Integrated Researcher . PhD Scholarship . FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology
Contact
mcleal@fcsh.unl.pt
Research Group
Transcultural, Literary, and Postcolonial Studies
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Maria Clara Leal is a PhD candidate in Modern Literatures and Cultures at NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCSH), specialising in Comparative Literary Studies. She was awarded a Ph.D. fellowship funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). She holds a master’s degree in Modern Literatures and Cultures, specialising in Iberian and Ibero-American studies, from NOVA FCSH (2022), and a master’s degree in Labour Sciences and Industrial Relations from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (2020). Graduated in Law from IBMEC – Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil). She built an interdisciplinary academic path that integrates the fields of literary studies, gender studies, sociology of work, and labour law. Between 2019 and 2025, she worked as a science manager and researcher on funded projects (FCT and Erasmus+), collaborating on research initiatives on reading literacy, the development of digital narratives for the preservation of cultural heritage, processes of racialisation in Portuguese educational and museological contexts, and family involvement in education. Her current research focuses on the literary representations of working women through the authorship of women and the role of literature in the reconfiguration of collective memory in Iberian and Ibero-American contexts. She is the author and co-editor of scientific publications, an organiser of academic events, and a participant as an interviewer in the podcasts CHAM Talks, awarded by NOVA in 2024, and EDGES Voices, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA).
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