Teresa Fonseca has a degree in History by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (1976); a Master's degree in Cultural and Political History by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University of Lisbon (1996); a PhD in History of Political Ideas by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University of Lisbon (2000); and a post-doctoral course at this Faculty (2002-2004), with the theme "Alentejo in illustrated memorialism". She has also carried out a post-doctoral project at the University of Évora (2006-2007), with the theme "Elvas: society, power, and war. 1640-1668," funded by the FCT. She was an integrated member of CIDEHUS (Interdisciplinary Center for History, Culture, and Societies of the University of Évora) between 2003 and 2011, with which she continues to collaborate occasionally. She has collaborated with the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University of Lisbon; with the Department of History of the University of Évora; with the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon; and with the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, through lectures, conferences, colloquiums, and congresses. At the latter, she is also regularly invited as a professor in the Master's degree in Regional and Local Studies and a panel member in Master's examinations. Currently, she is a researcher at CEPESE, mainly focusing on the following research areas: eighteenth-century ideology; municipalism; women's history; institutions, culture, and society of the Modern and Contemporary Periods. Her studies are spread across 16 books and over 70 articles in collective works, municipal and national scientific journals, e-books, and online journals. Among the journals are "Faces de Eva. Estudos sobre a Mulher", UNL, 2001; "Revista Portuguesa de História", Faculty of Arts of Coimbra, 2006; "O Pelourinho. Boletín de Relaciones Transfrontetrizas", Badajoz, 2008, 2011, 2018, and 2019; "e-journal of Portuguese History", 2008 and 2011; "Ler História", Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL, 2011; "Portuguese Journal of Social Science", Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL, 2011; "Cultura. Revista de História e Teoria das Ideias", Lisbon, CHC-UNL, 2012; "AMMENTU. Bolletino Storico e Archivistico del Mediterraneo e delle Americhe", 2015. Some of her published books include: "Power Relations in the Ancient Regime. Municipal Administration in Montemor-o-Novo (1777-1816)", Montemor-o-Novo, 1995; "Joaquim José Varela and the Statistical Memory about the Notable Town of Montemor-o-Novo", Lisbon, 1997; "Absolutism and municipalism, Évora, 1750-1820", Lisbon, 2002; "António Henriques da Silveira and the Analytical Memories of the Town of Estremoz", Lisbon, 2003; "Bernardino Manuel da Costa Lima and the Memory about the Town of Redondo", Lisbon, 2005; "Lavre. Eight centuries of history", Lisbon, 2014; "Elvas. From the French Invasions to the Liberal Wars", Lisbon, 2016; "The municipality of Loulé in the late Modern Period. Economy, society, and administration", Loulé, 2017; "Estremoz in the Restoration War (1641-1668)", Lisbon, 2022; "Economy and Society in Alentejo at the end of the Ancient Regime. The Phenomenon of Estate Dispossession (1771-1832)", Lisbon, 2023. Book coordination: "Municipalities in Modern Portugal. From Manueline charters to liberal reforms" (with Mafalda Soares da Cunha), Colibri/CIDEHUS, 2005; "Alentejo between the Ancient Regime and Regeneration. Changes and continuities" (with Jorge Fonseca), Colibri/CIDEHUS, 2011; "Five perspectives on the Republic" (with Jorge Fonseca), Colibri/Montemor-o-Novo Municipal Council, 2013.