CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DATA
Name: Beatriz Puertas Hernández
Date of birth: 18-09-1976
Place of birth: Madrid (Spain)
Nationality: Spanish
Address: Rua da Guiné 9, RC esq. 1170-172 Lisbon
Phone: (00351) 91 688 94 94
E-Mail address: [email protected]
STUDIES
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Graduate in Journalism taken at San Pablo CEU University in Madrid (Spain).
Post-Graduate in Translation at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Portugal).
Master in Asian Studies at Universidad Católica de Lisboa (Portugal) with a dissertation
entitled “Mao, China y los Otros: Representación de los Yizu () o extranjeros
occidentales enlos carteles de propaganda durante la República Popular de China (19491976)”.
Currently following a PhD in Cultural Studies at Universidade Católica de Lisboa and
working on her Dissertation focused on the representation of Chinese women on
advertisement calendar posters printed in Shanghai between 1911-1937.
PAPERS AND CONFERENCES
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“Embodying Modernities in China since the early XX century: the lure of tradition, the lure
of progress”, paper presented during the conference “Peripheral Modernities”, at
Universidade Católica de Lisboa.
“(Re)creating the Western Other in the Maoist Propaganda Posters: fuming images to
popularize friends and foes”, paper to be presented during the conference “Report from the
Pop Line: On the Life and Afterlife of Popular”, at Universidade Católica de Lisboa.
JOB EXPERIENCE
1995: Internship at Press Agency “EFE” in Madrid, International Department.
1996: Internship at “El Mundo” newspaper in Madrid, International Department.
1999: Spanish Teacher in Business for International Management students and International
European Studies students at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Maastricht.
1999: Teacher in Law and Spanish language for the Master Program “European Public Affairs” at
the Faculty of Cultural Sciences of the University of Maastricht.
2000: Editor at Cordon Press International Press Agency in Madrid.
2003: Freelance translator dutch-german/spanish for the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
2003/2004: Spanish teacher at BBVA and Banco Espírito Santo de Lisboa.
2004/2005: Chief Editor at Cordon Press International Press Agency in Madrid.
2005/2006: Spanish teacher at Banco TOTTA Santander, Banco Popular, BBVA y Banco
Espírito Santo de Lisboa.
2005/ 2012: Freelance translator portuguese/spanish for the SGS Inspection, Verification, Testing &
Certification Services Group.
2005/2012: Spanish teacher for professional business at Câmara de Comercio e Industria Luso
Espanhola in Lisbon.
2005/ 2012: Spanish teacher at ISLA University (Laureate International Universities) in Lisbon.
LANGUAGES
Spanish:
mother tongue
English:
very good
Portuguese:
very good
Mandarin:
good
French:
good
German:
good