Paulo Rodrigues Ferreira is a Lecturer of Portuguese. He received his Ph. D. in Contemporary History from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He specializes in Iberian studies. In his doctoral thesis, he analyzed the cultural relations between Portugal and Spain, and focused on the evolution of the concept of Iberism – or the utopian dream that Portugal and Spain could form a unified country. Aside from publishing articles on the Iberian relations, he has been doing research on topics related to Portuguese literature. He is also a writer of fiction and has published three collections of short stories and a novel.