{"id":801,"date":"2025-08-02T14:28:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/empires\/?page_id=801"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:21:48","slug":"sofia-guimaraes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/empires\/sofia-guimaraes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Guimar\u00e3es"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"bl-@container\/teaser-person\n\t\tbl-bg-identity-darkblue bl-text-pure-white dark:bl-bg-identity-darkblue dark:bl-text-pure-white\t\tbl-relative bl-self-stretch\n\t\tbl-min-w-full md:bl-min-w-[660px] xl:bl-min-w-[310px]\"\n\tdata-role=\"teaser-contact\">\n\n\t<div class=\"\n\t\tbl-flex bl-flex-col 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