FACULTY and FACILITIES
University of Évora

The Portuguese Language and Art History courses will be taught by faculty from the University of Évora. Professor Benjamin Taggie, of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Évora faculty will teach the History course. All classes will be held at the University of Évora and students will have access to computers, libraries, and other services.

Ana Clara Birrento, ON-SITE COORDINATOR

Ana Clara Birrento is an Assistant Professor at the University of Évora. She has a PhD in English Literature and her research areas include English literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, mainly the novel. She has published interdisciplinary critical texts in the field of English literature and cultural studies, with a special focus on cultural categories as gender, community, the self and the other(s) and their literary representation.

Mafalda Soares da Cunha ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Mafalda Soares da Cunha is Assistant Professor of Modern History and History of the Nobility and Social Elites. Also, co-editor of e-Journal of Portuguese History:www.brown.edu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/

Maria Filomena Barros ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Maria Filomena Barros Assistant Professor of Medieval History and History of the Muslim Minority.

Helder Adegar Fonseca PROFESSOR

Helder Adegar Fonseca Professor of Modern and Contemporary Portuguese History