The opening conference of the doctoral programmes in Communication Sciences and Cultural Studies will take place on 4 October at 2:30 pm in the Auditório de Engenharia.
‘Portugal 50/25: The angel of joy passed through us’ is the theme of the conference that marks the start of the 2024/2025 academic year and will be addressed by Anabela Mota Ribeiro, journalist, writer and cultural programme maker.
Anabela Mota Ribeiro was born in 1971 in Trás-os-Montes. She lives and works in Lisbon. She did her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Philosophy at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. For her PhD, she is continuing her study of the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. She was a visiting research fellow at Brown University in 2019 and has published the books O Sonho de Um Curioso (2003), Este Ser e não Ser. Five Conversations with Maria de Sousa (2016), Paula Rego by Paula Rego (2016), A Flor Amarela. Ímpeto e Melancolia em Machado de Assis (2017), Por Saramago (2018) and Os Filhos da Madrugada (2021 and 2022). A freelance journalist, she has collaborated with various newspapers and magazines and worked on the radio. She is the author and presenter of television programmes, most recently Os Filhos da Madrugada (2021 and 2022, RTP3) and Calendário do Advento (2022, RTP3). As a cultural programmer, she collaborates with leading institutions. Among other projects, she curated the Porto Book Fair with José Eduardo Agualusa in 2017, 2018 and 2020. She is a member of the General Council of the University of Coimbra.
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