Joe Williams is a UK-born historian and PhD researcher at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Coimbra, specializing in twentieth-century Iberian history. His doctoral work investigates the censorship of Portuguese print media during the Spanish Civil War, analyzing how authoritarian ideologies shaped discourse, cultural production, and state control of information. Alongside his academic research, he contributes to the online literary journal and podcast channel *Trafika Europe*, where he hosts interviews with contemporary authors and explores new works of literature from Council of Europe countries, fostering discussion on European cultural exchange, literary translation, and the politics of cultural identity.