UM TECTO ENTRE RUÍNAS? AS HUMANIDADES NA UNIVERSIDADE DO SÉCULO XXI

António Sousa Ribeiro

doi:10.14195/2183-847X_1_13

Authors

António Sousa Ribeiro Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-847X_1_13

Keywords:

University, Cultural Studies

Abstract

The “crisis of the Humanities” is discussed in its epistemological, ethical and political implications in the context of the increasing commodification of the universities. In order to acquire a new centrality in the order of knowledge, the humanities will have to undergo a profound reconceptualization. In the process, the development of a critical potential will depend on their ability to establish themselves as a mode of border thinking, well aware of its precarious condition, but, at the same time, capable of vital articulations.

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Author Biography

António Sousa Ribeiro, Universidade de Coimbra

António Sousa Ribeiro é professor catedrático da secção de Estudos Germanísticos do Departamento de Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas da Faculdade de Letras e investigador sénior do Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra. Foi coordenador do programa de doutoramento «Estudos Avançados em Materialidades da Literatura» (2010-2012), e é co-coordenador dos programas de doutoramento em «Pós-colonialismos e Cidadania Global» (CES/FEUC), "Linguagens e Heterodoxias" (FLUC) e "Culturas e Literaturas Modernas" (FLUC). Foi presidente do Conselho Científico da FLUC (2000-2002), director do Departamento de Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas (2009-2011), presidente do Conselho Científico do CES (2003-2007) e responsável pela Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais entre 1991 e 2008. É actualmente coordenador da direcção do CES. Tem publicado extensamente sobre temas relacionados com as literaturas e culturas de expressão alemã, a literatura comparada, a estética e a teoria literária, os estudos culturais, a sociologia da cultura e os estudos pós-coloniais. Tem-se dedicado também à tradução literária.

António Sousa Ribeiro is Professor in the German Studies Section of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and a senior researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra. He was coordinator of the Ph.D. Program «Advanced Studies in the Materialities of Literature» (2010-2012), and is coordinator of the Ph.D. Programs «Post-colonialisms and Global Citizenship» (CES/FEUC), "Languages and Heterodoxies" (FLUC) and "Modern Cultures and Literatures" (FLUC). He was president of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts (2000-2002), chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (2009-2011), president of the CES Scientific Council (2003-2007), and general editor of the Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais between 1991 and 2008. He is currently the coordinator of the board of directors of CES. He has published widely on issues related to literatures and cultures of German language, comparative literature, aesthetics and literary theory, cultural studies, sociology of culture, and post-colonial studies. He is also a literary translator.