Antonio M.A. Igrejas

My current research and teaching interests embrace the short story in the Portuguese-speaking world; metaphor and poetic imagery, particularly the poetry of the Cape-Verdean poet Corsino Fortes. I frequently participate in academic symposia to present my research on Luso-Afro-Brazilian studies. My most recent publications are (co-edited): Rememorando Daniel de Sá: Escritor dos Açores e do Mundo (2016) and Trinta e Muitos Anos de Devoção: Estudos Sobre Jorge de Sena em Honra de Mécia de Sena (2016)

In addition to designing language courses that privilege the communicative approach, I also strive to develop courses that encompass my present teaching and research interests at Wellesley and MIT, through which colonialism and post-colonialism realities, literary traditions and innovations, linguistic and narrative inventiveness can be studied and help students recognize the diversity of the Portuguese-speaking world. I hope students enjoy learning these interdisciplinary topics as much as I enjoy researching and teaching them.

Whenever I am not teaching, researching or otherwise engaged in general academic affairs, I find myself slightly obsessed with Futebol.