(Multi)Vocal Exchanges Across the Ocean is the second volume of the project American Studies Over_Seas, an edited collection of texts honoring two pioneering Portuguese scholars in American literature and culture. Devoted to relations between Portugal and the United States, it includes essays by leading scholars whose research illuminates the multifarious ways in which history, sociology and literature intersect. A special feature of this collection is the inclusion of creative writing pieces that provide an imaginative intellectual backdrop to the transnational turn in American Studies. The literary contributions focus on diasporic experiences, dramatizing issues of ethnicity, identity, and interculturality. The essays of a more personal nature highlight the career of the two honorees, discuss protocols involving academic exchanges, and showcase dialogues between Europe and America over the past 30 years. Of benefit to the academic and the interested reader, this volume enriches the metaphor of the Atlantic Ocean as a space not only of struggle but also of ongoing conversation.
Edgardo Medeiros da Silva, PhD, is Assistant Professor of English at the School of Social and Political Sciences of Universidade de Lisboa and a researcher in American Studies with ULICES―ULisboa Centre for English Studies.
Margarida Vale de Gato, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the areas of translation and U.S. literature in the School of Arts and Humanities of Universidade de Lisboa, where she coordinates the American Studies program.
Mário Avelar, PhD, is Professor at the School of Arts and Humanities of Universidade de Lisboa, where he is the head of the English Department and director of the PhD and MA programs in this field.
Irene Maria F. Blayer, PhD, is Full Professor at Brock University. Her research includes comparative Romance linguistics, linguistic ethnography, diaspora studies, im/migrant narrative discourse, and identity construction.
Dulce Maria Scott, PhD, is Full Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Anderson University. Her research has focused on immigration, race, and ethnicity in the United States, including immigrant women, Hispanic ethnic entrepreneurship in central Indiana, and Portuguese Americans.
Tony McGowan, PhD, is Associate Professor of English at West Point, where he co-directs the Diversity and Inclusion minor. He teaches American literature and critical theory, and his most recent publication on Melville appeared in Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies.
