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Currently enrolled in a PhD in Modern Literatures and Cultures (American Studies) at Nova University of Lisbon. Obtained Master's degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures (English and North-AmericanStudies) in 2023 from the Nova University of Lisbon, a Premaster's degree in Art, Literature and Society from Maastricht University. Bachelor's degree in Management from ISCTE-IUL, concluded in 2015. Her main research fields are North-American literature, culture, and history, transnationality and feminist theory.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Catarina Moura Reis Almeida

Citation names

  • Moura, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A31A-2FCB-6BE5
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7388-1035

Email addresses

  • catarina.mra@gmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09/15 - 2028/09/15
Ongoing
Literaturas e Culturas Modernas (Doutoramento)
Major in Literatura Norte-Americana
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
" Who belongs here? A transnational contemporary feminist analysis of the U.S.-Mexico border and borderlands" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020 - 2023/05/09
Concluded
Literaturas e Culturas Modernas (Mestrado)
Major in Área de especialização: Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Who Gets to Go on the American Road? New Perspectives on the American Road: Jessica Bruder’s and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19/20
2018/09/15 - 2020/11/20
Concluded
Economia Internacional e Estudos Europeus (Mestrado)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
"A GUERRA COMERCIAL SINO-AMERICANA E A PERFORMANCE EXPORTADORA DO MERCOSUL E DA ASEAN" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16/20
2019 - 2020
Concluded
Pre-Master in Art, Literature and Society (Postgraduate Certificate)
Universiteit Maastricht Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Netherlands
8.11/10
2012/09/15 - 2015/09/15
Concluded
Gestão (Licenciatura)
ISCTE Business School, Portugal
14/20
Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Drivewiz Consultoria, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Startup Portugal, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Aproximar, Cooperativa de Solidariedade Social, Portugal
2016 - 2020 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Marsh and McLennan Companies Inc, United States
2016 - 2016 Assistente Operacional (Assistente Operacional) Sport Lisboa e Benfica Futebol SAD, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Almeida, Catarina Moura Reis. "Who Gets to Go on the American Road? New Perspectives on the American Road: Jessica Bruder’s and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive". Master, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/158769.
  2. Almeida, Catarina Moura Reis. "A guerra comercial sino-americana e a performance exportadora do Mercosul e da ASEAN". Master, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20683.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06 Transnational feminism at the U.S.-Mexico border in Carmen Boullosa’s Texas, the Great Theft (2013/2014) 44th Conference APEAA 2024
University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies, Faculdade de Letras Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2024/04 My heart is half there: a transnational perspective of the border and mobility in Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive (2019) 56th Annual Comparative Literature Symposium
Texas Tech University (Lubbock, United States)
2024/02/29 The U.S.-Mexico border in contemporary literature: Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive (2019) American Borders and (Im)mobilities
CETAPS - Nova FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/12/12 The U.S.-Mexico border in Francisco Cantú's The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Mexican Border (2018) Winter Doctoral Symposium
CETAPS - Nova FSCH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/10/20 Blurred Lines: the border and migrant children in Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive (2019) International Symposium: American Dream, American Crisis
CETAPS - NOVA FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/08 Nomadland: Taking the American road in the 21st century International Conference Touring Travel Writing II: Between Fact and Fiction
CETAPS - NOVA FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/11/18 - 2024/11/19 Membro do Comité de Organização e do Comité Científico do Winter Doctoral Symposium: Literatures and Cultures in English de 2024. Foi a segunda edição deste evento, no qual alunos de doutoramento podem apresentar os seus projetos e obter feedback, tanto dos seus pares, como dos Keynote Speakers. (2024/11/18 - 2024/11/19)
Symposium (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023 - Current JRAAS - Junior Researchers in Anglo-American Studies Junior Researcher
2023 - Current APEEA - Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Anglo-Americanos Membro
2023 - Current Association for Borderlands Studies Membro
2023 - Current PopMeC Association for US Popular Culture Studies Member
2022 - Current CETAPS - Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies American Intersections Strand Colaborador