Staff Profiles: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

staff profiles: FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Mr. José Carlos Fonseca Canoa dos Santos

Department: Language and Literature Studies

1. Name: (Title , First, Last Names)	Mr. José Carlos Fonseca Canoa dos Santos
2. Tertiary Qualifications (High to Low) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	«Profissionalização»/ Teacher’s Qualifications (Two years Post-graduation Course: Educational Training in Portuguese Studies), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2000. «Licenciatura» (4 years degree, Modern Languages and Literatures: Portuguese Studies), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 1990. Postgraduate Course (Teaching Portuguese as Foreign Language), Universidade Internacional, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007. Course of distance training (African Literatures in Portuguese Language), e-learning platform of Instituto Camões, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.
3. Current Position	Lecturer/ Instituto Camões Representative
4. Campus Address (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)	Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek Block Y, Room Y046
5. Office Phone, Fax & Cell phone (optional)	Phone: +264 61 206 3854 Cell phone: +264 813557744
6. Email Address	josecanoa@gmail.com
7. Short Biography (maximum 150 words)	Mr. Santos is the local Representative of Instituto Camões/Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lecturing and promoting Portuguese language and culture at UNAM and Windhoek since 2002. With over nineteen years of experience in teaching, in the public and private sector, at high school and universitary level, in Portugal and abroad (France and Namibia), is currently the responsible for the Portuguese Language Unit at UNAM, that will be officialy inaugurated this year (2009).
8. Resume/Vita	Post resume/vita document
9. Recently Taught Courses (last 2 years- include course codes)	HLPS 3511 Basic Portuguese Patterns HLPS 3532 Basic Literary and Cultural Concepts in Portuguese HLPS 3731 Portuguese Lusophone Relations HLPS 3752 Portuguese Cultural History HLPS 3820 Modern Portuguese Culture and Literature HLPS 3840 Applied Linguistics in Portuguese
10. Academic interest/ expertise	Portuguese Language, Literature and Culture Lusophone African Literature. Women Studies. Postcolialism.
11. Research and Publications List of references/citations: Title, year, place& publisher (includes links to abstracts& UNAM Press) Note: Acronyms to be written out in full	Webpage: 2008. José Carlos Santos. *LALPos – Literatura Africana Lusófona Póscolonial, on line: http://www.poscolonial.com. Site about Postcolonial Lusophone African Literature. It is a work in progress, with its main focus on Women Studies and Postcolialism. Articles and other academic works:* 2008. José Carlos Santos. “Paula Tavares: A voice-body of an Angolan Woman.” (Under revison. Article of Literary Sudies on Lusophone African Literature produced by women writters. Partly published on LALPos – http://www.poscolonial.com/destaque_atavares.htm ). 2008. José Carlos Santos. “One life, one country – Alda Espírito Santo and the total liberation of São Tomé e Príncipe.” (Under revison. Article of Literary Sudies on Lusophone African Literature produced by women writters. Partly published on LALPos – http://www.poscolonial.com/destaque_asanto.htm). 2008. José Carlos Santos. “Dina Salústio: The women chant, without tabu.” (Under revison. Article of Literary Sudies on Lusophone African Literature produced by women writters. Partly published on LALPos – http://www.poscolonial.com/destaque_dsalustio.htm ). 2008. José Carlos Santos. “Odete Semedo: Sonéá’s chant – the harmony between Being and Nature.” (Under revison. Article of Literary Sudies on Lusophone African Literature produced by women writters. Partly published on LALPos – http://www.poscolonial.com/destaque_osemedo.htm ). 2007. José Carlos Santos. “How do we learn words of other language?” – final assignment of the Postgraduate Course on Teaching Portuguese as Foreign Language. 28 pages. 2007. José Canoa dos Santos. Critical Report on – *International Conference about the Teaching of Portuguese, Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém, 7-9 May 2007, org. by Ministry of Education – DGIDC. 7 pages, on line, at the official page of the Conference*: http://sitio.dgidc.min-edu.pt/linguaportuguesa/Documents/relatorios_criticos_EP/jose_canoa_santos.pdf
12. Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years): Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures Note: Acronyms to be written out in full.	Teachinh Methods of Portuguese. Responsable for the Portuguese Language Unit at DLLS. Co-examiner on international examinations in Portuguese – CAPLE, at Diogo Cão Centre/WIS Participation to the montly Language Evening (cultural activity)