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
- http://www.fcsh.unl.pt/artravel/ (Professional)
- https://fcsh-unl.academia.edu/MariaJoaoCastro (Professional)
- https://cham.fcsh.unl.pt/investigador-perfil.php?p=608 (Scholar)
- https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/persons/maria-joão-castro (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Arts - Art history
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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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 | |
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2023/04/01 - 2029
Ongoing
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Contracted Researcher | Assistant Researcher (Outros)
Major in Travel, Tourism, Culture, Heritage, Post-colonial
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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2015/12/01 - 2022/02/01
Concluded
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Art History, Post-Colonial Studies (Pós-doutoramento)
Major in Post-Colonial Studies
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
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2008/02/01 - 2014/07/14
Concluded
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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)
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Muito Bom |
2002/02/01 - 2007/02/01
Concluded
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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)
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Muito Bom |
1997/09/01 - 1999/03/30
Concluded
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Postgraduate diploma in International Relations (Pós-Graduação)
Major in International Affairs
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
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1992/10/04 - 1995/01/04
Concluded
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Tourism Management (Licenciatura)
Major in Tourism Management
Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões, Portugal
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12,3 |
1989/10/02 - 1992/06/06
Concluded
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Tourism (Bacharelato)
Major in Tourism
Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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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 | |
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1996/08/01 - 2008/04/01 | Tourism Department | Turismo de Portugal, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/12/01 - 2022/02/01 | ArTravel. Travel and Colonial Art in Contemporary Culture.
Post-doc Fellow
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/04/01 - 2029 | TravelconT. The Crossroads of Contemporary Travel in Postcolonial Tourism.
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa - CHAM, Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Edited book |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2022/10/08 | Traces of Travel in the work of Francisco Maria Bordalo. | Colóquio Saudade Perpétua
Casa dos Patudos (Alpiarça, Portugal)
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2022/05/19 | Travel in the Belle Époque: the Portuguese abroad. | Seminário Pontos de Situação. Residências Artísticas
Carpintarias de São Lázaro (Lisbon, Portugal)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2020/10/20 | Underwater Archaeology Tourism. A cartography of the gaze. | Archaeology and Tourism Meeting
AAP, Aljube Museum (Lisbon, Portugal)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2017/07/15 | Beyond the Waves: Shipping Companies in 20th Century Portuguese Colonial Seas | III CHAM International Conference
Universidade Nova Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2017/06/17 | Colonial Landscapes in Modern Portuguese Painting | Twelfth International Conference on the Arts in Society
The American University of Paris (Paris, France)
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2017/04/07 | Modes of Relation: Power and Portuguese Imperial Painting | Empire and Colonial Art International Conference
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2016/11/30 | Pelo Império. A Fé na Arte Colonial | Conferência Internacional Arte & Fé
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2016/11/11 | Tourism and Empire: an invitation to colonial travel. | Congresso Internacional Turismo. História, Património e Ideologia
Centro Cultural Cascais (Cascais, Portugal)
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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)
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2016/09/14 | Art and Travel Atmospheres in Modern Painting | Art History Seminar, Faculty of Arts
Auckland University (Auckland, New Zealand)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2015/07/26 | Memórias estrangeiras no Cais da Europa | Conferência Internacional Turismo, Lazer e Guerra
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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2014/07/10 | Fragmentos da viagem na pintura de Henrique Pousão | International Conference Youth and/in Literature & Society
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2013/11/27 | Arte e Propaganda: As Viagens Presidenciais às Coloniais Ultramarinas | Colóquio Internacional Conhecimento e Ciência Colonial
Faculdade de Ciências (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2013/10/03 | Elogio da Sedentarização na Viagem Contemporânea | Congresso Internacional Arte & Utopia
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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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)
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2012/10/16 | O pintor viajante e o ultramar português | Colóquio Multidisciplinar Arte & Viagem
FCSH-NOVA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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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
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História da Arte (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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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
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Fine Arts (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/05/19 - Current | Latitudes Festival, Literature & Travellers. Travel to Unknown. Casa José Saramago, Óbidos
Conference
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Casa José Saramago, Latitudes Festival, Óbidos 2019
Cãmara Municipal de Óbidos, Portugal
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2017/04/06 - Current | Chair, International Colloquium Empire and Colonial Art
Conference
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International Colloquium Império e Arte Colonial
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2016/11/30 - Current | Chair, Colloquium Arte & Fé
Congress
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Colloquium Arte & Fé
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2015/11/26 - Current | Chair, International Colloquium Arte & Dor
Conference
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International Colloquium Arte & Dor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2014/10/10 - Current | Chair, International Colloquium Arte & Discursos
Conference
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Colloquium Arte & Discursos
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2013/10/02 - Current | Chair, International Colloquium Arte & Utopia
Congress
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International Colloquium Arte & Utopi
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2013/09/27 - Current | Chair, Symposium Cem anos de Sagração da Primavera (1913-2013)
Symposium
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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
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International Colloquium The Iberian Overseas Space (1450 -1900): Art, History and Heritage.
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
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2017/10/23 - 2017/10/23 | Cycle of meetings Art and Empire. 1. Elsje van Kessel (University of St Andrews)
Meeting
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Cycle of Meetings Art and Empire
CHAM - Centre for the Humanities, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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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
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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
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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
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
2019/04/03 - 2019/04/03 | Chair, Multidisciplinary International Congress Empire & Tourism
Coordinator
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
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2024 | 2024 NOVA Research Impact Narratives & Awards - Honorable Mention
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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2023 | 2023 Academia Portuguesa da História | Portuguese Academy of History, Prize for History
Academia Portuguesa da História, Portugal
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Other distinction
2022 | 2022 Contract Assistant Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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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
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