José do Ó

José earned his BA in History from the New University of Lisbon (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) and his MA in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory from King’s College London. His doctoral research will examine the prevalence of allegorical forms of expression across literature, film and theory, with an emphasis on the representational impossibilities that underpin the recourse to allegorical figuration. He is also interested in genre studies, intermediality (particularly the 'cross-contamination' between film and literature) and in other issues related to matters of representation. Before coming to Amherst, he worked as an educator in his hometown of Lisbon, Portugal.