2024. As examiner: Daniel Silvestre, “Fazer Falar o Silêncio: Paterson de Jim Jarmusch — Uma Tradução de Paterson de W. C. Williams” [“Making Silence Speak: Paterson by Jim Jarmusch — A Translation of Paterson by W. C. Williams”] (Open University); Gabriel Luna, “Found Footage e sua Reconfiguração Digital: Os Filmes de Dominic Gagnon” [“Found Footage and Its Digital Reconfiguration: The Films of Dominic Gagnon”] (Catholic University of Portugal); Hannah Dias, “Grupo Zero e a Atividade Cinematográfica Cooperativa no Período Revolucionário Português” [“Grupo Zero and Cooperative Cinematographic Activity in the Portuguese Revolutionary Period”] (project, University of Beira Interior); Joana Rego, “Estética e Política da Representação Cinematográfica: O Lugar das Vivências Queer na Construção do Socialismo” [“Aesthetics and Politics of Cinematic Representation: The Place of Queer Experiences in the Construction of Socialism”] (University of Porto); Margarida Rodrigues, “Filmes e Religião: Vestígios do Catolicismo no Cinema de Martin Scorsese” [“Films and Religion: Traces of Catholicism in Martin Scorsese’s Cinema”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Tiago Ferreira, “Mimese Negativa: A Superação da Realidade Através do Arquivo nas Obras de Artavazd Pelechian, Harun Farocki e Peter Tscherkassky (1969-1999)” [“Negative Mimesis: Overcoming Reality Through the Archive in the Works of Artavazd Pelechian, Harun Farocki and Peter Tscherkassky (1969-1999)”] (University of Coimbra).
As chair (University of Coimbra): Arianna Angioli; Axelle Ribeiro; David Veiga de Carvalho; Delano Valentim da Silva; Fernanda Cabral; Jorge Pessoa; José Gonçalves; Matilde Ferreira; Miguel Pimentel.
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Silvia Carballo, “A Cinemateca del Tercer Mundo: O Cinema como Elemento de Militância Política e Ferramenta nos Debates da Memória” [“Cinemateca del Tercer Mundo: Cinema as an Element of Political Militancy and a Tool in Memory Debates”].
2023. As chair (University of Coimbra): Adriana Campos; Hugo Inácio; Simão Mota; Soledad Rodríguez (equivalence of degree awarded by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile).
As examiner: Elsa Gomes, “Ver para Aprender: Desenvolvimento de Materiais Pedagógicos Baseados no Cinema para Aprendentes de PLNM dos Níveis C1 e C2” [“Seeing to Learn: Development of Film-Based Teaching Materials for PLNM Learners at Levels C1 and C2”] (University of Coimbra); Fábio Sequeira, “Lentidão e Fantasmagoria: do Slow Cinema ao Slow Horror nos cinemas de Kiyoshi Kurosawa, David Lynch, Manoel de Oliveira e Jordan Peele” [“Slowness and Phantasmagoria: From Slow Cinema to Slow Horror in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s, David Lynch’s, Manoel de Oliveira’s and Jordan Peele’s Cinemas”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Carolina Costa; Daniel França; Nuno Dias.
2022. As chair (University of Coimbra): Ana Nogueira; Andreea Bonea; Beatriz Monteiro; Brígida Alves; Carlota Castro; Cristina Vieira; Diogo Carvalho; Joana Calhau; José Urbano; Magali Alvadia; Miguel Araújo; Patrícia Morais; Sara Ferreira; Yang Chen.
As examiner: Diogo Doroteia Frazão, “Trinta Anos em Cima do Skate: Uma Viagem pelos Arquivos e Narrativas Visuais do Skate Aveirense” [“Thirty Years on Top of Skate: A Journey Through the Archives and Visual Narratives of Skate Aveirense”] (Higher School of Media Arts and Design - Polytechnic Institute of Porto); Francisco Barbosa, “O Real Imaginário: Socrático entre Platão e Rossellini” [“The Imaginary Real: Socratic Between Plato and Rossellini”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Manuel Raposo de Melo, “O Tempo e a Mise-en-Scène de Gestos e Rituais: The Process of Cinematographic Development of A Ilha” [“The Time and Mise-en-Scène of Gestures and Rituals: O Processo de Desenvolvimento Cinematográfico de A Ilha”] (Lisbon Theatre and Film School - Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon); Paulo Portugal, “Viagem, Desvio e Transfiguração: O Monólogo Interior como Acto de Resistência no Renascimento da Mise-en-scène” [“Journey, Deviation and Transfiguration: The Internal Monologue as an Act of Resistance in the Renaissance of the Mise-en-Scène”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Rui Fernando Luís, “As Muitas Máscaras do Slasher Movie: Como os Medos da Sociedade se Refletem na Evolução do Género” [“The Many Masks of the Slasher Movie: How Society’s Fears Reflect in the Evolution of the Genre”] (ibid.).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Raquel Luís da Silva, “O (Cine-) Teatro Municipal e a Descentralização da Cultura: Estágio no Cine-Teatro Garrett” [“The Municipal (Cine-) Theater and the Decentralization of Culture: Internship at Cine-Teatro Garrett”]; Tailor Morais, “Antologia Cyberpunk – Um estudo sobre a série Black Mirror” [“Cyberpunk Anthology: A Study of the Black Mirror Series”].
2021. As chair (University of Coimbra): Ana Rita Moutela; André Quaresma.
As examiner: Maria Inês Rodrigues, “A Entrada no Tempo em Primavera Tardia de Ozu” [“Coming of Age in Ozu’s Late Spring”] (Lisbon Theatre and Film School - Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon); Maria Jardim Maranha, “O Cinema Político de Straub-Huillet e Pedro Costa” [“Straub-Huillet’s and Pedro Costa’s Political Cinema”] (University of Lisbon); Walber Lins Silva, “Um Paralelo Entre a Velha e a Nova Propaganda Transmidiática no Cinema” [“A Parallel Between the Old and the New Propaganda in Cinema”] (project, University of Beira Interior).
2020. As chair (University of Coimbra): Aarón Pérez Borrajo; Ana Luísa Santos; André Heitor; Catarina Tavares de Lemos; João Pedro Alves de Freitas; Leonardo Pereira; Márcio Laranjeira; Ricardo Regalado.
As examiner: Ana Costa, “Cinema e Memória: Um Estudo sobre a Representação da Memória no Cinema de Ficção Científica” [“Cinema and Memory: A Study on the Representation of Memory in Science Fiction Cinema”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Géssica Pimentel Reis, “Estética da Resistência do Terceiro-Cinema no Brasil” [“Aesthetics of Resistance of Third-Cinema in Brazil”] (University of Coimbra); Isabel Brazinha, “E=MZZ2 Mon Amour: Do Argumento à Montagem” [“E=MZZ2 Mon Amour: From Screenplay to Editing”] (ibid.); João Luz, “O Outro Quarto, Argumento Cinematográfico Original” [“O Outro Quarto, Original Screenplay”] (ibid.).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): João Marcelo Ventura, “Queer Lisboa: Hip-Hop Queer e Representação Queer no Vídeo Musical” [“Queer Lisboa: Queer Hip-Hop and Queer Representation in Music Video”]; Luís Freitas, “Incolor: Argumento Original e Comentário” [“Incolor: Original Script and Commentary”].
2019. As chair (University of Coimbra): Christian Staiger Schneider; João Pedro Melim; Tiago Marques.
As examiner: Ana Margarida Almeida, “Quem Vou Ser, Se Não Souber Quem Sou?: A Plenitude Cósmica de Cada Presença e a Autodescoberta através do Cinema” [“Who Will I Be, If I Don’t Know Who I Am?: The Cosmic Completeness of Each Presence and Self-Discovery Through Film”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Catarina Calvinho Gil, “A Dimensão Socio-Política da Obra de Abi Feijó: Retrospectiva do Cinema de Animação em Portugal” [“The Socio-Political Dimension of Abi Feijó’s Oeuvre: Retrospective of Animation Film in Portugal”] (ibid.); Daniela Marques, “A Última Feiticeira: Argumento Cinematográfico Adaptado” [“A Última Feiticeira: Adapted Screenplay”] (University of Coimbra); Eduardo Chaves Laurent, “Bibi e os Crustáceos: Argumento Original de Animação” [“Bibi e os Crustáceos: Original Animation Script”] (ibid.); Fernando Serzedelo de Almeida, “O Cinema Submetido à Representação do Real: Trajetória e Formas de Expressão” [“Cinema Submitted to the Representation of the Real: Trajectory and Forms of Expression”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Yuri Bobeck, “O Cinema Brasileiro Contemporâneo 20 Anos Após Central do Brasil: Outras Perspectivas sobre a Representação da Tragédia Social Brasileira” [“Contemporary Brazilian Cinema 20 Years After Central Station: Other Perspectives on the Representation of the Brazilian Social Tragedy”] (ibid.).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Maria Júlia Pereira, “Os Festivais de Cinema e a sua Organização: Estágio no Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português” [“Film Festivals and their Organization: Internship at the Caminhos do Cinema Português Festival”]; Vanessa Fernandes, “In Motion: A Dança na Obra Cinematográfica de Norman McLaren” [“In Motion: Dance in Norman McLaren’s Cinematographic Work”].
2018. As chair (University of Coimbra): Fernando Gil Sousa; João Costa; Maria Beatriz Nogueira; Nuno Rato; Pedro Vaz; Sara Dacal Crespo; Severina Jankauskaite; Tiago Marques.
As member: Diego Hoefel Vasconcelos, “Entre Retratos e Paisagens: Ensaio sobre Rosto no Cinema” [“Between Portraits and Landscapes: Essay on the Face in Film”] (equivalence of degree awarded by the Federal University of Ceará, Nova University of Lisbon).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Ana Filipa Leandro, “Cinema e Memória Colectiva: A Partir da Análise de German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, Death Mills e Nuit et brouillard” [“Cinema and Collective Memory: From the Analysis of German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, Death Mills and Nuit et brouillard”]; Ricardo Almeida, “O Realismo Mágico no Cinema: O Caso de Veit Helmer” [“Magical Realism in Cinema: The Case of Veit Helmer”].
2017. As chair (University of Coimbra): Ana Luís de Oliveira; Ana Teresa Leal; Francisco Ricardo Silveira; João Miguel Simões; Rosa Catarina Diogo; Rui Aniceto; Sónia Antonieta de Carvalho.
As examiner: Ana Raquel Cássio, “Cinema Bioscoop” (Nova University of Lisbon); Gonçalo Oliveira de Mara, “Tornar o Cinema Vísivel: A Prática da Programação Cinematográfica” [“Making Cinema Visible: The Practice of Film Programming”] (ibid.); Jorge Lestre, “Jornalismo Cultural Online: Estágio na Magazine.HD” [“Online Cultural Jornalism: Internship at Magazine.HD”] (University of Coimbra); Mariana Feteira Parracho, “A Melancolia na Arquitetura a partir do Cinema Português” [“Melancholy in Architecture from Portuguese Cinema”] (ibid.); Ricardo Branco, “Transpor o Género: Representação do Corpo Trans como um Outro no Cinema” [“Overcoming Gender: Representing the Trans Body as an Other in Film”] (Nova University of Lisbon); Vanessa Ribeiro, “Documentário, Espaço Selvagem da Experimentação” [“Documentary, Wild Space for Experimentation”] (ibid.); Virgílio Marcelo Jesus, “Ressurgimento da Temática Melodramática no Cinema Contemporâneo” [“Resurgence of the Melodramatic Theme in Contemporary Cinema”] (ibid.).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Ana Lopes, “O Espaço Habitacional enquanto Retrato Psicológico da Personagem” [“The Space of Inhabitation as Psychological Character Portrait”]; André Avelino, “Jogos de Empatia: Criação de Empatia e Conexão com Outras Realidades através dos Videojogos” [“Empathy Games: Creation of Empathy and Connection with Other Realities Through Videogames”]; Cristina Lopes, “Sé7ima Memória: Ciclo de Cinema Sénior” [“Se7enth Memory: Senior Film Programme”].
2016. As chair (University of Coimbra): Cláudia Morais; Fernando Duarte de Oliveira; Filipe Bento de Araújo; Raphael Diego de Mesquita; Rúben Gaspar Gomes.
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Jéssica Pestana, “Cinema e Pedagogia: Estágio no IndieLisboa” [“Film and Pedagogy: Internship at IndieLisboa”]; Marta Torres, “Queer Lisboa e o Novo Cinema Queer” [“Queer Lisboa and New Queer Cinema”]; Susana Figueira Henriques, “Queer Lisboa: Derek Jarman e a Estética Queer no Vídeo Musical” [“Queer Lisboa: Derek Jarman and Queer Aesthetics in Music Video”].
2015. As chair (University of Coimbra): Ana Eduarda Barbosa; José Filipe Pereira; Samanta Almeida.
As examiner: Pedro Valentim, “Da Desavergonhada Forma das Coisas: Uma Digressão Flanada Através da Forma e do Discurso duma Constelação de Corpos Cinematográficos” [“Of the Shameless Shape of Things: A Strolling Tour Through the Shape and Discourse of a Constellation of Cinematographic Bodies”] (University of Coimbra).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Denise Liege Fraga e Klock, “Estilo em Documentário: Análise dos Filmes 5 Broken Cameras (2011) e Iraq in Fragments (2006)” [“Style in Documentary: Analysis of the Films 5 Broken Cameras (2011) and Iraq in Fragments (2006)”].
2014. As examiner: Ricardo Batista, “Os Bastidores em Directo” [“The Backstage Live”] (University of Coimbra).
2013. As supervisor: Angélica Bértolo (University of Coimbra), “Argumento Cinematográfico A Grande Falácia” [“Film Screenplay A Grande Falácia (The Great Fallacy)”]; Pedro Niza (ibid.), “Projecto Educativo no TAGV” [“Educational Project at TAGV”]; Susana Serigado (University School Vasco da Gama), “The Fountainhead Revisitado: De Chicago Tribune Tower a Pruitt-Igoe” [“The Fountainhead Revisited: From the Chicago Tribune Tower to Pruitt-Igoe”].
2012. As examiner: Débora Pinto de Carvalho, “Fatal, Cativa e Independente: A Mulher no Film Noir” [“Deadly, Captive and Independent: The Woman in Film Noir”] (University of Coimbra); Raquel Casqueira, “Live the Dream or Die Trying: Live. Dream. Believe.” (ibid.).
2011. As examiner: Luís Esteves, “Relatório do Projecto do Filme Entre Macacos e Anjos” [“Project Report on the Film Macacos e Anjos”] (University of Coimbra).
PhD Examination Panels2024. As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Cátia Diogo (thesis project); Luísa Neves Soares, “Autoria e Intimidade na Criação Artística Documental” [“Authorship and Intimacy in Documentary Artistic Creation”]; Tatiana Guimarães (thesis project).
2023. As examiner: Diogo Nóbrega, “Figura – Política e Ontologia do Movimento no Pensamento de Gilles Deleuze” [“Figure – Politics and Ontology of Movement in Gilles Deleuze’s Thought”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
As main examiner: Pedro Caldas, “O Cinema e a Ciência dos Processos” [“Film and the Science of Processes”] (University of Lisbon).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Jorane Castro, “Processo Criativo e Experiências Amazônicas na Narrativa Cinematográfica Contemporânea” [“Creative Process and Amazonian Experiences in Contemporary Cinematic Narrative”]; Rui Fernando Luís (thesis project).
2022. As main examiner: Pedro Álvaro, “Resgates da Câmara: Intimidade e Unidade de Espaço no Cinema de Ficção Narrativo” [“Rescues of the Camera: Intimacy and Unity of Space in Narrative Fiction Cinema”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Bruna Oliveira (thesis project).
2021. As chair (University of Coimbra): Flávio de Brito; Francisco Manuel Relva Pereira; Frederico Dinis; Levi Fernandes da Silva; Mafalda Lencastre (thesis project); Marina Negreiros (thesis project); Sara Jobard.
As examiner: Tiago Fernandes, “Escutar as Paisagens: Experiências Sensoriais Subjetivas e Ressignificadas” [“Listening to Landscapes: Subjective and Resignified Sensory Experiences”] (University of Beira Interior).
As main examiner: Rebecca Anne Peters, “When Code Replaces Scripture: Black Mirror, Technology and the Specter of Christianity” (Pompeu Fabra University); Vinícius Neves de Cabral, “Materialist Readings of Cinematic Representations of Disability” (State University of Londrina).
As rapporteur: Christian Schneider, “Realização Individual no Cinema de Ficção” [“Individual Realization in Fiction Cinema”] (thesis project, University of Coimbra); Francisco Ricardo Silveira, “O Complexo da Lagosta Revisitado: Uma Fábula Ensaística” [“The Lobster Complex Revisited: An Essay Fable”] (thesis project, ibid.).
2020. As chair (University of Coimbra): Bruno César Pinto Madureira; Iracy Vaz; Rosiane de Oliveira.
As main examiner: Hugo Martins, “Yasujiro Ozu: Ciclos de Vida” [“Yasujiro Ozu: Cycles of Life”] (University of Lisbon).
2019. As chair/supervisor (University of Brasilia, jointly with the University of Coimbra): Joanise Levy da Silva, “Fabular e Interpretar Imagens: O Clichê no Processo da Escrita Fílmica” [“Fabulating and Interpreting Images: The Cliché in the Filmic Writing Process”].
As rapporteur: Diego Hoefel Vasconcelos, “Dramaturgias do Fracasso: Reinvenções da Comédia no Cinema Brasileiro Contemporâneo” [“Dramaturgies of Failure: Reinventions of Comedy in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema”] (thesis project, Nova University of Lisbon and Fluminense Federal University); Francisco Ricardo Silveira, “O Sublime Ecfrástico dos Vídeos Musicais: Um Travelling Literário a partir da Letra” [“The Ecfrastic Sublime of Music Videos: A Literary Travelling from the Lyrics”] (thesis project, University of Coimbra).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Markus Carpenter, “Adapting Bradbury: A Cinema of Wonder and Warning”.
2018. As main examiner: Inês Rebanda Coelho, “Autoria Conjunta: Uma Visão Industrial, Legal e Social do Cinema e da Televisão” [“Joint Authorship: An Industrial, Legal and Social View of Cinema and Television”] (University of Minho); Inês Sapeta, “A Programação Cinematográfica: Ordem e Afecção nas Cartas Brancas Programadas na Cinemateca Portuguesa - Museu do Cinema” [“Film Programming: Order and Affection in the Cartas Brancas at the Portuguese Cinemateque - Cinema Museum”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
As supervisor (University of Coimbra): Nuno Malheiro Lopes, “Sério Fernandes e a Escola que "Não Existe": Contributo para uma Reflexão sobre a Escola do Porto” [“Sério Fernandes and the School that "Doesn't Exist": Contribution to a Reflection on the Porto School”].
2017. As rapporteur: Chang Zhang (thesis project, University of Coimbra); Pedro Caldas (thesis project, University of Lisbon); Sina Knoll (thesis project, Nova University of Lisbon).
2016. As rapporteur: Bruno Fontes (thesis project, University of Coimbra).
As co-supervisor (University of Coimbra): Dária Salgado (thesis project).
2015. As main examiner: Susana Nascimento Duarte, “O Figural no Cinema Contemporâneo: Articulações e Disjunções do Visível e do Dizível” [“The Figural in Contemporary Cinema: Articulations and Disjunctions of the Visible and of the Sayable”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
2014. As main examiner: Marta Pinho Alves, “Cinema 2.0: Modalidades de Produção Cinematográfica do Tempo do Digital” [“Cinema 2.0: Modalities of Film Production in Digital Times”] (University of Lisbon).
2013. As examiner: Fausto Cruchinho, “Roberto Rossellini: A ‘Televisão de Autor’” [“Roberto Rossellini: ‘Auteur Television’”] (University of Coimbra); Maria do Carmo Piçarra, “Azuis Ultramarinos: Propaganda Colonial nas Actualidades Filmadas do Estado Novo e Censura a Três Filmes de Autor” [“Ultramarine Blues: Colonial Propaganda in the Filmed Newsreels of Estado Novo and Censorship of Three Auteur Films”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
As main examiner: Liliana Navarra, “João César Monteiro entre Antropologia e Ficção” [“João César Monteiro between Anthropology and Fiction”] (Nova University of Lisbon).
2012. As rapporteur: Diogo Morato (thesis project, University of Coimbra).
Administration2023-. Member of the Pedagogical Council. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2021. President of the Exams Board for Applicants over 23 years old. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2020-. Member of the Scientific Council. College of the Arts - University of Coimbra.
2020-21. Member of the Scientific Council. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2019. Member of the Ethics Commission. Faculty of Sports Sciences and Physical Education - University of Coimbra.
2019-23. Member of the Faculty Council. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2019-21. Subdirector of the Department of History, European Studies, Archeology and Arts. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2017-. Coordinator of the Laboratory for Investigating and Practicing Art. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2016-. Director of the MA in Art Studies. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2016-17. 2019-20. 2022-. Member of the Monitoring and Evaluation Commission of the BA in Art Studies. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2016-. Member of the Monitoring and Evaluation Commission of the MA in Art Studies. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2014-16. 2019-. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies - University of Coimbra.
2013-18. 2020-. Coordinator of the Mobility Programmes in Art Studies. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2013-15. 2019-23. 2024-. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Department of History, European Studies, Archeology and Arts. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2012-15. Manager of the Boiler House. Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University of Coimbra.
2007-9. Part-time teachers’ representative on the Film Studies Board. School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts - University of Kent.
Other Activities2023. Supervisor of extra-curricular internship: Delano Valentim (MA) at Center for Film Studies, Coimbra Academic Association. University of Coimbra.
2019. Member of the jury of the Science and Technology Management Grant (no. 615768). University of Coimbra.
2016. Supervisor of extra-curricular internship: Rafael Marques (BA) at Easy Live on Web. University of Coimbra.
2016-. Tutorship of BA students in Art Studies. University of Coimbra.
2005. Exam invigilator. University of Kent, May to Jun.
2002. Intern in the Department of History and Phenomenology of Architecture. Technical University of Lisbon.
