JOÃO Carlos Firmino Andrade de CARVALHO (born in Lisbon, in 1962) is Professor at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the University of Algarve. He was an Integrated Researcher at the Center for Lusophone and European Literatures and Cultures (CLEPUL) and Collaborator at the Center for Research in Arts and Communication (CIAC) until August 2023. Currently, he is an Integrated Researcher at CIAC and Collaborator at CLEPUL. He has a PhD in Classical Portuguese Literature from the University of Algarve (2000), a Master's degree (Mestrado) in Portuguese Literature from the Faculty of Arts (Letras) of the University of Lisbon (FLUL, 1990) and a Degree (Licenciatura) in Modern Languages and Literature from the latter University (1985). He was Professor of Portuguese Literature for Foreigners at the ILCP of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon, in 1986. He was Professor at the Escola Superior de Educação de Beja, between 1987 and 1993, where he directed the Communication Sciences Unit. He was a PRODEP Fellow, between 1997 and 2000. He was Director of the Department of Classical and Modern Literature at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Algarve, between 2000 and 2003. He was a Researcher at CELL at UAlg, where he directed a Line of Research. He has participated in several PhD and Master's juries, whether as president, supervisor, or as an arguer. He has published several books: Ciência e Alteridade na Literatura de Viagens. Estudo de Processos Retóricos e Hermenêuticos, 2003; Aventuras d'Escrita(s). Estudos de Poética e Retórica, 2004 (co-authored); Retóricas, 2005 (in co-coordination); O Fio da Memória - Ensaios, 2005; Outras Retóricas, 2006 (in co-coordination); Viagem Maravilhosa do Príncipe Fan-Férédin no País dos Romances.(...) , 2007 (translation, co-authored); Ensaios & Outros Escritos, 2008 (co-authored); Viajantes, Escritores e Poetas: Retratos do Algarve, 2009 (in co-coordination); A República - Figuras, Escritas e Perspectivas, 2011 (coordination); Artes e Ciências em Diálogo, E-Book and Book 2013 (coordination); A Peregrinação de Fernão Mendes Pinto e a Perenidade da Literatura de Viagens, E-Book, 2015 (coordination); O monstruoso na literatura e outras artes, E-book, 2018 (in co-coordination); Cultura e Literatura: Intervenções, E-Book, 2018; Medicina, Cultura, Literatura: Amato Lusitano e Garcia da Orta, E-Book, 2020; Tópicos de Literatura e Cultura, E-Book, 2021; Saligia – Os Sete Pecados Capitais na Literatura e no Cinema, E-Book, 2023 (coordination). He also has numerous publications spread across various magazines and conference proceedings, national and international.