Jorge Santos Alves is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences (FCH), Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), in Lisbon, and Coordinator of the Asian Studies Institute (FCH-UCP). He is also the Coordinator of the MA in Asian Studies (FCH-UCP). Starting in May 223, he joined the Direction Board of the Faculty of Human Sciences. He is affiliated as a senior researcher at the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (FCH-UCP). He is Vice-President of the Luso-Indonesian Association for Friendship and Cooperation (ALIAC), and Director of the journal Oriente (Fundação Oriente, Lisbon). His teaching in BA, MA, and Ph.D. programs as much as his research is mainly focused on Asian Studies, particularly in the History of Southeast Asia, China (Macao), and the Indian Ocean area, as much as in the history of the Portuguese in Asia.