Irene Vaquinhas is full professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities /University of Coimbra and an Integrated Researcher at the Center for the History of Society and Culture. Over the years she has taught courses and seminars in Bachelor's degrees, Master's (or 2nd Cycle) and Doctoral (or 3rd Cycle) Courses, mainly in the scope of Contemporary History of Portugal, Museology and Cultural Heritage and Heritage and Food Cultures. She has vast experience in academic supervision, participation in master's and doctoral juries (more than 150 academic examinations juries and has supervised or co-supervised around 100 Master's theses / Project and/or Internship Reports, PhD Theses or post-doctoral works), aggregation tests as well as competitions for the recruitment of full, associate and assistant professors in the most Portuguese universities and higher institutes. She was the Scientific Coordinator of the Center for the History of Society and Culture at the University of Coimbra, FCT's R&D unit, from November 2013 until October 2020. She has integrated Evaluation Panels for applications for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral scholarships (FCT) and juries for several national awards. She was Director of the 2nd Cycle in History, Specialization in Museology (2006-2013), the 2nd Cycle in Cultural Heritage and Museology (2013-2015), the 3rd Cycle in Higher Studies in History (2011-2014). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Journal of History of Society and Culture and was its director from 2013 to 2020. She is currently director of the Master´s degree in Food: Sources, Culture and Society. The program gives a strong emphasis to trans- and interdisciplinary approaches, addressing the topics of food, eating, gastronomy, tastes, culinary practices and table customs in the light of history, literature, geography and tourism. She is part of (or was part of) the expert team and/or Scientific and/or Editorial Committee of several national or international journals, including: Revista Portuguesa de História, Faces de Eva, Ler História, DIAITA: Food&Heritage, among others. She was a scientific consultant at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra (Academic Collection) (2015-2020). She had collaborated on international projects, including Luso-Spanish Integrated Actions between the Universities of Braga, Coimbra and Santiago de Compostela with the project “Women, family and Heritage – Mulleres, familia e patrimonio” (2006-2008); History of Science at the University of Coimbra (1547-1933), funded by FCT (2009-2011); DIAITA project. Food Heritage of Lusofonia since 2014 and Project La construccion nacional en el mundo iberoamericano 1808-1930 (CONAIBER). The construction of the State and the nation in the Ibero-American world in the XIX century. Cantabria University (Spain), Project financed by the Spanish Government (since May 2019). She was a representative of the University of Coimbra in the ATHENA project (Advanced Thematic Network for Activities on Women's Studies), of the EU. She has also been a member of scientific and/or organizing committees of numerous scientific initiatives, both national and international, and was present at more than 3 hundred meetings and scientific meetings in Portugal and abroad. She has published, including books, articles, prefaces, reviews and news, more than 150 studies. Irene Vaquinhas received 2 awards and and/or honours. She works in the Humanities area with emphasis in contemporary history of Portugal, rural history, history of forms of sociability, history of private life, history of women and gender and history of food heritage. One of her strong areas of research is the history of women and gender, having recently dedicated to investigating the history of women in universities, in particular the UC, without excluding other topics.