Ana Alexandra Mendonça Seabra da Silva Andrade de Carvalho is an Assistant Professor (Professora Auxiliar) at the University of Algarve - Gambelas Campus (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences). She works in the area(s) of Humanities with an emphasis on Languages and Literature, namely French Literature and Comparative Literature: - French Literature (mainly, but not exclusively, in the field of eighteenth-century narrative and the theme of seduction games in and of literature); - Comparative Literature (literary seduction games; fantasy and science fiction; film studies); - Literary rhetoric and theorization. She was an Integrated Researcher at CLEPUL until August 2023, at which point she moved from Collaborating Researcher to Integrated Researcher at CIAC at the University of Algarve. She was Deputy Director (Subdiretora) of the Department of Arts and Humanities at FCHS at the University of Algarve (between 17-9-2013 and 20-10-2015). She was Deputy Director (Subdiretora) of CL-IMT (Center for Languages and Interculturality, Multilingualism and Translation at the University of Algarve) between 26-07-2013 and 21-9-2015). She has a PhD in French Literature from the University of Algarve (2001), a Master's degree (Mestrado) in French Literature from the Faculty of Arts (de Letras) of the University of Lisbon (FLUL, 1989) and a Degree (Licenciatura) in Modern Languages and Literature from the latter University (1985). She was a Professor at the Escola Superior de Educação de Beja, between 1989 and 1993. She was a C.N.O.U.S Fellow (Bolseira) in Paris, in July 1986. She was a PRODEP Fellow (Bolseira), between 1997 and 2000. She was Deputy Coordinator (Coordenadora-Adjunta) of the Department of Languages, Communication and Arts at FCHS at the University of Algarve, in 2011. She was a CELL Researcher at UAlg. She has participated in several PhD and Master's juries, whether as president, supervisor, or as an arguer. She has worked in the fields of French and Comparative Literature and Culture, Literary Studies, Translation Studies, History of Reading and Studies on Fantasy and Science Fiction. She has published several books: O Jogo do Desejo em Claude Crébillon (2003); Aventuras d'Escrita(s). Estudos de Poética e Retórica (2004, co-authored); Retóricas (2005, in co-ordination); Viagens sentimentais pelo País da Literatura (2005); Outras Retóricas (2006, in co-ordination); Viagem Maravilhosa do Príncipe Fan-Férédin no País dos Romances (2007, translation, co-authored); Ensaios & Outros Escritos (2008, co-authored); O Jogo no Jogo (ed. 2008); O Silfo (2008, translation); O Monstruoso na Literatura e Outras Artes (2018, in co-ordination), Eros & Thanatos. Estudos de Tradução (2018); O Calafrio da Leitura (2021); O Gosto da Literatura (2021); A Noite e o Momento (2023, translation). She also has numerous publications spread across various magazines, conference proceedings and book chapters.