Currently pursuing her PhD in Medieval Studies at Universidade Aberta (UAb), Helena Sofia Moniz is studying the threshold of mankind in the anthropomorphic hybrids in King Alfonso X’s General Estoria. This thesis is based upon a crossing point of view between historical anthropology and the critical animal studies. PhD student investigator integrated in the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM/NOVA FSCH). Throughout her studies, she has preferred the arts that use verbal code as cultural expression, crossing time and universal boundaries through reading and interpretation, whether in her own reading or in her teaching.
Thus, she began studying Classical Language from an early age to learn more about the roots of her cultural background, and later studied several literary τόποι from different authors and eras. Focusing on subjective point of view, she developed her Teaching Master’s in different interpretative approaches to literature during her teaching internship in Portuguese and Latin.