Isabel Capeloa Gil Explained

Isabel Capeloa Gil (born in Mira, Mira on 22 July 1965) is the 6th Rector of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP)[1] and President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.[2] She is a Full Professor of Culture Studies at the School of Human Sciences.[3] She studied in Lisbon (University of Lisbon), Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University) and University of Chicago and holds a PhD in German Studies from UCP. Previously, she was Vice-Rector for Research and Internationalization (2012–2016) and the Dean of the School of Human Sciences (2005–2012), of the Catholic University of Portugal.[4]

Biography

Having grown up in China (Macao), Isabel Gil has a special interest in researching issues of diversity and conflict and has structured her work around the exploration of the disciplinary boundaries between literature, the arts and other disciplines. She is an advocate of international education.[5]

The main projects that marked her first mandate as Rector of Catholic University of Portugal, between 2016 and 2020, were: the development of the project of national strategic interest between Catholic University of Portugal, the American biotechnology company Amyris, Inc. and the Portuguese State, with a value of 42 million euros;[6] the accreditation of the first Integrated Master's degree in Medicine, at a non-state University;[7] and the development of the new infrastructures of the headquarters of Catholic University of Portugal - Campus Veritati.[8]

Isabel Capeloa Gil founded the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU) in 2017, an alliance between the Catholic University of Portugal and seven Catholic Universities (U. Ramon Llull, U. Sacro Cuore, Australian Catholic University, Boston College, PUC-Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Chile, Sophia University).[9]

In 2018, she was elected the first woman President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities and was responsible for the strategic plan "A Global Voice for a Common Future" and founder of the task force for women's leadership of Catholic Universities.[10]

Isabel Capeloa Gil is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) (2021).[11]

Other activities

Honors and awards

Selected works

Her research is currently published in Portuguese, English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. She is the author of over 182 publications, bridging cultural theory, interarts studies, visual culture and culture and conflict.

Books

Edited books

Scientific articles

Chapters in books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Isabel Capeloa Gil é a sexta Reitora da Universidade Católica . Entrevista à RTP – a partir do minuto 20. 29 October 2016.
  2. Web site: The Rector of UCP elected President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities. July 2018.
  3. Web site: PhDnet in Literary and Cultural Studies . March 2019.
  4. Web site: Católica reafirma rumo e anuncia modernização digital . O Jornal Económico. 4 November 2016.
  5. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Isabel Capeloa Gil . Web page Universidade Católica Portuguesa . October 2016 . 2016-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116231015/http://www.ucp.pt/site/resources/documents/Reitoria/CV%20REITORIA/Curriculo%20Prof.%20Isabel%20Gil.pdf . 2016-11-16 . dead .
  6. Web site: Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Amyris sign a research contract with the Portuguese government UCP. 2020-10-13. www.ucp.pt.
  7. Web site: Integrated Master in Medicine of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa accredited by A3ES UCP. 2020-10-13. www.ucp.pt.
  8. Web site: Presentation of the Project "Campus Veritati" of UCP UCP. 2020-10-13. www.ucp.pt.
  9. Web site: 2018-10-12. Educação: Universidade Católica Portuguesa assina protocolo com sete congéneres estrangeiras. 2020-10-13. Agência ECCLESIA. pt-PT.
  10. Web site: The Rector of UCP elected President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities UCP. 2020-10-13. www.ucp.pt.
  11. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Isabel Capeloa Gil. 2021-04-22. Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
  12. http://www.ecfr.eu/council/members Members of the Council
  13. Web site: Rector of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa elected member of Academia Europaea UCP. 2020-10-12. www.ucp.pt.
  14. Web site: Reitora da UCP é Máster de Oro pelo Real Fórum de Alta Dirección UCP. 2020-10-12. www.ucp.pt.
  15. Web site: Isabel Capeloa Gil, UCP Rector - 2019 Commencement speaker at Boston College UCP. 2020-10-12. www.ucp.pt.
  16. Web site: Isabel Capeloa Gil wins the first FLUL Alumni Career Award UCP. 2020-10-12. www.ucp.pt.
  17. Web site: Biografia Isabel Capeloa Gil UCP. 2020-10-12. www.ucp.pt.
  18. Book: Caos e Metamorfose: Uma Leitura da Dança na Obra de Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Books Google. 9781137575203. 2016-06-10. Martins . Adriana . Lopes . Alexandra . Dias . Mónica . Springer .
  19. Web site: Antigonae – Antigone. Uma leitura de Hölderlin e Claus Bremer. Web page Centro de Estudos Comparatistas.
  20. Web site: Tot sein und atmen... O complexo de Antígona no romance Malina de Ingeborg Bachmann= Web page Biblioteca Universitária João Paulo II.
  21. Antigone and Cassandra: Gender and Nationalism in German Literature . 10.1034/j.1600-0730.2000.d01-8.x . 55. 2 . Orbis Litterarum. 118–134. 2000. Gil. Isabel Capeloa.
  22. Web site: O que significa Estudos de Cultura? Um diagnóstico cosmopolita sobre o caso da Cultura Alemã. Revista de Comunicação e Cultura, nº6, 2009, pp. 2016-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20161121233929/http://comunicacaoecultura.com.pt/?page_id=162&category=3&product_id=5. 2016-11-21. dead.
  23. Savages and Neurotics. Freud at the Colonial School", Journal of Romance Studies. Journal of Romance Studies. 11. 3. 27–41. 10.3828/jrs.11.3.27. 2011. Gil. Isabel Capeloa.
  24. Web site: A Question of Scale? Lázló László Almásy's Desert Mapping and Its Postcolonial Rewriting. Conference Report on "After Writing Back: Present and Future Perspectives in Postcolonial Studies"- Giessen University. 2016-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20161121232228/http://www.post-graduates.net/wps/pgn/home/KULT_online/tagungsbericht5-2009/. 2016-11-21. dead.
  25. Fragile Matters. Literature and the Scene of Torture" in New German Critique, 127, Feb. 2016, pp. 119–140. New German Critique. 43. 119–140. 10.1215/0094033X-3329223. 2016. Gil. Isabel Capeloa.