Inês Forjaz de Lacerda

Inês Forjaz de Lacerda is a doctoral student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, where she works comparatively on spaces of Iberian colonial and migrant influence. Her research examines multimodal approaches to literature as well as the construction of individual and collective senses of self through authorship, with an emphasis on work emerging from the relationship between the Portuguese-speaking world and Asia. Other interests include art historiography, cultural-linguistic translation, theories of the body, and the relationship between literature and musical performance. Inês is also passionate about language acquisition and accessibility.

Prior to coming to Yale, Inês spent three years as an educator in her hometown of Lisbon, Portugal. She holds a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Kenyon College (2017) and an M.A. in Comparative Studies from the University of Lisbon (2020).