Hello dear reader, I’m Tiago and I will be your interlocutor for the day. I’m the Research Associate for ATNU and, chances are, if you see us twitting, writing blog posts, emailing or generally moving in this great world wide web of ours, I’m the one on the other side of the screen. So I thought it would only be polite if I introduced myself.

Currently, I’m the only ATNU team member whose time is entirely devoted to the project. I’ve joined Newcastle University in September 2017 and have, right away, began to work on the project’s image — so if you have any queries regarding our website, blog or twitter feed, I’m the man you should ask about it. If you have any questions you would like answered about us and our mission, I’m here to answer them.

I’ve recently completed my PhD in the Text and Event in Early Modern Europe (TEEME) — an Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme — so you could say collaboration and interdisciplinarity are in my academic blood. My doctoral thesis looked at Richard Fanshawe’s translation of Os Lusíadas, the most significant Portuguese early modern epic poem (if you are curious about this, you can read an article I wrote for Literature Compass here). Although the majority of my academic career has been dedicated to early modern literature and culture, I have a background in computer science and engineering. I have studied computer engineering and worked as a coder before turning my attention to more literary matters. ATNU has given me the incredible opportunity of joining up these two interests, and I’m looking forward to all the amazing and exciting things we can do with a little bit of computer code and a dusting of humanities.

ATNU is just starting up — but behind the scenes we have been quite the busy bees conjuring up some really interesting ideas that we hope to be able to show you pretty soon. Stay tuned and, in the meantime, follow us on twitter and drop by the blog often — we are always happy to see you.