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Maria João Castro (MJC), an integrated member at CHAM (Centre for the Humanities) at FCSH - Universidade NOVA Lisboa (Portugal), is a contracted researcher with the project "TravelconT. Crossroads of Contemporary Travel in Postcolonial Tourism" (https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.01926.CEECIND/CP1725/CT0030). With a degree in Tourism Management, a specialisation in International Relations, a Masters and a PhD in Contemporary Art History, and a Post-Doc in Contemporary Culture History, her field of specialisation centres on the Sciences of Art and History of Contemporary Culture focusing on the articulation between Art and Power with regard to Travel/Tourism and Global Circulations. MJC won a History Prize from Academia Portuguesa da História (2023), the António Quadros Award for Contemporary History (2024) and NOVA Research Impact Narratives & Awards, Honorable Mention (2024) for the TravelconT project demonstrating "the profound influence of the work on society". MJC has also participated in more than a 200 academic actions among scientific committees, organized international meetings, published articles and been a speaker at conferences in Portugal, Brazil, Croatia, Dubai, France, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Romania, S. Tomé and Príncipe, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka and Zanzibar. Website: www.fcsh.unl.pt/artravel
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria João Castro

Citation names

  • Castro, Maria João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6219-94BF-972C
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1443-7273
Scopus Author Id
57204015292

Email addresses

  • mariajoaocastro@fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • CHAM - Faculdade Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa . Avenida de Berna, 26 C, 1069-061, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Art history

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/04/01 - 2029
Ongoing
Contracted Researcher | Assistant Researcher (Outros)
Major in Travel, Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Post-colonial
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/12/01 - 2022/02/01
Concluded
Art History, Post-Colonial Studies (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Post-Colonial Studies
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2008/02/01 - 2014/07/14
Concluded
Contemporary Art History (Doutoramento)
Major in Art History
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
"Dance and Power or the Power of Dance: dialogues and confrontations in XX century." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Muito Bom
2002/02/01 - 2007/02/01
Concluded
Contemporary Art History (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Travel
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
" Travel and art in Portugal during the Estado Novo: the presidential visits to ex-colonies, 2007. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Muito Bom
1997/09/01 - 1999/03/30
Concluded
Postgraduate diploma in International Relations (Pós-Graduação)
Major in International Affairs
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
13
1992/10/04 - 1995/01/04
Concluded
Tourism Management (Licenciatura)
Major in Tourism Management
Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões, Portugal
12,3
1989/10/02 - 1992/06/06
Concluded
Tourism (Bacharelato)
Major in Tourism
Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões, Portugal
14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/04/01 - 2029 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2022/02/01 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2009/06/01 - 2014/01/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Instituto de História da Arte, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
1996/08/01 - 2008/04/01 Tourism Department Turismo de Portugal, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/12/01 - 2022/02/01 ArTravel. Travel and Colonial Art in Contemporary Culture.
Post-doc Fellow
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/04/01 - 2029 TravelconT. The Crossroads of Contemporary Travel in Postcolonial Tourism.
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Castro, Maria João. A Journey to the 1920s. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel-CHAM. 2023.
    Published
  2. Castro, Maria João. Contemporary Colonial Painting. From the Solitude of the Metropole to a Horizon of Possibilities.. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel. 2021.
    Published
  3. Maria João Castro; João Paulo Oliveira e Costa. Contemporary colonial painting. ArTravel, CHAM — Centro de Humanidades. 2021.
  4. Castro, Maria João. Zanzibar. Art of a (Re)Encounter. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio. 2019.
    Published
  5. Castro, Maria João. Os Ballets Russes em Lisboa. Lisboa, Portugal: Imprensa-Nacional. 2017.
    Published
  6. Castro, Maria João. Zanzibar. Arte de um (Re) Encontro. Lisboa, Portugal: Caleidoscopio. 2016.
    Published
  7. Castro, Maria João. Dança e Poder. Diálogos e Confrontos no Século XX. Lisboa, Portugal: FCSH. 2015.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Castro, Maria João. "Traços de Viagem na obra de Francisco Maria Bordalo". In Arte, Cultura e Património do Romantismo. Actas do 3º Colóquio Saudade Perpétua, 424-439. Lisboa, Portugal: CEPESE, 2024.
    Published
  2. Castro, Maria. "Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro. Deambulações artísticas intra e além fronteira". In Convocarte, Revista de Ciências da Arte, Dossiê Arte e Mobilidade, 92-112. Lisbon, Portugal: FBAUL, 2024.
    Published
  3. Castro, Maria João. "Francisco Afonso Chaves e a Viagem Colonial a Zanzibar". In O espaço ultramarino ibérico (1450-1900). Arte, História e Património, 219-236. Ponta Delgada, Portugal: Governo dos Açores/CHAM, 2024.
    Published
  4. Maria João Castro. "Traços de Viagem na obra de Francisco Maria Bordalo". edited by Queiroz, {Francisco, 424-439. CEPESE – Centro de Estudos da Popula{\c c, 2024.
  5. Maria João Castro. "Francisco Afonso Chaves e a Viagem Colonial a Zanzibar". edited by Chaves, {Duarte Nuno, 219-236. CHAM - Centro de Humanidades | Santa Casa da Miseric{\'o, 2024.
  6. Castro, Maria João. "Pictoral religious journey: frei Miguel, the monk-painter of the Carthusians.". In BIBLOS, Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 119-144. Coimbra, Portugal: Universidade de Coimbra, 2022.
    Published
  7. Maria Joao Castro. "Visita Guiada pela Arte e Património de Tomar com José-Augusto França". In Cadernos Culturais Nabantinos, 129-136. 2022.
  8. Maria Joao Castro. "Postcolonial Traces in Contemporary Portuguese Painting". edited by {Blanco P{\'e, 289-303. Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2022.
  9. Maria Joao Castro. "Under the Breeze of the Portuguese Indian Ocean. Tourism and Heritage in Zanzibar.". In JANUS.NET e-journal of International Relations, 189-208. Lisbon, Portugal, 2021.
    Published • 10.26619/1647-7251.12.2
  10. Castro, Maria João. "Crossed Gazes in the Indian Ocean: Tourism and Portuguese Heritage in Zanzibar". In Revista Turismo, Sociedade & Território. Rio Janeiro, Brazil: Revista Turismo, Sociedade & Território, 2021.
    Published • 10.14195/1645-2259_20_11
  11. "In praise of Sedentarism in Contemporary Travelling. Literature, Painting, Screen.". Brazil, 2021.
    10.21664/2238-8869.2021v10i3.p137-144
  12. Castro, Maria João. "Beyond the Waves: Shipping Companies in the 20th Century Portuguese Colonial Seas.". In Images of the Sea: Critical Anthology, 139-157. Lisbon, Portugal: IELT, 2020.
    Published
  13. Castro, Maria João; Maria Joao Castro. "Contemporary Pictorial Dynamics. From the Imperial Tradition to Post-Colonial Innovation". In Tradition and Innovation, edited by Monteiro, {Maria do Ros{\'a, 357-363. London, United Kingdom: London, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2020.
    Published • 10.1201/9780429297786
  14. Maria Joao Castro; Castro, Maria João. "Nota Introdutória". In Império e Turismo, edited by Castro, {Maria Jo{\~a, 7-8. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel, CHAM — Centro de Humanidades, 2020.
    Published • Editor
  15. Alda Costa; Maria Joao Castro. "A cidade, as artes e os artistas". In Lourenço Marques nos últimos anos do Império, edited by Castro, {Maria Jo{\~a, 23-30. ArTravel, CHAM — Centro de Humanidades, 2020.
  16. Maria Joao Castro. "D´aquém e d´além maresias". In as companhias de navegação no mar colonial português de novecentos, edited by Carreto, {Carlos F. Clamote, 139-157. IELT FCSH, 2020.
  17. Castro, Maria João. "Tourism and Empire: an Invitation to Colonial Travel". In Quintana: revista do Departamento de Historia da Arte. Lisbon, Portugal: Departamento de Historia del Arte. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2018.
    Published • 10.15304/qui.16.3647
  18. Castro, Maria João. "Modernity. Art Travel in the Colonial Context". In Modernity: Frontiers and Revolutions, 261-265. Lonbdon, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2018.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429399831
  19. Castro, Maria João. "Art and Travel in the Work of José de Guimarães". In Arte e Viagem (pós-)colonial na obra de José de Guimarães, 92-123. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2018.
    Published
  20. Castro, Maria João. "Art and Progress. Portuguese Colonial Representations in the Great World Exhibitions". In Progress(es) - Theories and Practices, 314-319. London, United Kingdom: CRC Press, 2017.
    Published
  21. Castro, Maria João. "Modes of Relation: Power and Portuguese Imperial Painting". In Empire and Colonial Art, 165-175. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel - CHAM, 2017.
    Published
  22. Castro, Maria João. "Memories of a travelling painter: Fausto Sampaio and the Portuguese Empire". In Annals of Overseas History – AHAM, 283-315. Lisbon, Portugal: CHAM-Húmus, 2017.
    Published
  23. Castro, Maria João. "Da inspiração à exibição: Fragmentos de dança na I República". In II Congresso I República e Republicanismo, 299-305. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2017.
    Published
  24. Maria Joao Castro. "Modes of relation". In Power and Portuguese imperial paintings, edited by Castro, {Maria Jo{\~a, 165-175. CHAM, 2017.
  25. Castro, Maria João. "From the Fine Arts Academy of Porto to Capri. Fragments of Travel in the Painting of Henrique Pousão.". In Coleções de Arte em Portugal e Brasil nos séculos XIX e XX, 235-247. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2016.
    Published
  26. Castro, Maria João. "Pelo Império. A Fé na Arte Colonial". In Arte & Fé, 143-157. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH, 2016.
    Published
  27. Castro, Maria João. "The fascination of the Orient in travel literature and painting". In International Journal of Humanities and Management Sciences, 99-103. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2016.
    Published
  28. Castro, Maria João. "Empire and Propaganda: Presidential trips to the overseas colonies of the Estado Novo.". In Revista Brasileira de História da Mídia, Dossier Temático Império Português e Comunicações, n.º 1, Jan-Jun 2016, 75-84. S.Paulo, Brazil: S.P., 2016.
    Published
  29. Castro, Maria João. "On Travelling. The Tower of Belém and the Great Exhibition of the Portuguese World.". In SPHERA MUNDI – Arte e Cultura no Tempo dos Descobrimentos, 457-466. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio, 2015.
    Published
  30. Castro, Maria João. "O pintor viajante e o ultramar português: Fausto Sampaio e Jorge Barradas". In Arte & Viagem, 165-176. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH, 2012.
    Published
  31. Castro, Maria João. "Ballets Russes; a dança, o público e a crítica lisboeta". In Lisboa e os Ballets Russes, edited by Castro, Maria João, 53-66. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH, 2012.
    Published
  32. Castro, Maria João. "O legado dos Ballets Russes". In Lisboa e os Ballets Russes, edited by Castro, Maria João, 85-96. S. Francisco, United States: Blurb, 2012.
    Published
  33. Castro, Maria João. "Testemunhos". In Lisboa e os Ballets Russes, edited by Castro, Maria João, 203-242. S. Francisco, United States: Blurb, 2012.
    Published
  34. Castro, Maria João. "Reportório, Biografia, Cronologia, Quadro, Índice Onomástico e Bibliografia". In Lisboa e os Ballets Russes, 263-316. S. Francisco, United States: Blurb, 2012.
    Published
  35. Castro, Maria João. "Fortuna Crítica". In Lisboa e os Ballets Russes, edited by Castro, Maria João, 97-201. S. Francisco, United States: Blurb, 2012.
    Published
  36. Castro, Maria João. "Acervo nacional". In Lisboa e os Ballets Russes, edited by Castro, Maria João, 243-262. S. Francisco, United States: Blurb, 2012.
    Published
  37. Castro, Maria João. "A Dança na Pintura Portuguesa do século XX". In A Dança e a Música nas Artes Plásticas do Século XX, 47-62. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH, 2011.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Maria João Castro. "Traços de Viagem na obra de Francisco Maria Bordalo.". 2022.
  2. Maria Joao Castro. "Postcolonial Traces in Contemporary Portuguese Painting". 2021.
Conference paper
  1. Castro, Maria João. "Tourism and Climate Changes. Perspectives.". Paper presented in 35th International Geographical Congress – Dublin 2024, Dublin, 2024.
    Accepted
  2. Castro, Maria. "Portugal-Japão. Viagem Multicentenária de Intercâmbio Cultural-Artístico". Paper presented in Conferências da Primavera do Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau, Lisbon, 2024.
    Accepted
  3. Maria João Castro. "Underwater Archaeotourism". 2023.
  4. Castro, Maria João. "Underwater Archaeology Tourism. A cartography of the gaze". Paper presented in Encontro Arqueologia e Turismo, Lisbon, 2020.
  5. Castro, Maria João. "Julião Sarmento, Mozambique 1974". Paper presented in Fragmentos da Viagem na Obra de Julião Sarmento, Lisbon, 2020.
    Published
  6. Castro, Maria João. "Fausto Sampaio. Traços do Oriente Imperial na Coleção do Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea". Paper presented in Ciclo de Palestras O Orientalismo na Coleção do MNAC, Serviço Educativo do Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2020.
  7. Maria Joao Castro. "Pictorial (Re-)Creations". 2019.
    10.1201/9780429297755
  8. Castro, Maria João. "Glimpses and memory. Zanzibar, gateway to the Portuguese Indian Ocean". Paper presented in IV International CHAM Conference Innovation, Invention and Memory in Africa, Lisbon, 2019.
  9. Castro, Maria João. "Arte e Viagem na obra de José de Guimarães". Paper presented in Cruzamentos da Arte e da Viagem (Pós-) Colonial na Obra de José de Guimarães, Lisbon, 2018.
  10. Castro, Maria João. "Os Cem Anos dos Ballets Russes em Lisboa". Paper presented in Conferência Grémio Literário de Lisboa, Lisbon, 2017.
  11. Castro, Maria João. "Art and Progress. Portuguese Colonial Representations in the Great World Exhibitions". Paper presented in 3º Congresso Internacional Multidisciplinar PHI 2017: “PROGRESSO (S) - TEORIAS E PRÁTICAS, Bari, 2017.
    10.1201/9781351242691
  12. Castro, Maria João. "O Bailado Vermelho da U.R.S.S.". Paper presented in III Congresso Internacional Karl Marx A Revolução de Outubro, Lisbon, 2017.
  13. Castro, Maria João. "Art and Travel Atmospheres. Artur Loureiro.". Paper presented in III Workshop Mudanças e Continuidades. História Global, Cultura Visual e Itinerâncias, Lisbon, 2017.
  14. Castro, Maria João. "Beyond the Waves: Shipping Companies in 20th Century Portuguese Colonial Seas". Paper presented in III CHAM International Conference, Lisbon, 2017.
  15. Castro, Maria João. "Modes of Relation: Power and Portuguese Imperial Painting". Paper presented in Empire and Colonial Art International Conference, Lisbon, 2017.
  16. Castro, Maria João. "Pelo Império. A Fé na Arte Colonial". Paper presented in Arte & Fé, Lisbon, 2016.
  17. Castro, Maria João. "Turismo e Império. Um convite à Viagem Colonial". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional Turismo. História, Património e Ideologia, IHC, Cascais, 2016.
  18. Castro, Maria João. "From the Fine Arts Academy of Porto to Capri. Fragments of Travel in the Painting of Henrique Pousão.". Paper presented in III Colóquio Internacional Coleções de Arte em Portugal e Brasil nos séculos XIX e XX, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2016.
  19. Castro, Maria João. "Art and Travel Atmospheres in Modern Painting". Paper presented in Art History Seminar, Post-graduate students, Faculty of Arts, Auckland University, Auckland, 2016.
  20. Castro, Maria João. "The fascination of the Orient in travel literature and painting". Paper presented in International Conference on Arts, Education and Interdisciplinary Studies (AEIS-16), Universal Researchers, Dubai, 2016.
  21. Castro, Maria João. "The fascination of the Orient in travel literature". Paper presented in International Conference: Travellers and Travels. Seeing old places, looking for new ones, Universitatea din Bucure¿ti Facultatea de Litere (Universidade de Bucareste), Bucarest, 2015.
  22. Castro, Maria João. "Da Viagem. A Torre de Belém e a Grande Exposição do Mundo Português". Paper presented in Congresso SPHERA MUNDI – Arte e Cultura no Tempo dos Descobrimentos, ARTIS (Instituto de História da Arte da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, 2015.
  23. Castro, Maria João. "Memórias estrangeiras no Cais da Europa". Paper presented in Conferência Internacional Turismo, Lazer e Guerra, Instituto de História Contemporânea (IHC), Lisbon, 2015.
  24. Castro, Maria João. "Dança e Cinema: o Pas-de-Deux das duas artes do movimento no século XX". Paper presented in V Encontro Anual da AIM (Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento), ISCTE, Lisbon, 2015.
  25. Castro, Maria João. "The fascination of the Orient in travel literature and painting.". Paper presented in International Conference Arch&Lit: Inter-Arts Dialogues, Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies (CETAPS), FCSH, Lisbon, 2014.
  26. Castro, Maria João. "Travel Traits: the institutionalization of tourism in the first half of the 20th Century.". Paper presented in III Jornadas Científicas Internacionais de Turismo, Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas (ISCE), Centro de Exposição de Odivelas, Odivelas, 2014.
  27. Castro, Maria João. "Among the mists of the quay of Europe: the Lisbon of foreigners in the Second World War.". Paper presented in Arte & Discursos: dos factos aos relatos construídos por estrangeiros acerca de Portugal, FCSH, Lisbon, 2014.
  28. Castro, Maria João. "Dança, uma arte em expansão entre Guerras". Paper presented in II Encontro Anual: A Europa no Mundo - A Europa entre Guerras, Instituto História Contemporânea (IHC), FCSH, Lisbon, 2014.
  29. Castro, Maria João. "Art and Propaganda: Presidential visits to the overseas colonies.". Paper presented in Colóquio Internacional Conhecimento e Ciência Colonial, Centro de História do Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT), Faculdade de Ciências, Lisbon, 2013.
  30. Castro, Maria João. "In praise of Sedentarianism in Contemporary Travelling.". Paper presented in Arte & Utopia, FCSH, Lisbon, 2013.
  31. Castro, Maria João. "Empire and Propaganda: Presidential visits to the overseas colonies of the Estado Novo.". Paper presented in Conferência Internacional Media e Império Português (Século XVIII - XX), Centro de Estudos de Sociologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CESNOVA), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, 2012.
  32. Castro, Maria João. "O pintor viajante e o ultramar português: Fausto Sampaio e Jorge Barradas". Paper presented in Arte & Viagem, FCSH, Lisbon, 2012.
  33. Castro, Maria João. "The Verde Gaio company and the creation of state propaganda and control under Salazar´s dictatorship". Paper presented in Conference ACIS Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, University of the West of Scotland & University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2011.
  34. Castro, Maria João. "A Dança na Pintura Portuguesa do século XX". Paper presented in A Dança e a Música nas Artes Plásticas do século XX, FCSH, Lisbon, 2011.
Edited book
  1. Castro, Maria João. Viagem a Zanzibar 1906. Francisco Afonso Chaves. Lisboa, Portugal: ArTravel. 2024.
    Published • Editor
  2. Castro, Maria João. Fragmentos da Viagem na Obra de Julião Sarmento. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel-CHAM. 2020.
    Published
  3. Castro, Maria João. Empire and Tourism. An Anthology of Essays. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel. 2019.
    Published • Editor
  4. Castro, Maria João. Art and Travel in (Post-)Colonial Work of José de Guimarães. Lisbon, Portugal: Caleidoscópio. 2018.
    Published • Editor
  5. Castro, Maria João. Empire and Colonial Art. An Anthology of Essays. Lisboa, Portugal: ArTravel. 2017.
    Published
  6. Castro, Maria João. Pensamento e Escritos (Pós) Coloniais - (Post-) Colonial Thought and Writings. Lisbon, Portugal: ArTravel. 2016.
    Published • Editor
  7. Castro, Maria João; Caramelo, Francisco; Costa, João Paulo Oliveira e; Acciaiuoli, Margarida. Arte & Fé. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH/NOVA. 2016.
    Published • Editor
  8. Castro, Maria João; Acciaiuoli, Margarida; Caramelo, Francisco. Arte & Dor. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH. 2015.
    Published • Editor
  9. Castro, Maria João; Acciaiuoli, Margarida. Arte & Discursos: dos factos aos relatos construídos por estrangeiros acerca de Portugal.. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH. 2014.
    Published • Editor
  10. Castro, Maria João; Castro, Maria João. Lisboa e os Ballets Russes. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH. 2014.
    Published • Editor
  11. Castro, Maria João; Acciaiuoli, Margarida; André, Paula; Rodrigues, Ana Duarte. Arte & Utopia. Lisbon, Portugal: FCSH. 2013.
    Published • Editor
  12. Maria Joao Castro. Lisboa e os Ballets Russes. S. Francisco, United States: Blurb. 2012.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Maria João Castro. "Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro". Convocarte 15 (2024): 92-112. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/9d006c9f-64db-494c-a54e-1fa04047e5a7.
  2. Maria João Castro. "Viagem pictórica religiosa". Biblos. Revista da Faculdade de Letras 8 (2022): 119-144. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/b5f0bcd2-2d88-424f-b9f8-a462ce4475f1.
    https://doi.org/10.14195/0870-4112_3-8_6
  3. Maria João Castro. "Viagem na Belle Époque". Janus.net 13 2 (2022): 337-353. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/0cc2b6ee-90bb-440d-96fd-8cfa5a8bb06c.
    10.26619/1647-7251.13.2.14
  4. Castro, Maria João. "Portuguese Art in the Service of the Empire in the Great Exhibitions of the 20th century.". Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura 20 1 (2020): 243-262. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/1645-2259_20_11.
    Open access • Published • 10.14195/1645-2259_20_11
  5. Maria Joao Castro. "Memories of a travelling painter". Anais de História de Além-Mar 18 (2017): 283-314. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/da8e0909-f60d-49e5-951e-8dee49f25837.
  6. Maria Joao Castro; Castro, Maria João. "O olhar estrangeiro na Lisboa de oitocentos". Revista Cadernos de História PUC Minas, DOSSIÊ HISTÓRIA E CIDADES 18 28 (2017): 318-330. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/dc966eb5-0d22-4590-8ecc-e8775a8cecba.
    10.5752/P.2237-8871.2017v18n28p318
  7. Castro, Maria João. "Dança e Cinema: o Pas-de-Deux das duas artes do movimento no século XX". V Encontro Anual da Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento AIM, Lisboa, pp. 152-161 (2016): http://www.aim.org.pt/atas/Atas-VEncontroAnualAIM.pdf.
  8. Maria Joao Castro. "Império e Propaganda". Revista Brasileira de História da Mídia (RBHM). 5 1 (2016): 75-84. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/6a58e59e-2ade-4d60-a559-8a4ad488e4b4.
  9. Maria Joao Castro; Castro, Maria João. "O Viajante Romântico e o Apelo da Ruína". ARTIS - Revista de História da Arte e Ciências do Património II-Nº4 4 (2016): 34-41. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/b2cbb323-9f83-490f-b3a7-12abbb59fcec.
  10. Maria Joao Castro. "Traços de viagem: a institucionalização do turismo na primeira metade do século XX". Tourism and Hospitality International Journal 3 2 (2014): 41-54. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/ebdd1282-efa2-46ee-b3f4-805c13f76adb.
Magazine article
  1. Castro, Maria; Castro, Maria. "Almada Negreiros e os Ballets Russes em Lisboa", 2014, http://revistaharte.fcsh.unl.pt/rhaw2/RHAw2.pdf.
  2. Castro, Maria. "O discurso do corpo feminino no Estado Novo: da Mocidade Portuguesa ao folclore e ao Verde Gaio", 2013, http://www.lusosofia.net/textos/20150902-cieszynska_beata_silva_fabio_mario_estudos_de_genero.pdf.
Activities

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Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/23 Maritime Travel Through the Heritage and Memory of Portuguese Legacy. VII International Symposium on Maritime History and Archaeology ‘Seas and Oceans in Global History.
Universidade NOVA Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/07/13 Memory Tourism. A Share Heritage. VI CHAM Conference: Heritage for a Common Future / Futures for a Common Heritage.
Universidade NOVA Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/06/29 Francisco Afonso Chaves travelling through the empire: memories of Zanzibar. International Colloquium The Iberian Overseas Space (1450 -1900): Art, History and Heritage.
Universidade Açores (Velas, S. Jorge, Açores, Portugal)
2023/04/27 Fragments of Sea Voyages: Shipwrecks in modern-contemporary painting. II International Congress Shipwrecks in the construction of the modern world.
Universidade NOVA Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/01 Underwater Archaeotourism. A Liquid Frontier. V CHAM International Conference. Frontiers of Humanity and Beyond: Towards new critical understandings of borders.
Universidade NOVA Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/11/08 Crossed Gazes in the Indian Ocean: Tourism and Portuguese Heritage in Zanzibar. Crossings in the Indian Ocean: Memory and Heritage.
SUZA, The State University of Zanzibar (Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania)
2022/10/08 Traces of Travel in the work of Francisco Maria Bordalo. Colóquio Saudade Perpétua
Casa dos Patudos (Alpiarça, Portugal)
2022/05/19 Travel in the Belle Époque: the Portuguese abroad. Seminário Pontos de Situação. Residências Artísticas
Carpintarias de São Lázaro (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/03/09 Contemporary Crystallised Images: Macau and the Empire.. Spring Conferences 2022, Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre
CCCM - Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/10/06 Postcolonial Traces in Contemporary Portuguese Painting Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia
CUICIID, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2021/09/27 Atlantic breezes: Bartolomeu Dias and contemporary tourist travel. I Atlantic Conference: History, Culture and Heritage.
University of Azores (S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal)
2021/06/21 Underwater Archaeotourism. A Liquid Frontier. V CHAM Conference Frontiers of Humanity and Beyond: Towards new critical understandings of borders.
FCSH, UNL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/05/27 Tourism of Memory, a new approach. Sixth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies. The Shape of Recovery: Futures of Responsible Travel and Leisure
University of Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
2020/10/20 Underwater Archaeology Tourism. A cartography of the gaze. Archaeology and Tourism Meeting
AAP, Aljube Museum (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/12/30 Zanzibar. Heritage and Portuguese History Book Lauch Zanzibar. Art of a (Re) Encounter
SUZA - The State University of Zanzibar (Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania)
2019/10/08 Pictorial (Re-)Creations: From the 4th Centenary of India (1898) to Expo’98 5º CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINAR PHI 2019: Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy
Sorbonne Université (Paris, France)
2019/07/18 Glimpses and Memory. Zanzibar, gateway to the Portuguese Indian Ocean IV International CHAM Conference Innovation, Invention and Memory in Africa
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/10/06 Modernity and Frontiers. Art Travel in the Colonial Context Modernity and Frontiers. Art Travel i4th Multidisciplinary International Congresss PHI 2018, Modernidade: Fronteiras e Revoluções
Universidade Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2018/04/12 Art and Travel in the work of José de Guimarães International Conference: Art and Travel (Post-) Colonial in the work of José de Guimarães
Fundação Calosute Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/10/05 Art and Progress. Portuguese Colonial Representations in the Great World Exhibitions 3rd Multidisciplinary International Congress PHI 2017, “Progresso(s) - teorias e práticas
Universitá Bari (Bari, Italy)
2017/07/15 Beyond the Waves: Shipping Companies in 20th Century Portuguese Colonial Seas III CHAM International Conference
Universidade Nova Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/06/17 Colonial Landscapes in Modern Portuguese Painting Twelfth International Conference on the Arts in Society
The American University of Paris (Paris, France)
2017/04/07 Modes of Relation: Power and Portuguese Imperial Painting Empire and Colonial Art International Conference
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/11/30 Pelo Império. A Fé na Arte Colonial Conferência Internacional Arte & Fé
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/11/11 Tourism and Empire: an invitation to colonial travel. Congresso Internacional Turismo. História, Património e Ideologia
Centro Cultural Cascais (Cascais, Portugal)
2016/11/09 From the Fine Art Academy of Porto to Capri. Fragments of Travel in the Painting of Henrique Pousão. III Colóquio Internacional Coleções de Arte em Portugal e Brasil nos séculos XIX e XX
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016/09/14 Art and Travel Atmospheres in Modern Painting Art History Seminar, Faculty of Arts
Auckland University (Auckland, New Zealand)
2016/03/16 The fascination of the Orient in travel painting International Conference on Arts, Education and Interdisciplinary Studies (AEIS-16)
Universal Researchers, Dubai (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
2015/10/24 The fascination of the Orient in travel literature International Conference: Travellers and Travels. Seeing old places, looking for new ones
Facultatea de Litere, University of Bucharest (Bucareste, Romania)
2015/10/15 Da Viagem. A Torre de Belém e a Grande Exposição do Mundo Português Congresso SPHERA MUNDI – Arte e Cultura no Tempo dos Descobrimentos
Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015/07/26 Memórias estrangeiras no Cais da Europa Conferência Internacional Turismo, Lazer e Guerra
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/12/04 O fascínio do Oriente na literatura de viagens contemporânea O fascínio do Oriente na literatuInternational Conference Arch&Lit: Inter-Arts Dialogues, Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/11/05 Travel Traits: the institutionalization of tourism in the first half of the 20th Century. Traços de viagem: a institucionalizIII Jornadas Científicas Internacionais de Turismo do Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas (ISCE)
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas (ISCE) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/10/10 Among the mists of the quay of Europe: the Lisbon of foreigners in the Second World War. Colóquio Arte & Discursos: dos factos aos relatos construídos por estrangeiros acerca de Portugal
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/07/10 Fragmentos da viagem na pintura de Henrique Pousão International Conference Youth and/in Literature & Society
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/11/27 Arte e Propaganda: As Viagens Presidenciais às Coloniais Ultramarinas Colóquio Internacional Conhecimento e Ciência Colonial
Faculdade de Ciências (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013/10/03 Elogio da Sedentarização na Viagem Contemporânea Congresso Internacional Arte & Utopia
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/11/01 Império e Propaganda: as viagens presidenciais às colónias ultramarinas do Estado Novo Conferência Internacional Media e Império Português (Século XVIII–XX)
Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal)
2012/10/16 O pintor viajante e o ultramar português Colóquio Multidisciplinar Arte & Viagem
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2016/02/01 - 2019/12/01 A Aventura do absurdo na Arte Ocidental do século XX, PhD in Contemporary Art History, FCSH-UNL
Co-supervisor of Pedro Arrifano
História da Arte (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01/03 - 2018/12/03 A Dança em Portugal - As Artes Plásticas e o Ballet Gulbenkian [Dance in Portugal - Plastic Arts and the Gulbenkian Ballet Company], FBAL
Co-supervisor of Inês Fonseca
Fine Arts (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2020/03/01 - 2021/12/12 International and Multidisciplinary Conference Crossings in the Indian Ocean. Memory and Heritage (2020/03/01 - 2021/12/13)
Congress (Co-organisor)
SUZA - The State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania

CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2020/09/24 - 2020/09/24 Conference Fragments of Travel in the work of Julião Sarmento, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea. (2020/09/24 - 2020/09/24)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - MNAC, Portugal
2020/03/09 - 2020/03/09 Cycle of meetings Art and Empire. 1. Nihal Perera (Ball State University, USA) (2020/03/04 - 2020/03/04)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2019/07/27 - 2019/10/08 Cycle of meetings Art and Empire 1. António Sánchez. 2. Juliana Gines Bortoletto (2019/07/27 - 2019/10/08)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 International Congress Empire and Tourism, FCSH-UNL, 3 Abril (2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/04/12 - 2018/04/13 Chair, International Conference Art and Travel (Post-)Colonial in the work of José de Guimarães (2018/04/12 - 2018/04/13)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2016/10/07 - 2017/07/05 Cycle of meetings Art and Empire. 1. Lair de Paiva Júnior (University of São Paulo). 2. Manuel Rodrigues. 3. Juan Chiva Beltra (Universitat Jaume I, Valência). 4. Francisco Zamora Rodríguez. 5. Rogério Miguel Puga . 6. Paula André (ISCTE). 7. Nuno Júdice. 8. Elsje van Kessel (University of St Andrews) (2016/10/07 - 2017/07/05)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
2017/04/06 - 2017/04/07 International Colloquium Empire and Colonial Art (2017/04/06 - 2017/04/07)
Congress (Co-organisor)
2016/04/20 - 2016/04/20 (Post-)Colonial Thought and Writings. Eduardo Lourenço, Adriano Moreira, José-Augusto França, Helder Macedo. (2016/04/20 - 2016/04/20)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/05/19 - Current Latitudes Festival, Literature & Travellers. Travel to Unknown. Casa José Saramago, Óbidos
Conference
Casa José Saramago, Latitudes Festival, Óbidos 2019
Cãmara Municipal de Óbidos, Portugal
2017/04/06 - Current Chair, International Colloquium Empire and Colonial Art
Conference
International Colloquium Império e Arte Colonial
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/11/30 - Current Chair, Colloquium Arte & Fé
Congress
Colloquium Arte & Fé
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2015/11/26 - Current Chair, International Colloquium Arte & Dor
Conference
International Colloquium Arte & Dor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/10/10 - Current Chair, International Colloquium Arte & Discursos
Conference
Colloquium Arte & Discursos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/10/02 - Current Chair, International Colloquium Arte & Utopia
Congress
International Colloquium Arte & Utopi
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/09/27 - Current Chair, Symposium Cem anos de Sagração da Primavera (1913-2013)
Symposium
Cem anos de Sagração da Primavera (1913-2013)
2023/06/30 - 2023/06/30 Panel Convenor. International Colloquium The Iberian Overseas Space (1450 -1900): Art, History and Heritage. Cabido da Misericordia das Velas, S. Jorge Island, Azores.
Congress
International Colloquium The Iberian Overseas Space (1450 -1900): Art, History and Heritage.
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2017/10/23 - 2017/10/23 Cycle of meetings Art and Empire. 1. Elsje van Kessel (University of St Andrews)
Meeting
Cycle of Meetings Art and Empire
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2023/06/01 - 2024/07/15 Scientific Committee of the I Conferência Internacional de Literatura Cabo-Verdiana, NOVA FCSH-CCCV (Centro Cultural de Cabo Verde), Lisboa, julho de 2024.
Member
CHAM Centro de Humanidades, Portugal
2022/11/08 - 2022/11/09 Coordinator. Scientific committee and Panel Convenor of the International and Multidisciplinary Conference Crossings in the Indian Ocean. Memory and Heritage. The State University of Zanzibar.
Coordinator
SUZA - The State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
2019/07/17 - 2019/07/18 P32. History: foundations and current readings. IV CHAM International Conference Innovation, Invention and memory in Africa.
Coordinator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 Chair, Multidisciplinary International Congress Empire & Tourism
Coordinator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/07/01 - 2020/07/27 International Congress: History, Heritage(s) and Innovation - Gazing at tourist itineraries between the 19th and 21st centuries Centro Cultural Cascais
2016/04/06 - 2016/10/06 International colloquium Ruínas e Temporalidades Faculdade de Arquitetura de L>isboa
2015/02/03 - 2015/07/01 International Congress Proporção (des)harmonias e identidades – PHI Faculdade de Arquitetura de Lisboa
2015/02/03 - 2015/05/25 Colloquium Alemanha-Portugal XIX-XX: Aspectos e Momentos em Revista CHAM - Centre for the Humanities
2015/03/03 - 2015/05/01 ACAH2015, The Sixth Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities University of Osaka, Japan
2014/10/02 - 2014/12/22 International colloquium Gardens and Tourism for and beyond economic profit Universidade de Évora

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/07/02 - 2021/12/01 Executive Board (DE) of CHAM (Centre for the Humanities) for the documentary-project on "Fronteiras" [Borders] in partnership with Arquipélago Filmes film production company. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2019/01/03 - 2019/06/06 Academic consultancy and content validation for film/TV production company NEWTALKS for a series of documentaries as part of the official programme of commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the voyage of Ferdinand Magellan CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/26 Landscape in Art, Guest Lecturer História da Arte (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/11/06 - 2015/11/13 Dance & Power, Guest Lecturer PhD course in Artistic Studies (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/10/02 - 2015/11/05 A ter em atenção quando se escreve uma tese, Guest Lecturer História da Arte (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/04/15 - 2015/04/27 Traços de Viagem na Pintura de Paisagem, Guest Lecturer História da Arte (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2019/10/12 Interview for the newspaper Expresso, Revista E, O Museu de Salazar. Expresso, Revista E, pp. 48-53

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2018/04/12 - Current À Volta dos Livros, Antena 1 Os Ballets Russes em Lisboa
2017/10/04 - Current 90 Segundos de Ciência, co-production with Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier ITQB NOVA and Antena 1 radio station, on the ArTravel Project. Post-Doc ArTravel Project
Distinctions

Award

2024 2024 António Quadros Foundation Award for Contemporary History
Fundação António Quadros Cultura e Pensamento, Portugal
2024 2024 NOVA Research Impact Narratives & Awards - Honorable Mention
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2023 2023 Academia Portuguesa da História | Portuguese Academy of History, Prize for History
Academia Portuguesa da História, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 2022 Contract Assistant Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2015 2015. Post-doctoral scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) with maximum score 5/5, 1st place in national ranking.
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal