Curriculum Vitae
Lisandra Silva e Sousa
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Lisandra Silva e Sousa
Citation names
- Sousa, Lisandra
- Silva e Sousa, Lisandra
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F615-449B-9EFF
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Languages and Literatures
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English (Mother tongue) | |||||
| French | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2010/09/01 - 2016/09/15
Concluded
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Hispanics (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Lusophone Literature, Language and Culture
Queen Mary University of London School of Language Linguistics and Film, United Kingdom
"“Protean Ulyssisms in Portuguese Modernism: Reconceptualizations of Nationhood and Interactions with Brazil”. Examiners:
Professor Bernard McGuirk (University of Nottingham) and Professor Helder Macedo (Oxford University)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2005/09/01 - 2007/06
Concluded
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MLitt in English Literature: Modernities - Literature, Culture and Theory (Master)
Major in Modern Literature in English
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
""The Transled Ulysses: a Comparative reading between the Portuguese "Bois do Sol" and James Joyce's "Oxen of the Sun". My
thesis is an investigation of James Joyce`s Ulysses on translation to European and Latin American Portuguese. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Merit |
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2001/09/01 - 2005/04/30
Concluded
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BA in English (Bachelor)
Major in English
The King's University, Canada
"Gender in the Work of Margaret Atwood" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Honours |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2010/09/01 - 2015/06/30 | Researcher (Research) | Queen Mary University of London School of Language Linguistics and Film, United Kingdom |
| Queen Mary University of London School of Language Linguistics and Film, United Kingdom |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2014/01/01 - 2014/06/30 | EX CATHEDRA: Machado de Assis – A Bilingual Edition
Not applicable
Other
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Concluded
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| 2010/09/01 - 2014/06/01 | “Protean Ulyssisms in Portuguese Modernism: Reconceptualizations of Nationhood and Interactions with Brazil"
SFRH / BD / 73480 / 2010
PhD Student Fellow
Queen Mary University of London School of Language Linguistics and Film, United Kingdom
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2012/06 - 2012/08 | "Protean Ulyssisms in Portuguese Modernism: Reconceptualizations of Nationhood and Interactions with Brazil”
SFRH / BD / 73480 / 2010
Researcher
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book |
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| Journal article |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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| Translation |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2019/07 | "Canadian Experimental Poetry in Dialogue with Iberia and Latin America" | CETAPS Research Meeting
Nova University Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2018/04/21 | “(In)visible Translations in Erin Moure’s Canadian Experimental Poetry” | 2018 Annual Conference
British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) (Londres, United Kingdom)
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| 2017/05 | “Oswald de Andrade’s Portuguese Language-as-Translation and the Nation" | Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress 2017, Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA)
University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
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| 2016/05 | “Fernando Pessoa’s Heteronyms: a Nationhood of Invisible Translators in Modernity” | Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress 2016, Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA))
University of Calgary (Calgary, Canada)
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| 2014/03 | "Filmmaker João Botelho in Dialogue with Fernando Pessoa" | Presentation of Portuguese Filmmaker João Botelho and his film Filme do Desassossego (Disquiet, 2010)
Queen Mary, University of London (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2012/03 | "A Portuguese Ulysses: Fernando Pessoa’s Reconceptualization of Nationhood” | Peripheral Modernisms
Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2012/01 | “Canadian Eirin Mouré's Encounter with Pessoa in Toronto” | Álvaro de Campos e Arredores. Org. Teresa Rita Lopes
Nova University Lisbon (Portugal)
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| 2011/09/23 | “ ‘Com um lenço branco digo adeus aos meus versos que partem para a humanidade’: o ‘Livro de Cesário Verde’ na obra do mestre Alberto Caeiro” | Congresso Internacional de Fialho de Almeida
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2011/04/20 | A Mute Ulysses: Fernando Pessoa’s Reconceptualization of Nationhood” | Dr Odile Cisneros organized a lecture in MLCS for visiting scholar, Lisandra Sousa, on April 20, 2011
MLCS, University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2010/09/01 - 2010/11/30 | Lusophone Film Festival at Queen Mary, University of London. Co-organised the event and presented Portuguese filmaker Francisco
Manso and his films O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno (1997) and A ilha dos Escravos (2008) in November 2010. (2010/09/09 - 2010/09/13)
Festival (Co-organisor)
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Queen Mary University of London School of Language Linguistics and Film, United Kingdom |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2018/06/01 - Current | Centre for English, Translation, and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS) | |
| 2018/01/01 - Current | British Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) | |
| 2016/08/31 - Current | Canadian Comparative Literature Association (CCLA) |
Distinctions
Award
| 2003 | Award for Students of Merit
The King's University, Canada
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