Gonçalo Fernandes Editor

Karen Bennett has a MA and PhD in Translation Studies from the University of Lisbon, and lectures in History and Theory of Translation, Scientific Translation and Translation Research Methods at Nova-FCSH, Lisbon. FERNANDES is Assistant Professor with Agregação at the University of Trásos-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) in Vila Real.

Gonçalo Fernandes is Full Professor of Language Sciences at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Portugal. With a first degree in Humanities from the Catholic University of Portugal (Braga), a Master’s in Descriptive Portuguese Linguistics from the University of Porto, a PhD in Portuguese Linguistics from UTAD, and Habilitation in Language Sciences (Portuguese Linguistics) from the same university, he directed the Center for Studies in Letters (CEL) from 2017 to 2025, and has collaborated with international research networks encompassing universities in Japan, Brazil, the Netherlands, France, and Spain. His primary research areas are Portuguese, and the Historiography of (Latin-)Portuguese Linguistics and Missionary Linguistics from the countries under Portuguese Royal Patronage, particularly Angola, Mozambique, India, Japan, China, and Vietnam.