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Vanessa Fernandes is a Ph.D. candidate in Classical Studies at the University of Lisbon. She has been awarded a doctoral research grant by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) to study the reception of drama in late antique literature (project UI/BD/154560/2022). Her M.A. focused on the reception of Ancient Greek Comedy within the Declamatory genre and was part of the "Late Achilles in the Classroom and Court" (LACC) project (PTDC/LLT-LES/30930/2017), also financed by FCT. In addition to her Ph.D., Vanessa is currently working as an Editorial Assistant for the journal Euphrosyne.
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

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
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 Center for Classical Studies' administrative manager 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
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Clássicos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Hadjittofi, Fotini; Fernandes, Vanessa. "Teaching". In A Cultural History of Higher Learning. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury, 2025.
    Accepted
Journal article
  1. 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
  1. Tim Denecker; Fernandes, Vanessa; David M.S. Mesquita; Joana Augusto Veiga; Anjos, Duarte; Matafome, Ana. "Euphrosyne - Journal for Classical Philology (51)". Euphrosyne - Journal for Classical Philology 51 (2024): https://www.brepolsonline.net/toc/euphr/2021/49.
    In press • Coeditor
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "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 Oxford. University of Princeton (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
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