Michael dos Santos Sanches

Holds a bachelor's degree in Portuguese and Latin Language and Literature from the Faculty of Philosophy, Languages, and Humanities (FFLCH) at the University of São Paulo (USP). Works in the field of statuary and imagery in the Greco-Latin world and at the intersection of statuary and literature during Antiquity and the early Italian Renaissance. Currently pursuing a master's degree in the Graduate Program in Classical Literature at the University of São Paulo, where he studies and translates the Renaissance humanist Leon Battista Alberti. He is a full member of the Brazilian Society of Classical Studies (SBEC). Also a member of the CNPq-certified research group PROAERA - Program of Studies in Representations of Antiquity, participating in the research line on Images of Classical Antiquity (IAC-USP) and the Laboratory of Translation of Texts and Images (LaTTIm/USP). Was also a full member of the Laboratory of Studies on the Roman Empire and Ancient Mediterranean (LEIR-MA) at the Institute of History (FFLCH-USP). Recently founded the Center for Studies in Classical Literature, Statuary, and Materiality (NELEMAC-USP) within the research line of IAC-USP, working on both scientific dissemination with the videocast "Narrativas do Mármore" and debates between national and international researchers interested in the theme of classical statuary and literature. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)