Margarida Esteves Pereira is Associate Professor in the Department of English and North-American Studies at the University of Minho, Portugal. She holds a PhD in Literary Studies (English Literature), a Master’s in English Language and Literature, and a degree in the Teaching of Portuguese and English, all from the University of Minho. Her research focuses on modern and contemporary English literature, feminist and gender studies, and the interrelations between literature and cinema, particularly in the context of literary adaptation and cultural memory. She is a researcher at the Centre for Humanistic Studies (CEHUM), where she integrates the GAPS – Gender, Arts and Postcolonial Studies group, and is a member of several academic associations. Her academic work includes over 60 publications, spanning books, edited volumes, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles, with a strong focus on authors such as A. S. Byatt, Monica Ali, and Jane Campion. She has participated in and organized numerous international conferences and research projects, including the FCT-funded WOMANART.