Simone Celani

Simone Celani is a Full Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Language and Translation at Sapienza University of Rome, affiliated with the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies. He serves as coordinator of the "António Vieira" chair (Instituto Camões/Portugal) and maintains regular office hours on Tuesdays from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in Room 343 of the Marco Polo Building. His institutional email is simone.celani@uniroma1.it.

Professor Celani's research spans multiple interconnected domains:

• Linguistic historiography, particularly Portuguese grammaticography
• Translation studies and literary translation
• Authorial philology with focus on Fernando Pessoa
• Portuguese-language African literatures
• Literary linguistics and stylistics
• Portuguese-Brazilian Baroque studies

His recent scholarly output (2023-2025) demonstrates continued productivity across Lusophone studies, with publications examining Cape Verdean literature, cinematic adaptations of Pessoa's works, linguistic structures in Machado de Assis, and post-pandemic educational methodologies. His 2023 edited volume "Culture di lingua portoghese" provides comprehensive exploration of Portuguese-speaking cultures across multiple dimensions, while his 2025 publication "The Duke of Parma: Intersections" reveals ongoing investigation of historical connections between Italian and Portuguese cultural spheres.

Professor Celani teaches multiple courses at Sapienza University including "Portuguese and Brazilian Language III," "Portuguese and Brazilian Language and Translation," and "Fundamentals of Interculture - Portuguese and Brazilian" across various degree programs. His teaching spans Linguistic and Intercultural Mediation, Sustainable Tourism Sciences, and Linguistic, Cultural, Literary, and Translation Studies programs.

As coordinator of the "António Vieira" chair, Professor Celani plays a significant role in promoting Portuguese language and culture through Instituto Camões. His editorial work for journals including "Costellazioni," "Critica del Testo," and "Status Quaestionis" demonstrates his active engagement with academic discourse in Lusophone studies.