Given the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, we are proud to have on our academic advisory board a number of prominent specialists from a range of areas such as Translation Studies, Historical Linguistics, Missionary Linguistics, Early Modern (Global) History and Early Modern Literature.

• Cristina Altman (U. São Paulo)
• Carlos Assunção (U. Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro)
• Mona Baker (U. Manchester)
• Suresh Canagarajah (Pennsylvania State University)
• Pedro Cardim (FCSH-Nova)
• Rui Carvalho Homem (U. Porto)
• Paolo de Troia (La Sapienza U. of Rome)
• Dirk Delabastita (U. Namur)
• Jorge Flores (European University Institute)
• Maria do Céu Fonseca (U. Évora)
• Fernando Gomes (Évora)
• João Lisboa (FCSH-Nova)
• Nicola McLelland (U. Nottingham)
• John Milton (U. São Paulo)
• Nicholas Ostler (Foundation for Endangered Languages)
• Dulce Pereira (U. Lisbon)
• Pierre Swiggers (KU. Leuven)