Selmo R. Figueiredo Jr.

About

I teach English and Portuguese as foreign languages, Portuguese as a first language, and Linguistics at higher education institutions. My research focuses on various components of Portuguese through the lens of Dialectology.

Work history and academic background

English Lecturer (2024-present) at São Paulo State Technological College (FATEC)[1], Brazil. Assistant Professor (2020–2023) of Portuguese and Linguistics in the Department of Romance Studies at Charles University[2], Czech Republic. Adjunct Professor (2020–2022) of English and Portuguese (also German and Spanish as extension courses) at the Federal University of Piauí[3], Brazil. Invited Researcher (2021) in Geolinguistics at the University of Augsburg[4]. Postdoctoral Researcher (2019–2021) in Dialectology and Morphosyntax at the University of São Paulo (USP)[5], Brazil. Doctor (2014–2018) in Portuguese Philology from USP on a FAPESP[6] scholarship with a Sandwich Doctorate period in Dialectology at Kiel University (CAU)[7], Germany, on a DAAD[8] scholarship. Master (2011–2013) in Linguistics from the Federal University of Paraná[9], Brazil, on a CAPES[10] scholarship. Licensee (2006–2010, UG Degree) in Portuguese and English Teaching from Mato Grosso State University[11], Brazil.

[1] Faculdade de Tecnologia.
[2] Univerzita Karlova.
[3] Universidade Federal do Piauí.
[4] Universität Augsburg.
[5] Universidade de São Paulo.
[6] São Paulo Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo).
[7] Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.
[8] German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst).
[9] Universidade Federal do Paraná.
[10] Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior).
[11] Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso.

Contact

CV

World Portuguese Language Day

May 5, 2022 (at the Anglo-American University in Prague)

Conference The Portuguese Language as a Uniting Factor

¹ Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Brazil in Prague.

² Vice-President of the Czech-Cape Verdean Chamber of Commerce.

³ Ambassador of Portugal to the Czech Republic.

⁴ Director of Camões Institute in Prague.