Prof. Dr. Francisco Topa
Professor of African Literatures
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- African Literatures
- Brazilian Literature and Culture
- Textual Criticism
- Folk Literature
Contact
University of Porto
Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FLUP)
Via Panorâmica, s/n, Room 186, Towe A
4150-564 Porto
E-mail: ftopa@letras.up.pt, franctopa@gmail.com
Phone: + 351 226077100
Professional Background
2019 | Holder of Agostinho Neto Chair, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto (FLUP) |
Since 2018 | Coordinator of the research theme Otherness Within (Alteridade em nós) of CITCEM |
2017 – 2018 | Laboratório de (L)Usofonia – prize in the competition Pedagogical Innovation Projects, University of Porto |
2016 | Qualification for a full professorship (agregação) in Literary, Cultural and Interarts Studies, specialization in Literature and Culture (Angolan Literature), FLUP |
Since 2014 | Foreign member of the CNPQ research group A escrita no Brasil colonial e suas relações (Writing in colonial Brazil and its relations), Universidade Estadual Paulista (Assis, Brazil) |
2014 | Visiting Professor, Brazil: Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; and Universidade Federal de Viçosa; under the CAPES Foreign Visiting Professor Program (April to August) |
Since 2011 | Member of the Centro de Estudos Africanos (Center for African Studies), University of Porto |
2006 – 2007 | President of Portuguese and Romance Studies Department, FLUP |
Since 2004 | Associate Professor, FLUP |
2000 | PhD in Literature, FLUP |