Hélio J. S. Alves (Coimbra, 1963) is an Associate Professor with "Agregação" at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, and the current Director of its research Centre for Comparative Studies (CEComp). He taught earlier at the University of Évora, Portugal, and the University of Macau, China. He was also an occasional lecturer or examiner at the Universities of Berlin (Freie), Harvard, New York (The Graduate Center), Oxford, Paris-Sorbonne, Pavia, Rutgers-Newark, and Yale. He is mainly dedicated to the literature of the European and Portuguese Renaissance/Early Modernity, with a special focus on the following domains: philology (critical and commented editions 'de verbo ad verbum'); literary criticism, including a sub-area on classical Portuguese drama; comparative epic and heroic poetry; and Camões studies. This production is substantially concerned with placing Portuguese literature in a world perspective, providing on the way innovative contributions to the effective knowledge of 16th and 17th-century literatures in Spanish (Cervantes; Góngora) and English (drama; Milton). He has published 11 academic books (including 4 commented anthologies), 5 of which in co-edition with other scholars. He is the author of 39 book contributions, including introductions to books by young researchers he has supported. He has published many articles in academic publications, 23 of which in non-Portuguese journals, as well as critical reviews and articles in volumes of proceedings, journals and other publications, like encyclopaedias, dictionaries and bibliographies of international scientific reference. In teaching and R&D management, before his current position as Director of CEComp, he held the positions of President of the Portuguese Comparative Literature Association; Director of the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre at the University of Macau; Head of the Masters courses taught at Holy Ghost College, University of Évora; Director of the Masters course in Comparative Literature and Poetics, Research Centre Vice-Director and Departmental Vice-Director at the same University etc. He is the author and performer of 2 CD albums of solo piano music.