Fernanda Olival is an Associate Professor at the University of Évora and a researcher at CIDEHUS (Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures, and Societies), where she served as director from 2013 to 2019 and was re-elected for another term in 2022. She specializes in teaching History of Early Modern Times and Methodological Topics. She earned her doctorate from the University of Évora in 2000 and was awarded the title of "Aggregate" there in 2008. Her earlier degrees were obtained from the University of Lisbon (Master's, 1989; Bachelor's, 1984). She has been visiting scholar at the University of São Paulo (2005), the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2007), and Brown University (2023). Her primary areas of research include Early Modern History, socio-political History (particularly Military Orders and the Inquisition), and Digital Humanities, with a focus on Natural Language Processing. Since 2020, she has also been working on the materiality of writing. Her main books are: > Olival, Fernanda (2018). The Military Orders and the Portuguese Expansion (15th to 17th centuries). Peterborough: Baywolf Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-921437-54-3. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/23667 > Olival, Fernanda (2008). D. Filipe II de cognome «O Pio». corrected reed., Rio de Mouro: Círculo de Leitores, CEP/CEP, Temas e Debates, 2008. ISBN: 978-972-759-958-5. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/11539 > Olival, Fernanda (2001). As Ordens Militares e o Estado Moderno: honra, mercê e venalidade em Portugal (1641-1789). Lisbon: Estar, 2001, 570 pp.; ISBN: 972-8095-86-4. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2394 About her publications: https://uevora.academia.edu/FOlival Google citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ezvpREIAAAAJ&hl=en This CV is still not complete, especially for the period prior to 2017.