Lucas Augusto Silva

Lucas Augusto da Silva holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil, having completed the course in 2013. He earned a Master's degree in Sociology from the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) at the University of Lisbon in March 2019, with a thesis entitled "Political Socialization and Digital Accessibility: The Experience of Brazilian High School Students."

He co-organized and taught the free course "Contemporary Brazil and Democracy: Political, Legal, and Cultural Issues," held in January 2019 at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH/NOVA) of the New University of Lisbon. This course later resulted in the book "Contemporary Brazil and Democracy," published in 2020 by Editora Outro Modo. Lucas is the author of two poetry books: "Revelação," published by Recanto das Letras, released in Brazil and Portugal in 2017, also presented in Angola; and "Quarentenário & Desjejum," published in Brazil and Portugal by Editora Urutau in 2021.

He organized the "Poetic Anthology of Lusophone Immigration," published by Editora Kotter in Brazil and Portugal in 2021. He is a member of Coletivo Andorinha, a group of Brazilian immigrants advocating for democracy through the production of artistic-political content and narratives about the current situation in Brazil.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Lucas has experience in musical composition and production both on stage and in the studio, participating in various projects in the field.

Currently, he is Ph.D. candidate in Discourses: Culture, History, and Society, jointly organized by the Center for Social Studies (CES), the Faculty of Letters (FLUC), and the Faculty of Economics (FEUC) at the University of Coimbra. Since 2023, he is a research fellow in the project "Generative bodies: from aggression to the insurgency.

Contributions to a decolonial pedagogy" coordinated by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Development (CeiED) and the Department of Museology of Universidade Lusófona.

His current research interests focus on contemporary poetry, cultural identity, and Lusophone immigration in Portugal.