Everton V. Machado

Everton V. Machado received a PhD degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Paris-Sorbonne / Paris IV in 2008. He is Principal Researcher (equivalent to Associate Professor) of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and lecturer in the area of Literatures, Arts and Cultures at the same institution. Member of the Center for Comparative Studies, he was its vice-director between 2016 and 2019. Among his publications is O Orientalismo Português e as Jornadas de Tomás Ribeiro: caracterização de um problema (Lisbon, National Library of Portugal, 2018), finalist of the PEN Club Prize in 2019 in the category Essay, as well as a scientific edition of India’s first Portuguese-language novel, Os Brahamanes (1866) by Francisco Luís Gomes (1829-1869) (Les Brahmanes, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2012).

Works in the field of colonial press
Forthcoming: Machado, Everton V.. “Colonial press and Orientalism in Goa: the case of Boletim do Instituto Vasco da Gama and Luz do Oriente”. In Machado, Adelaide Vieira; Machado, Everton V.; Faria, Alice Santiago; Lobo, Sandra Ataíde; Spina, Daniela. (eds.), Colonial Periodical Press in the Portuguese Empire: theorising approaches. London & New York: Routledge.

Fields of interest
Comparative literature; Portuguese Studies.

Key words
Press and orientalism; Portuguese India; Black Islam.