Joint Project Coordinator

Edgardo Medeiros da Silva is an assistant professor of English at the School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a researcher with ULICES – The University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies. His academic research is centered on American political history and culture, Luso-American relations, and the writings of Henry Adams. Some of his most recent scholarship includes “Recognition of Cuban Independence: Henry Adams and Empire Building” (2022), “Islanders, Sailors, and Democratic Dignity: Azorean Seamen in Melville’s Moby-Dick; or The Whale,” and “William Hickling Prescott, um americano na ilha de S. Miguel, Açores (Set. 1815-Abr. 1816)” (2020).