José Maria Vieira Mendes. Completed his PhD in Literary Theory in 2016 from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Freie Universität Berlin. Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, Portuguese and German Studies in 2000 from the University of Lisbon of Arts and Humanities. He works in the area(s) of Humanities with an emphasis on Arts. In his Ciência Vitae CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualise his scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Theatre; Performance; Translation; Contemporary art and society. He is an assistant professor at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Arts and Humanities.