Gonçalo Piolti Cholant

Gonçalo Cholant holds a PhD in Modern Languages: Culture and Literature by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Coimbra (FLUC) (2019), an MA (2012) in Feminist Studies (FLUC), Portugal, and a BA (2008) in English Language and Literature by the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. He currently holds the position of Guest Assistant Professor at the Anglo-American section in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Culture at FLUC, teaching courses in the Anglo-American strand of the Modern Languages BA, as well as seminars in the Feminist Studies Ph.D. program, and the Modern Languages Ph.D. program.

CIÊNCIAVITAE nº 661C-E0DA-83B8

ORCID nº 0000-0002-2860-8830

Main fields of activity/Areas of interest:
His research interests are African-American Literature, Caribbean Literature, Autobiography, Women’s Writing, Feminist Studies, Representations of Violence, and Trauma.

Recent publications include:

Books:
Cholant, Gonçalo. Taking Refuge from Violence: Reconfigurations of the Bildungsroman in Kincaid, Danticat, hooks, and Morrison (Forthcoming). Germany: DE GRUYTER PUBLISHING. 2022. Under revision
Isabel Caldeira; Maria José Canelo; Gonçalo Cholant. Reinventar o social: movimentos e narrativas de resistência nas Américas. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. 2021. Published • 10.14195/978-989-26-2126-5 • Editor

Book chapters:

Cholant, Gonçalo. “”Autobiography, Fiction, and Racial Hatred: Representation in Jamaica Kincaid’s See Now Then””. In Human Rights in the Americas (InterAmerican Research: Contact, Communication, Conflict), edited by Edited By María Herrera-Sobek, Francisco Lomelí, Luz Angélica Kirschner, 132. New York, United States: Routledge, 2021. Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Perspectives on Black Lives Matter: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Wesley Lowery.”. In Everything is a Story: Creative Interactions in Anglo-American Studies., 175-183. V. N. Famalicão, Portugal: Húmus, 2019.
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Sexual Difference, Race and Power: The Autobiography of Black Women Writers”. In Discourses That Matter: Selected Essays on English and American Studies.. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013. Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “O Diário do Último ano de Florbela Espanca e a escrita feminina: a feminina desmemória.”. In Florbela Espanca O Espólio de um Mito. Portugal: Edições Colibri, 2012. Published

Journal articles:

Cholant, Gonçalo. “Realities Of (In)Equality: Edwidge Danticat?s Untwine And Angie Thomas? The Hate U Give.”. Cit. REVISTA DE ESTUDOS ANGLO-AMERICANOS, v. 2ª série, p. 93, 2018.(2018): Open access • Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Insecurity of the Black Body.”. OFICINA DO CES440 (2018): https://ces.uc.pt/en/publicacoes/outras-publicacoes-e-colecoes/oficina-do-ces/numeros/oficina-440. Open access • Published
Cholant, Gonçalo; Profª. Drª. Isabel Caldeira. “HOMELAND (IN)SECURITY: A RACIAL HOUSE CALLED AMERICA”. ANGLO-SAXÓNICA. REVISTA DO CENTRO DE ESTUDOS ANGLÍSTICOS DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA Série III (2017): 47-65. Open access • Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “As “Borderlands” de Frida Kahlo: hibridismo e a fronteira Norte/Sul.”. REVISTA CABO DOS TRABALHOS,Nº 13 (2016):Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Americanity and Resistance in A Mercy, by Toni Morrison.”. Cit. Revista De Estudos Anglo-Americanos A Journal Of Anglo-American Studies5 (2016):Open access • Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Recensão de Toni Morrison. A nossa casa é onde está o coração. Tradução de Manuela Madureira.”. Cit. A Journal of Anglo American Studies4 (2015):Open access • Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “A Representação da Violência e do Trauma em Morrison e Angelou”. Cabo dos Trabalhos10 (2014):Open access • Published
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Review of Angela Davis, The Meaning Of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues.”. Cit.: A JOURNAL OF ANGLO-AMERICAN STUDIES / REVISTA DE ESTUDOS ANGLO-AMERICANOS3 (2014): Open access • Published

Thesis / Dissertation

Cholant, Gonçalo. “Since Why is Difficult: The Representation of Violence and Trauma in African-American and Afro-Caribbean Literature by Women: Autobiography, Fiction, and Subjectivity in the Bildungsroman”. PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/87533.
Cholant, Gonçalo. “Imagined Pasts – Autobiografia e Ficção em I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings de Maya Angelou”. Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, 2012.

Oral Presentations:

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2020/01/15	“Homeland Insecurity” Uma Casa Racial Chamada América	Curso Livre O Património e a Palavra Casa da Infância Doutor Elysio de Moura (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019	A representação da diáspora Africana nos Estados Unidos e no Caribe através da Literatura	Curso Livre O Património e a Palavra Casa da Infância Doutor Elysio de Moura (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018	‘And you are not the guy and still you fit the description because there is only one guy who is always the guy fitting the description” – Literature as a Response to Racist Violence: The Cases of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Claudia Rankine”	V Biennual Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies – Reinventing the Social: Movements and Narratives of Resistance, Dissension, and Reconciliation in the Americas (Coimbra/Portugal, 2018) Inter-American Studies Association (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018	Perspectives on Black Lives Matter: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Wesley Lowery	39th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies -APEAA – Universidade de Évora
2017	American Girlhood – O Crescer pós colonial em Jamaica Kincaid e Edwidge Danticat	Gender Workshop Centro de Estudos Sociais CES (Coimbra, Portugal)
2017	From Intersectionality to an Ecology of Knowledges	10th GSNAS Conference JFK Institute for American Studies (Berlin, Germany)
2017	Naming and Race in Edwidge Danticat’s Untwine	Representations of Home 2 University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017	Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Insecurity of the black body	38th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Anglo-American Studies Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2016	Americanity and Resistance in A Mercy, by Toni Morrison	37th APEAA Conference Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016	Representation of Racial Hatred in Jamaica Kincaid’s See Now Then	Fourth Biennial Conference of the International Association of Inter-American Studies Human Rights in the Americas University of California Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, United States)
2016	Homeland (in)security: African Americans in a ‘racial ‘ house called America	Conferência Internacional Home lands and the borders of America Centro de Estudo Comparatistas Universidade de Lisboa (lisboa, Portugal)
2016	The Experience of Children’s Trauma in African-Americans and Caribbean Literature by Women: Autobiography, Fiction, and Subjectivity in the Bildungsroman	Ciência 2016 – Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal – Apoio FCT (lisboa, Portugal)
2015	Intersectionality and the Ecology of Knowledge	V Colóquio Internacional de Doutorandos/as do CES, Poderes Emergentes, Continuidades e Transformações Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015	The Experience of Children’s Trauma in African-American and Caribbean Literature by Women: Autobiography, Fiction, and Subjectivity in the Bildungsroman	International Socare Junior Research Conference Society of Caribbean Research (Socare) Center for Interamerican Studies (CIAS) (Bielefeld, Germany)
2015	Frida Kahlo Borderlands: Hybridism and North/South Borders	III Student Conference on Inter-American Studies Faculty of Arts, Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2014	Memory and Space: The Presence of Violence and Trauma in Home by Toni Morrison	2nd International Graduate Conference in English and American Studies Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2014	A Representação da Violência e do Trauma em Morrison e Angelou	IV Colóquio dos Doutorandos Centro de Estudos Sociais / Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013	A Representação da Violência e do Trauma em Morrison e Angelou	IV Colóquio dos Doutorandos Centro de Estudos Sociais / Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013	O Diário de Frida Kahlo: Representações do Eu e a expurgação do trauma no Regime Noturno	“Estudos Feministas: o Futuro do Passado”. Colóquio de Pós-graduação Universidade de Coimbra FLUC (Coimbra, Portugal)
2012	Sexual Difference, Race and Power: The Autobiography of Black Women Writers	1st International Graduate Conference in English and American Studies Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011	O Diário do Último ano de Florbela Espanca e a escrita feminina: a feminina desmemória	Colóquio Internacional em Homenagem a Florbela Espanca, Florbela Espanca. O Espólio de um Mito Universidade de Évora (Vila Viçosa, Portugal)

AD HOC Journal Article Rreview

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2022/03/01 – 2022/03/31	e-cadernos CES (1647-0737)	Center for Social Studies – CES – Universidade de Coimbra
2022/02/01 – 2022/02/28	ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies (E-ISSN 2531-1654)	Department of English at the University of Valladolid

Conference Scientific Committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2022/03/31 – 2022/04/02	APEAA 2022 Meeting	University of Coimbra

Awards

2018	Best Article International Inter-American Studies Association, Germany
2014	Student Travel Grant – Center for InterAmerican Studies Summer School International Inter-American Studies Association, Germany