Inês Lima
Lecturer in Lusophone Studies
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
- Department of European Languages and Cultures
- School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Contact details
- Email: ines.lima@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 3.23
50 George Square - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9LH
Availability
Drop-in hour: Mondays, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Background
Inês Lima joined the University of Edinburgh in 2022. She holds a BA in Modern Languages (Portuguese and English) with a specialization in teaching from the University of Porto and an MA in Lusophone Studies from the University Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle. She completed a PhD in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her dissertation focused on the poetry of Ana Luísa Amaral from a queer and ecocritical perspective. Before coming to Edinburgh, she worked at the California State University, Fresno. She currently teaches on the literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking countries.
Qualifications
BA, University of Porto
MA, Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle
PhD, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Responsibilities & affiliations
Assessment and Moderation Officer for Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American Studies
Editorial Board of Hispanic Research Journal
Margarida Losa Institute for Comparative Literature
Undergraduate teaching
Black Hydropoetics: The Sea in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literature and Culture (Honours)
Brazilian Culture (Honours)
Migration, Diaspora and Exile (team-taught)
Gender and Culture (team-taught)
Culture and Society in the Portuguese-Speaking World
Portuguese 1 Literature
Supervision:
MEL Long Essay and Dissertation in Portuguese (Year 4 Honours)
MSc Comparative Literature Dissertations
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
I welcome enquiries from potential postgraduate students who would like to pursue research on Lusophone literatures and cultures.
Research summary
My research focuses on contemporary poetry in Portuguese from an ecocritical and queer perspective. My research interests also include postcolonialism, migration and intertextuality in Luso-Afro-Brazilian poetry and fiction.