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is Full Professor of Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, and the Scientific Coordinator of Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies of the same university, and RI of the project DIAITA Heritage: Food, Environment and Well-being. Teaching activities, research interests and publications include classics, ancient Greek history and food history. She is the author of several books and papers and the translator into Portuguese of Herodotus’ Histories (books V and VIII), Euripides (Cyclops), Plato (Statesman), Plutarch (On Affection for Offspring) and Archestratus (Life of Pleasure). Highlight to the publication with Thomas Figueira, Ethnicity and Identity in Herodotus (Routledge, 2020).

has held the Chair of Classics in the University of Edinburgh since 2004. in 2013 he was elected to Membership of Academia Europaea and in 2018 to Fellowships of both the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy. In that same year he was awarded an Anneliese Maier Research Prize by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He served as Editor, Journal of Hellenic Studies (2016–20) and as Chair of the UK Classical Association (2019–24). His research focuses on ancient Greek society, ethics, and literature, especially the emotions. Recent collaborative research projects include ‘A History of Distributed Cognition’ (2014–18, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK); ‘Emotions through Time: From Antiquity to Byzantium’ (2016–18, Leverhulme Trust), and 'Honour in Classical Greece’ (2018–23, European Research Council).

is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, and the Vice-Scientific Coordinator of Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies of the same university. Research and teaching activities focused on Latin, classical culture, and neo-Latin studies, namely on Renaissance Humanism and the 16th century, Jesuit humanism and its neo-Latin written sources. Member of several scientific associations with a regular participation in international scientific meetings and dozens of talks (in Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Germany, England, EUA, Japan). Coordinator of the inter-university project to edit and translate the Curso Aristotélico Jesuíta Conimbricense. Among her publications is Miguel Venegas and the Earliest Jesuit Theater (Brill, 2019).

is Full Professor of Classical Studies at the at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, and a researcher at the Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies. His main areas of interest are ancient history, law and political theory of the Greeks, theatrical pragmatics, and the ancient novel. He also has a strong interest in digital humanities. Among his main recent works are D. F. Leão & L. R. Lanzillotta (eds.), A Man of Many Interests: Plutarch on Religion, Myth, and Magic (Leiden, Brill, 2019) and D. F. Leão & O. Guerrier (eds.), Figures de sages, figures de philosophes dans l'oeuvre de Plutarque (Coimbra, IUC, 2019). Along with Lautaro R. Lanzillotta, he is the editor of Brill’s Plutarch Studies.

is an Assistant Researcher at the University of Coimbra, where he is develloping now the FCT research funded project "Reading nature as text: towards an environmental hermeneutics and space identity awareness in Portuguese eco-culture". In the present, he teaches in the area of Classical Languages and Literatures at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Coimbra. Before, he taught Classical Languages and Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Religion in the Faculty of Theology of the Portuguese Catholic University in Oporto. He is graduated from the the University of Coimbra with a degree in Classical Studies. At the same university he completed a master's degree (2006) and the PhD (2011) in Poetics and Hermeneutics, concerning mainly the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur. He belongs to the Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies of the University of Coimbra.

holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy (2007) and a PhD in Moral and Political Philosophy (2014) from NOVA University in Lisbon. Since 2019 he is a junior researcher (DL57/2016 'norma transitória') hired by the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies (CECH), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, and in that capacity he lectures at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. He is also a member of the Young Scientists Seminar of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (2020-2023). His main research interests are in the fields of Hermeneutics, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, and Critical Theory. Currently he is a team member of the international research projects PRECARITYLAB ( funded by the science ministry of Spain) and the Research Network the Relation between Epistemic Injustice and Recognition Theory (funded by DFG, Germany). He writes a monthly essay for the newspaper O Jornal Económico.

is postdoctoral researcher at University of Coimbra. His scholarly work spans Open Science Infrastructures, folk culture in the Mesopotamian and Mediterranean regions, languages and social history, and ancient thought. Recently, his research scope has expanded to the anthropological impact of economic dependence of agricultural production in Sumerian and Roman cultures, and the history of science.

Technical Officer of CECH. Has a degree in Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra) and in Design (University of Madeira), and is currently pursuing a PhD in Classical Studies, branch of Ancient World. She actively collaborates in Ludi Conimbrigenses, an activity for transferring knowledge of Classical Culture to pre-university education in Portugal, promoted by CECH, and in the dissemination (graphic design) of Associação Cultural Thíasos and FESTEA.

has a bachelor's degree in Anglo-American Studies and a Master's degree in Language, Culture, and Society Studies (from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra).

Currently working on English translation and editing projects at CECH and expanding the reach of Classical Studies beyond the Lusophone world.

works as a science manager at the Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies, and at the Center for Portuguese Literature, where she is an integrated researcher. She holds a PhD in Materialities of Literature, and develops her research in the areas of Posthumanism and Digital Humanities. She is a member of the project LdoD Digital Archive, where she works with the critical reception of Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet. She is also a member of the MatLit Lab: Humanities Laboratory.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies at University of Coimbra. He has a Master in Classical Letters from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is a member of the research group ATRIVM - Interdisciplinary Space for Studies of Antiquity from Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Besides his interest in culture of Ancient Rome, he has experience in the fields of archeology, food culture, digital arts and educational technics.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies - Poetics and Hermeneutics at the University of Coimbra. He graduated in Classical Studies, with a Minor in Portuguese Studies, in 2020, by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, having pursued the Master's degree in Teaching Portuguese and Latin, in 2023, in the same institution. His main areas of scientific interest are ancient Greek literature, ancient history, Portuguese linguistics, and the teaching of Portuguese, Latin and Greek.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies, Ancient World, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies at the University of Coimbra.

is a Phd candidate in Classical Studies in the University of Coimbra. He graduated in Philosophy with a minor in Classical studies 2023 in that same university, having then pursued a Masters in Ancient Philosophy in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2024. His area of interest lies manly in the field of archaic and classical Greek Literature and Language, as well as its reception in later Antiquity.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies at the University of Coimbra. He graduated in Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, in 2021. He then concluded the Master’s degree in Teaching of Portuguese and Latin at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, in 2023. His primary area of scientific study is Neolatin literature, while also being interested in classical Latin literature, ancient, medieval and general Portuguese history, Portuguese literature and linguistics and the didactis of Portuguese and Latin.

is a PhD candidate in Classical Studies - branch Poetics and Hermeneutics. She has a master in teaching Portuguese in the 3rd cycle of basic education and secondary education and Latin in secondary education at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Is currently a Collaborating Researcher at the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies and an FCT Research Fellow for her PhD in Classical Studies - Ancient World branch - at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra. She also obtained a degree in Classical and Portuguese Languages and Literatures and an MA in Classical Studies at this institution.

For several years, she taught Portuguese in primary and secondary schools and published (as co-author) editorial projects for Portuguese in secondary schools (regular and vocational). She is also the author of the book ‘Greek Theatre in the Context of Representation’.

is a PhD candidate in Classical Studies - branch Poetics and Hermeneutics. She has a master's degree in Classical Studies and is President of the Associação Cultural Thíasos – CECH's drama club focused on Classical adaptations.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies at the University of Coimbra.

is a PhD student in Classical Studies - Poetics and Hermeneutics at the University of Coimbra. She graduated in Letters with a major in Portuguese/Latin and its respective literatures in 2019, and with a major in French and its respective literatures in the first semester of 2022, both from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, having pursued a Master's degree in Literary Studies in 2023 at the same institution. Her main areas of scientific interest are Latin literature and Latin teaching.

is a graduate student of master’s degree in Food: Sources, Culture and Society and a PhD in Food Heritage: Cultures and Identities at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

is currently pursuing a PhD in Classical Studies - Poetics and Hermeneutics and has been awarded a scholarship by the European Operas Plus Project. She holds a degree in Classical Studies from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra (FLUC) and a master’s degree in Education from the same institution. She has experience as a teacher and her research scope focuses on ancient Greek culture.

is a graduate student of master’s degree in Food: Sources, Culture and Society, as well of the PhD in Food Heritage: Cultures and Identities, both at Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

is an undergraduate student in Portuguese, with a minor Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

She has a degree in Classical Studies and is currently pursuing a second one in Portuguese.

is an undergraduate student in Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

is an undergraduate student in Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.