Reinventar o social: Movimentos e narrativas de resistência nas Américas

Isabel Caldeira is Associate Professor of American Studies at the Faculty of Letters, Senior Research Fellow at the Research Center for Social Studies, at the University of Coimbra, and collaborator at the Research Center for Comparative Literature Margarida Losa, at the University of Porto. She teaches American literature and Culture at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and African Diaspora studies and Feminist Studies at the graduate level. Her recent work researches the literatures of the African diaspora using an inter-American, post-colonial and feminist lens. She is the current President of the International Association of Inter- American Studies.

Maria José Canelo holds a PhD in American Studies (New York University) and is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts – University of Coimbra, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in literary and cultural studies. She is also full researcher at the Center for Social Studies (UC). Her research interests include literature and politics (issues of citizenship and nationalism); representation and difference; visual studies; literary magazines; interamerican studies.

Gonçalo Cholant holds a PhD in Modern Languages: Culture and Literature by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Coimbra, an MA (2012) in Feminist Studies (FLUC), Portugal, and a BA (2008) in English Language and Literature by the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. His research interests are African-American Literature, Caribbean Literature, Autobiography, Women’s Writing, Feminist Studies, Representations of Violence, and Trauma.