Academic and professional activities
2018-8-1 to 2019-2-25 - Honorary Fellow at the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2016-08 to 2017-02 - Honorary Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature & Folklore Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2015-09 to 2016-02 - Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature & Folklore Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014 to 2015 - Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013 to 2014 - Visiting Professor, Department of Comparative Literature & Folklore Studies, UW-Madison
2012 to 2013 - Research Fellow, Departmento of Comparative Literature & Folklore Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011 to 2012 - Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 to 2011 - Research Fellow, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2009 to 2010 - Visiting Professor Comparative Literature UW-Madison
2008-08-22 to 2008-08-22 - Visiting Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, UW-Madison
2007-08-22 to 2007-08-22 - Visiting Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, UW-Madison
2006-08-22 to 2006-08-22 - Visiting Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, UW-Madison
2005-08-22 to 2005-12-22 - Visiting Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, UW-Madison
2004 - Visiting Scholar, Departamento de Literatura Comparada da Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison (Agosto-Dezembro)
1996 - Tinker Visiting Professor, Departamento de Literatura Comparada da Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison (Agosto-Dezembro)
1992 - Professora visitante da Universidade da Madeira
1991 - Tinker Visiting Professor, Departamento de Literatura Comparada da Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison (Agosto-Dezembro)
1990 - Consultora do Office for International Studies and Programs da Universidade de Wisonsin-Madison (Agosto-Outubro)
1990 - Professora/Investigadora convidada do Departamento de Literatura Comparada da Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison (Agosto-Dezembro)
1988 - Professora catedrática da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
1987 - Investigadora convidada do Departamento de Estudos Portugueses e Brasileiros do King's College de Londres (Outubro-Dezembro)
1987 - Investigadora Permanente do Centro de Estudos Sociais
1986 to 1988 - Professora Associada com Agregação da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
1986 - Professora do Curso de Férias sobre Língua e Cultura Portuguesas da Universidade da Ásia Oriental em Macau
1984 to 1986 - Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
1983 - Professora Visitante do Departamento de Literatura Comparada, Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison
1982 to 2002 - Membro do Conselho de Redacção da Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
1982 to 1984 - Vice-Presidente da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
1982 - Directora do Curso de Mestrado em Estudos Anglo-Americanos
1982 - Professora Visitante do Dept. de Espanhol e Português, Universidade de Wisconsin-Madison
1979 to 1986 - Professora Associada da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
1974 to 1979 - Professora Auxiliar da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
1973 to 1974 - Assistente da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
1965 to 1968 - Assistente da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
Other Activities
2008 to --- - 2008- Scientific Director of the Ph. D. Program in American Studies (FLUC)
2008 to --- - Scientific Director of the Ph. D. Program in Feminist Studies (FLUC)
2007 to --- - Member of the Editorial Board of Portuguese Studies (London)
2006 to 2007 - 2006-2007 Member of the EURYI Review Panel "Humanities and Social Sciences"
2006 to 2007 - Member of the Wise-Susman Prize Committee (ASA)
2004 to 2004 - Chair of the Women's Committee of ASA (USA)
2004 to 2004 - Member of the panel for evaluating projects in Programa Lusitânia (ICALP/FCT)
2003 to 2004 - Member of the Scientific Committee for Humanities and the Social Sciences (FCT)
2003 to 2003 - Chair of the International Evaluating Panel to review research centers of Literary Studies in Portugal (FCT)
2002 to 2002 - 2002 Chair of the International Evaluating Panel to review research projects in Literary Studies in Portugal (FCT)
1999 to 2001 - Member of the Panel for awarding the Camões Prize
1999 to 2001 - Member of the panel for evaluating PRAXIS projects (FCT)
1999 to 1999 - Chair of the International Evaluating Panel to review research centers of Literary Studies in Portugal (FCT).
1999 to 1999 - Member of the Program Committee of ASA Convention
1998 to 2000 - Co-Chair, Task Force for International Women in American Studies (ASA)
1996 to 1997 - Chair of the Program Committee for the Third European Feminist Research Conference
1996 - Member of the Editorial Board, Sources (University of Orléans)
1994 to 1996 - Member of the Scientific Committee for Women's Studies (EU SIGMA Project, Comission DGXXI).
1992 to 1994 - Vice-President of the European Association of American Studies
1990 to 1994 - Coordinator of ERASMUS Exchange Programs (English/Portuguese).
1988 to 2002 - General Editor of the Series "Diálogo" (ICALP)
1987 to 1994 - Representative of APEAA on the Board of Directors of the European Association of American Studies
1984 to 1987 - President of APEAA
1983 to 2002 - Member of the Editorial Board of Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
1982 to 1995 - Chair of the Department of Anglo-American Studies FLUC
1981 to 1982 - Representative of Anglo-American and Germanic Studies Ph. D. faculty on the Pedagogical Committee of FLUC
1980 to 1984 - Vice-President of the Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies (APEAA).
1979 to 1985 - Member of the Board of Directors of the Luso-American Educational Committee
1979 to 1982 - Representative of the Department of Anglo-American Studies on the Scientific Committee of FLUC
1977 to 1979 - Representative of Anglo-American and Germanic Studies on the Scientific Committee of FLUC
1976 to 1977 - Member of the Inter-university Scientific Committee for Germanic Philology
1975 to 1976 - Member of the Executive Committee of FLUC