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The Centre for Comparative Studies (CEC) is a scientific unit of the School of Arts and
\nHumanities, University of Lisbon. Its activities encompass the comparative analysis of literatures,
\narts and cultures, using interdisciplinary methodologies and highly theorised approaches. CEC’s
\nscientific identity is strongly grounded in the fields pertaining to Comparatism within the
\nHumanities (Culture Studies, Literary and Artistic\/Interart Studies, in dialogue with the Social
\nSciences). Spatial questions and approaches articulating these with the aesthetic and cultural
\ndimensions of time, history and memory are common to all groups, notwithstanding the variety of
\napproaches and methodological procedures adopted. CEC promotes the necessary discussion
\nabout the epistemological challenges raised by Comparatism, continually refocusing the reflection
\non this field of knowledge. The comparatist practice, situated at an interdisciplinary and
\ninterdiscursive focal point, depends on that inward gaze that is the first condition of its possibility.
\nOne of the most consolidated features of CEC is its high-standard international profile in terms of
\nits members and partnerships, attracting a large number of foreign PhD students and postdoctoral
\nresearchers, and fostering a significant number of international networks and doctoral schools.
\nIWL-Institute of World Literature, LACE-Literature and Change in Europe, INCH-International
\nNetwork for Comparative Studies, CHCI-Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes,
\nECHIC-European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres and The Hermes Consortium
\nfor Literary and Cultural Studies are outstanding examples of the international networking of our
\ncentre. Several projects have received national and international funding, including “Comparative
\nWorld Literature”, undertaken in partnership with Harvard University and sponsored by the
\nPresidency of the Republic, and “Heriligion”, developed in cooperation with other four countries
\nand funded by HERA. CEC’s members contribute regularly to international publications, making
\nuse of multidisciplinary and cross- cultural approaches. Examples of its research lines include
\ncomparative and world literature, as well as postcolonial, intermedia and interart studies,
\ntranslation, critical security and gender studies, and memory, emotion and cognitive studies.
\nIssues of inter- and transculturality, as well as textual and cultural translation are also studied in
\nthe Centre, along with a critical approach to Digital Humanities. CEC is organised into 4 Groups
\n(CITCOM, LOCUS, MORPHE and THELEME) comprising several clusters that carry out research
\nwithin the scope of specific topics; most of these clusters host projects (presenting a timeline and
\nplanned outcomes). CEC is coordinated by a Director, working with a Vice-director and the
\ncoordinators of the groups and funded projects. It has a Scientific Board, composed of PhD
\nmembers, 2 Advisory Boards (Internal and External). For management purposes it has a body of
\nclerical staff (4 persons). CEC fosters the integration of graduate students, who work with the
\nresearchers and participate in doctoral schools and consortia. CEC publishes a book series
\n(ACT\/Alterities, Crossings, Transfers), 2 peer-reviewed interdisciplinary periodicals
\n(Textos&Pretextos and the ejournal Estrema), and supports Dedalus – Portuguese Revue of
\nComparative Literature, edited by the Portuguese Association of Comparative Literature (APLC).
\nIt operates through a website (http:\/\/cec.letras.ulisboa.pt\/en\/), public databases and a monthly
\ndigital newsletter that disseminates the CEC’s activities and publications. It supports academic
\neducation at FLUL, fostering a six-semester BA course and a postgraduate programme, including
\nan MA and an international PhD programme. CEC will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2019.<\/p>\n

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Research & Strategy<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

In the period 2013-2017 CEC was organized in 4 Research Groups that reflect these trends, all using multidisciplinary approaches, with different emphases that correspond to research previously undertaken and the specific training of its members. These Research Groups are organized as follows:<\/p>\n

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