Cláudio Alexandre S. Carvalho is a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Portugal in Braga, where he teaches Ethics and Anthropology, and a Researcher at the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies. He earned his PhD in Philosophy – Ethics and Politics – from the University of Coimbra in 2012. His research primarily focuses on Melancholy and the constitution of the therapeutic medium. His recent publications include the edited volume "Rosenzweig Jahrbuch XIII: Transzendenz und Offenbarung" (Karl Alber, 2023), "Memory, Trauma and Narratives of the 'Self': An Interdisciplinary Approach" (Edward Elgar, 2024), and the monograph "Robert Burton on the Melancholic Plague: Social, Political and Economic Bases of Therapy" (The Ethics Press, 2024).