Ana Vanessa Gonçalves Fernandes (E111-EED6-D61F)

Curriculum Vitae

Vanessa Fernandes

I am a PhD candidate in Classical Studies (2023-2027), with a project funded by the FCT (UI/BD/154560/2022). My research focuses on the formation of emotional connections and the relationship between audiences and the content of Attic Comedy. During my MA, I worked on the reception of Ancient Greek Comedy in declamations produced during Late Antiquity, particularly those of Libanius and Choricius. The thesis and all research produced during my M.A. is part of the "Late Achilles in the Classroom and Court" (LACC) project, also financed by FCT (PTDC/LLT-LES/30930/2017). In addition to my PhD, I have been part of Euphrosyne's editorial team since 2022. Besides handling the journal's email and website, my responsibilities include the overall administration and management of the journal, as well as overseeing the editorial team's workflow.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Ana Vanessa Gonçalves Fernandes

Citation names

Fernandes, Vanessa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: E111-EED6-D61F
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3010-3524

Email addresses

anavanessa@campus.ul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessagfernandes/ (Social media)
https://centroclassicos.letras.ulisboa.pt/author/anavanessa/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Languages and 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	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)
French	Beginner (A1)	Elementary (A2)		Elementary (A2)
Latin
Ancient Greek (until 1553)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09/01 - 2027/09 Ongoing	Estudos Clássicos (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2024/12/16 - 2024/12/19 Concluded	Cognitive Science and the Humanities Masterclass (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Portugal	N/A
2022/10/06 - 2023/08/10 Concluded	Gestão de Serviços de Economia Social (Pós-Graduação) Escola Superior de Educação Jean Piaget de Almada, Portugal	18
2022/09/27 - 2023/08/04 Concluded	Gestão Estratégica de Recursos Humanos (Pós-Graduação) Escola Superior de Educação Jean Piaget de Almada, Portugal	18
2020/07/17 - 2022/10/31 Concluded	Estudos Clássicos (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal "A recepção da comédia teatral nas declamações de Libânio e Corício" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2016/09/13 - 2019/05/13 Concluded	Estudos Clássicos (Licenciatura) Major in Perfil em Traduçao Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/10/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal
2024/01/12 - 2024/03/12	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	University of Oxford Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/08/01 - Current	Euphrosyne's Editorial Assistant	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/08/01 - 2023/08/31	Administration for the Center for Classical Studies	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/09/01 - 2027/08/31	Deconstructing Drama: The Dissection of Ancient Greek Tragedy in Late Antique Literature UI/BD/154560/2022 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/08/01 - 2023/08/31	Research Scholarship (administrative management and editorial work) CEClas_35_2022_BI_EstudanteDeMestrado_Base_Junho Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/10/01 - 2022/01/31	Late Achilles in the Classroom and Court PTDC/LLT-LES/30930/2017 Master Student Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Hadjittofi, Fotini; Fernandes, Vanessa. "Teaching". In A Cultural History of Higher Learning, edited by Jan Stenger. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury, 2025. In press Fernandes, Vanessa; David M.S. Mesquita; Joana Augusto Veiga. "Translation, Creation, or Transcreation? Greek Drama in 18th-Century Arcádia Lusitana". In Translating Ancient Greek Drama in Early Modern Europe: Theory and Practice (1600-1800), edited by Giovana Dimartino; Cécile Dudouyt; Carla Suthren. Berlim, Germany: De Gruyter, 2025. Accepted Fernandes, Vanessa; Veiga, Joana. "Da paideia à humanitas: o ensino retórico na antiguidade e as suas influências na pedagogia jesuíta". edited by Rodrigo Miguel Correia Furtado. Lisboa, Portugal, 2025. Accepted
Book review	Fernandes, Vanessa. "Repath, I., & Whitmarsh, T. (edd.). (2022). Reading Heliodorus’ Aethiopica. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 301 pp. ISBN: 9780198792543.". Review of Reading Heliodorus’ Aethiopica 53, (2025): Submitted Fernandes, Vanessa. "William Guast, Greek Declamation and the Roman Empire, 2023, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 216 pp., ISBN: 978-1-009-29712-7 (hardback). DOI: 10.1017/9781009297158.". Review of Greek Declamation and the Roman Empire 52, (2024): 284-287. In press
Edited book	Conde de Arnoso. Conde de Arnoso - Azulejos. Lisboa, Portugal: Bibliotrónica Portuguesa. 2017. Published • Editor
Journal article	Fernandes, Vanessa; Fotini Hadjittofi. "A figura do herói guerreiro na declamação grega da antiguidade tardia". Forma Breve 19 (2023): 155-172. https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/formabreve/issue/view/1183. Open access • Published
Journal issue	Tim Denecker; Alberto, Paulo Farmhouse. "Euphrosyne: Journal for Classical Philology 53 (Editorial Assistant)". Euphrosyne - Journal for Classical Philology 53 (2025): Under revision Tim Denecker; Maria Cristina Pimentel. "Euphrosyne: Journal for Classical Philology 52 (Editorial Assistant)". Euphrosyne: Journal for Classical Philology 52 (2024): https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503603667-1. In press • https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EUPHR.5.143115 Tim Denecker; Maria Cristina Pimentel. "Euphrosyne: Journal for Classical Philology 51 (Editorial Assistant)". Euphrosyne: Journal for Classical Philology 51 (2024): https://www.brepols.net/series/EUPHR. Published
Thesis / Dissertation	"A recepção da comédia teatral nas declamações de Libânio e Corício". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, 2022. https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/56031.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/04/04	Exploring the Canonical Viability of the Female Gaze: Barbie (2023) and Fleabag (2016) as re-scripts of classical epic and tragedy	International conference CHORUS 2024: Entertainment and Popular Culture APGRD. University of Nantes (Nantes, France)
2024/03/08	(Re)shaping and Transcending Classical Drama: Translations and Rewritings in the Eighteenth-Century Portuguese Arcadia Ulyssiponensis	Early Modern Translations and the Classics University of Princeton. University of Oxford. (Nova Jersey, United States)
2023/04/14	School of Mock	International conference CHORUS 2023: Subversion and Entertainment APGRD. Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/09/29	A figura do herói guerreiro na declamação grega da antiguidade tardia	Congresso Internacional "A Fúria de Aquiles: as faces da guerra" Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2024/10/10 - 2024/10/10	Seminar lectured by Claire Barnes (University of Oxford) and Marianna Leszczyk (University of Oxford), titled Introduction to Classical Reception Theory and Practice (2024/10/10 - 2024/10/10) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal
2023/04/13 - 2023/04/14	International Conference CHORUS 2023: Subversion and Entertainment (2023/04/13 - 2023/04/14) Conference (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal University of Oxford Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, United Kingdom
2022/04/15 - 2022/04/16	Workshop Epic Heroism in Late Antiquity (2022/04/15 - 2022/04/16) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/11/28 - 2024/12/05	Lectured three classes on Attic Comedy for Theater and Literature course/ Greek Literature 2 (graduate courses - FLUL)	Estudos Clássicos (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Portugal