MARÍLIA DOS SANTOS LOPES Marília dos Santos Lopes teaches History and Culture Studies at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, and is a sênior researcher in the Research Center for Communication and Culture (CECC). She is a member of the board of the Portuguese Marine Academy. Her work has focused on Travei Literature, intercultural processes, European knowledge transfer and the material turn in Early Modem History. RALPH KAUZ Prof. Dr. Ralph Kauz studied at universities in Germany, China and Iran, did his PhD at Bamberg University and Habilitation at the LMU Munich. Since 2010 he is Professor for Sinology at the University of Bonn. RODERICH PTAK Holds an M.A. from the University of Guelph, Canada; Dr. phil. and habil. degrees in Sinology from the University ofHeidelberg. In 1986, he was appointed temporary Professor of Sinology at Heidelberg; in 1991, Heisenberg scholar, and thereafter Professor ofChinese Studies in Germersheim, University ofMainz. Since 1994, he has been Chair of Chinese Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitãt, Munich. He is the author of many books and articles on Chinese maritime history, Macau history, historical geography, traditional Chinese zoology, and Chinese literature (see www.sinologie.lmu.de). ROGÉRIO M. PUGA Rogério Miguel Puga is Associate Professor in English Studies at Nova University, Lisbon, and researcher with the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS). He is a research fellow at CHAM (Centre for Humanities), Nova University, Lisbon. He is co-editor of the Anglo-Iberian studies series (Peter Lang). RUI MANUEL LOUREIRO Rui Manuel Loureiro holds a PhD in History from the Universidade de Lisboa (1995). He is currently a professor at ISMAT - Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes, in Portimão, Portugal. He is a researcher at CHAM - Centro de 9
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