Visiting Scholars

2026

Filipe Campello University: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil Position: Associate Professor; Coordinator of the Center for Ethics and Political Philosophy Research group at IHA: CASt Research project: O que vem depois da crítica decolonial? Ambivalências do projeto moderno e seus efeitos no sistema da arte contemporânea Dates of stay: 1 February – 30 March 2026

2025

Michał Wenderski University: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Dutch and South African Studies Research group at IHA: ArtTHC Research project: Cultural exchanges between Poland and Portugal after April 25 Dates of stay: February – December 2025

2023

Rajyashree Pandey University: Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Position: Affiliation Professor of Japanese Studies (Department of Politics and International Relations, Goldsmiths, University of London) Research group at IHA: Pre-Modern Thematic area(s): Medieval Japanese Buddhist and literary texts; Body in medieval Japan; Gender; Monogatari and Setsuwa conceptions of agency and desire Research at IHA: The symbolic significance attached to bodily discharges such as blood, excrement and urine in the medieval Japanese tradition Dates of stay: February – August 2023

2022

Orion Klautau Country of origin: Brazil University: Tohoku University, Japan Position: Associate Professor (Department of Global Japanese Studies, Gratuate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University) Research group at IHA: Pre-Modern Research project: The Modern Saga of an Ancient Prince: Shotoku Taishi and Japanese Historiography Thematic area(s): Shotoku Taishi, Japan, Historiography, Religion, Art, Politics Dates of stay: April – September 2022