Osvaldo Manuel Silvestre

Osvaldo Manuel Silvestre teaches in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the Faculty of Arts, University of Coimbra. He holds a Ph.D. in Literary Theory from the University of Coimbra. He has taught courses in the Modern Languages and Portuguese and Lusophone Studies BA Programs. He has also taught in the Art Studies Program (Aesthetics, Art and Multimedia, Introduction to New Media, Film Analysis). In collaboration with Luís Quintais, he has taught a course on «Anthropology and Literature» in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra. At post-graduate level he has taught courses on Literary Theory and on Spanish Language Literature («The Worlds of Borges»). He was coordinator of the Portuguese and Lusophone Studies Program between 2006 and 2009. He has published articles and books on theory, aesthetics, Portuguese language literatures, comparative literature, contemporary art, and cultural criticism. He is a member of the Centre for Portuguese Literature at the University of Coimbra.

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