María Jesús Fernández García

María Jesús Fernández García

Areas of interest: Hispanic Studies – Portuguese Studies – Comparative Literature.

María Jesús Fernández García is a Lecturer (Profesora Titular) of Galician and Portuguese Philology in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literatures at the Universidad de Extremadura (Spain). Her research interests focus on Portuguese language and literature in relation with other Iberian literatures and languages. Additionally, she has various writings on the theory of Imagology and its application to the Iberian Peninsula.

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António Apolinário Lourenço

António Apolinário Lourenço

Areas of interest: Iberian Studies – Portuguese Studies – Comparative Literature.

António Apolinário Lourenço is a Senior Lecturer (Professor Associado) at the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, where he also coordinates the Hispanic Studies section, and is a member of the Executive Commission of the Center of Portuguese Literature. He has extensive publications on Spanish and Portuguese literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. (more…)

Gabriel Magalhães

Gabriel Magalhães

Areas of interest: Iberian Studies – Portuguese Studies – Hispanic Studies – Comparative Literature

Gabriel Magalhães is a an Assistant Professor (Professor Auxiliar) in the Department of Portuguese and Spanish Literature at the University of Beira Interior, Portugal and was previously a visiting Professor at the University of Salamanca, Spain (1996-2002). At the University of Beira Interior, he was the director of the Undergraduate Program in Portuguese and Spanish Studies. He is also a member of the editorial board of Suroeste – Revista de literaturas ibéricas. (more…)

Víctor Martínez-Gil

Víctor Martínez-Gil

Areas of interest: Iberian Studies – Catalan Studies – Portuguese Studies.

Víctor Martínez-Gil is a Catalan Philology Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. He previously taught Catalan at the Universitat de Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. One of the most relevant specialists in Catalan-Portuguese literary and cultural relations, he has also translated renowned Portuguese authors such as Mário de Sá-Carneiro, José Saramago, and Herberto Helder.

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Robert Patrick Newcomb

Robert Patrick Newcomb

Areas of interest: Iberian Studies – Hispanic Studies – Portuguese Studies – Comparative Literature.

Robert Patrick Newcomb is an Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies at the University of California, Davis, United States. Additionally, he is the founder and co-director of the UC Comparative Iberian Studies Working Group. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from Brown University.

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