raquelabisamara@um.edu.mo
Tel
(853) 88224065
Office
E21-3088
Consultation Hours
Wednesday 13:00-15:00
Raquel ABI-SÂMARA
Education
- PhD in Comparative Literature – University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
- MA in Brazilian Literature – University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
- Post-Graduate work in Germanic Studies. Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, and Free University of Berlin, Germany
- Bachelor in Social Communication – Hélio Alonso Faculty (FACHA), Rio de Janeiro
Research Interests
- Comparative Literature
- Translation Studies
- Intercultural studies
- Intermedial studies
Courses Regularly Taught
Current Courses
- Research and Report Writing Skills (PORT4001)
- Written Comprehension and Production Skills III (PORT2007)
- Portuguese Language I (PORT1000)
Previous Courses
- Portuguese Language Drama (PORT4017)
- Written Comprehension and Production Skills IV (PORT2013)
- Contemporary Artistic Expressions in the Portuguese-Speaking World (GELH1003)
- 2019/II-present: Senior Instructor at the University of Macau, SAR China
- 2017-2019 Assistant Professor. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais – PUC MINAS/ IEC
- 2014-2015 Visiting scholar. New York University Abu Dhabi – NYU Abu Dhabi. Library –United Arab Emirates. From March 3rd 2014 to August 1st 2015.
- 2012-2015 Assistant Professor at the University of Macau, SAR China
- 2007-2008 Visiting Research Fellow. International Research Center for Japanese Studies – Nichibunken (Kyoto, Japan). The Japan Foundation Fellowship Program. Postdoctoral Research.
- 2002-2006 Instructor (Substitute Professor) at University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée (AILC)
Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada (ABRALIC)
Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Letras e Linguística (ANPOLL)
International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS)
Deutscher Lusitanistenverband (DLV)
Latin-American Association for Germanic Studies (ALEG)
Chapters
1 – Abi-Sâmara, R. (2020) Constellations and ideograms. Eugen Gomringer’s multilingual concrete poetry”. In: Corbett, John B.; Huang, D. (Ed.). The Translation and Transmission of Concrete Poetry. (127-149) New York: Routledge. Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies. ISBN: 978-1-138-50382-3 (hbk).
2 – Abi-Sâmara, R. (2019) O não silêncio, o nada, o eu/não eu na poesia de Adriana Lisboa”. Postface to the book Deriva by the Brazilian writer Adriana Lisboa. )69’74) Belo Horizonte: Relicário. ISBN 978-85-66786-003-1.
3 – Milton, J.; Abi-Sâmara, R.; Lima-Hernandes, M.C. (2019) Cruzando saberes Brasil – Grande China: uma apresentação. Crossings: Brasil, Portugal e Grande China. (Eds.) São Paulo: Paulistana, 2019. (7-17). ISBN 978-85-5336-003-1.
Books
Co-edited
Milton, J.; Abi-Sâmara, R.; Lima-Hernandes, M.C. (2019) Crossings: Brasil, Portugal e Grande China. São Paulo: Paulistana. 320pp. Selection of papers presented at the international symposium Crossings (University of Sao Paulo, USP, July 2015, organized in partnership with the University of Macau). ISBN 978-85-5336-003-1
Translated
Abi-Sâmara, R. A Metamorfose (2019) (Original title: Die Verwandlung) The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka. Translation of fiction, from German into Portuguese, by Raquel Abi-Sâmara. São Paulo: Editora Planeta, 2019. 95 pp. ISBN 978-85-422-1718