sociales et Humaines/FMSH (Paris, France)
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2014/06/25 | Um Feixe Luminoso: Uma Leitura da Colecção de Literatura Electrónica Portuguesa | PhD Program in Materialities of Literature
University of Coimbra, Faculty of Letters, CLP (Coimbra, Portugal)
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2014/06/19 | A Beam of Light: Reading the Portuguese Electronic Literature Collection | ELO 2014 Conference "Hold the Light: Identity, Change, Commitment"
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, United States)
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2011/10/03 | Transdução: Processos de Transferência na Literatura e Arte Digitais | Master's thesis viva voice
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
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2011/02 | Curators' Desks. Guests: Bypass and André Sier | Just Mad 2
Just Mad Art Fairs SL (Madrid, Spain)
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2010 | Bypass | Art seminar in the MA in Visual Arts
Universidade de Évora / Visual Arts Department (Évora, Portugal)
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2009 | BYPASS 1 | BYPASS 1: Presentation com Carlos Bunga
MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo (Vigo, Portugal)
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2009 | BYPASS 1: Launch with reading by Ozias Filho |
Casa Fernando Pessoa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015/07 - 2017/07 | "Electronic Literature: Affiliations, Communities, Translations," exhibition co-curator with Daniela Maduro, ELO2017 Conference (2017/07 - 2017/07)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Portugal |
2015/01 - 2015/08 | Research Program Committee and track chair (with Scott Rettberg, Jill Walker Rettberg, Anne Karhio and Lucas Prieto), peer-reviewer,
organization, and exhibition co-curator with Piotr Marecki. (2015/08/01 - 2015/08/31)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universitetet i Bergen, Norway Electronic Literature Organization, United States |
2014/01 - 2014/06/03 | "Poetic Unconversations" by Rui Torres. Digital Arena Electronic Literature Reading Series (2014/06/03 - 2014/06/03)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Universitetet i Bergen, Norway Bergens offentlige bibliotek, Norway |
2011 - 2011 | k.
Exhibition (Other)
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Appleton Square, Portugal |
2010 - 2010 | "Aesthetic Nutrition," performance and video-installation by Ana Cardim (2010 - 2010)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Appleton Square, Portugal BYPASS - Associação Cultural, Portugal |
2010 - 2010 | Live concert at São Luiz Theatre (2010 - 2010)
Concert (Co-organisor)
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BYPASS - Associação Cultural, Portugal |
2010 - 2010 | Contemporary Brazilian Literature Seminar (2010 - 2010)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | "Eurolines Catering or Homesick Cuisine", "109/2", "White Promenade". Video and Performance retrospective by Pavel Braila (2009/05 - 2009/05)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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Appleton Square, Portugal |
2009 - 2009 | "Inside-out" (Exhibition by Luísa Baeta) (2009 - 2009)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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BYPASS - Associação Cultural, Portugal |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2020/12 - Current | Centre for Portuguese Literature, University of Coimbra | Collaborating Member |
2019/08 - Current | Ephemera Cultural Association, Library and Archive of José Pacheco Pereira | Member |
2013/09 - Current | Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) | Member |
2013/08 - Current | Bergen Electronic Literature Research Group / Digital Culture Research Group, University of Bergen | Research member |
2015 - 2017 | Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies (APEAA) | Member |
2007/09 - 2013/08 | Bypass Cultural Association | Co-founder |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015/01 - Current | Po-ex.net: The Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Poetry
Member
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Universidade Fernando Pessoa Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2019 - 2019 | ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media | Hof University, Germany |
2019 - 2019 | 21st International Conference Consciousness Reframed | UCP, Porto (Portugal) |
2015/02 - 2015/08 | Electronic Literature Organization 2015: The End(s) of Electronic Literature (ELO2015) | University of Bergen |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2017/08 - 2018/01 | Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT207, Fall 2017) | BA and MA Program in Digital Culture (Bachelor) | Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway |
2016/08 - 2016/12 | Digital Humanities in Practice (DIKULT207, Fall 2016) | Program in Digital Culture (Bachelor) | Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway |
2015/01 - 2015/06 | Digital Humanities in Practice: Project Work on Developing a Scholarly Database of Electronic Literature (DIKULT207, Spring 2015) | Program in Digital Culture (Bachelor) | Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway |
2014/08 - 2014/11 | Culture and Norms in the Information Society: Identity, Gender and Social Interaction (DIKULT106, Fall 2014) | Program in Digital Culture (Bachelor) | Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway |
2014/03 - 2014/06 | Digital Genres: Digital Art, Electronic Literature, and Computer Games (DIKULT103, Spring 2014) | Program in Digital Culture (Bachelor) | Universitetet i Bergen Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Norway |
2011/09 - 2013/06 | Portuguese as a Second Language | Portuguese as a Foreign Language (Outros) | Orange Box AB, Sweden |
2008 - 2009 | Creative Writing | Creative Writing (Outros) | Companhia do Eu, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2021/02 - Current | Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (1555-9351) | |
2018 - Current | Cibertextualidades (1646-4435) | UFP |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2019 | Peer-reviewer for the journals "Electronic Book Review" (USA) and "CITAR Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts" (Portugal) | |
2018 - 2018 | Peer-reviewer for the journals "Mémoires du Livre / Studies in Book Culture" (Canada) and "Human IT" (Sweden) |
Distinctions
Award
2013 | Moser Prize: Literary Essay Prize
Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Anglo-Americanos/Edições Cosmos, Portugal
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2013 | BES / University of Évora Prize: Best Master's student
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
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2003 | Honorable Mention Young Creators Photography
Câmara Municipal de Aveiro, Portugal
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2001 | Literary Prize José Estêvão: Poetry
Escolas Secundárias do Distrito de Aveiro, Portugal
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2000 | Maia City Hall Poetry Prize
Câmara Municipal da Maia, Portugal
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Other distinction
2020 | Special Grant for the Translation and Publication of Portuguese Authors
Direção-Geral do Livro dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas, Portugal
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2018 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Belgium
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2018 | Research Council of Norway MSCA-TOPP-UT
Norges forskningsråd, Norway
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2018 | Moore Institute Visiting Research Fellowship
Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, Ireland
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2017 | Bursary ELO 2017 Conference
Electronic Literature Organization, United States
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2017 | 2017 Bursary Other Codes Conference, NUI Galway
Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, Ireland
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2016 | New Media Writing Prize Shortlist
Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
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2016 | Grant for interdisciplinary arts development
Bergen Kommune, Norway
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2016 | EU Erasmus+Mobility Program
Erasmus Plus, Belgium
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2016 | Worldwide Universities Network Research Mobility Grant: CUHK Research Summit
Worldwide Universities Network, United Kingdom
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2016 | Bursary ELO 2016 Conference
Electronic Literature Organization, United States
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2014 | University of Bergen / LLE: Scholarship for Research Stay Abroad
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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2014 | Grant for Translation (Apoio à Tradução)
Direção-Geral do Livro dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas, Portugal
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2014 | Young Creators: Literature (Jovens Criadores: Literatura)
Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, Portugal
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2014 | FMSH-NFR Scholarship
Norges forskningsråd, Norway
Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, France |
2013 | Ph.D. Research Fellowship in Digital Culture
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
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2010 | Book Support Program for Essays (Apoio à Edição de Obras de Ensaio)
Direcção-Geral do Livro e das Bibliotecas/Ministério da Cultura, Portugal
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2010 | FCT Support Fund to the Scientific Community (FACC)
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia/MCTES, Portugal
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2009 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Artistic Improvement and Dissemination (Valorização e Divulgação Artísticas)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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2009 | Internationalization Grant from the Camões Institute (Apoio à Internacionalização)
Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal
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