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Maria Maia

Webinar 1: Architecture in Psychiatric Spaces (April 2nd 6:00pm-8:00pm)
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Maria Maia is an architect, guest lecturer and PhD student at the School of Architecture, Arts and Design of the University of Minho (EAAD.UM), in Guimarães, Portugal.

Since 2022, she has been teaching the subject "Movements in contemporary art and architecture" in the Integrated Master's in Architecture and since 2023 in the Bachelor's in Product Design.

She has been a member of the multidisciplinary research unit Lab2PT since 2024, where she is developing her PhD project at the intersection of the disciplines of Architecture, History and Psychiatry, focusing on the possibility of thinking about psychiatric spaces as architectures of care.

In 2017, she attended a specialization course in scenography at EAAD.UM.

Between 2020 and 2022, she studied contemporary philosophy in the Master's Degree in Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, having worked for the Institute of Philosophy in the groups MLAG (Mind, Language, and Action Group) and Raízes e Horizontes.
As a researcher, she collaborated on research on several topics, namely, pedagogy and research, landscape and literature, and heritage conservation.
She has worked on several architectural projects in the areas of social housing, collective participation practices, public space, and artistic expression.
She is a member of the Integral Cooperative CESTA, in Porto, Portugal.

Raul Exposito

Webinar 2: Caregivers in the Technical Stage in Spain (April 9: 18:00-20:00)
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Raúl Expósito González (Ciudad Real, 1981).

Diploma and Graduate in Nursing from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM).
University Master's Degree in Socio-Society Research from UCLM.
Doctor from the University of Alicante (UA).
Fixed statutory nurse at the Anesthesia and Reanimation Service of the Hospital Santa Bárbara de Puertollano, assigned to the Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) and associate professor at the Faculty of Nursing of Ciudad Real (UCLM).
He has participated in congresses, given lectures and published numerous articles dedicated to the History of the Spanish Nursing College Organization.
He is the author of the so far first and only book dedicated to the history of this institution.

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Raúl Expósito González (Ciudad Real, 1981).

Graduate and diploma in Nursing from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM).

Master in Social and Health Research from the UCLM.

PhD from the University of Alicante (UA).

Nurse in the Anesthesia and Resuscitation Service of the Hospital de Santa Bárbara de Puertollano, attached to the Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) and associate professor at the Faculty of Nursing of Ciudad Real (UCLM).
He has participated in conferences, given lectures and published numerous articles on the history of the Spanish Nursing Association.

He is the author of the first and to date only book dedicated to the history of this institution.

Amelia Ferreira

Webinar 4: Relief during the 1755 Earthquake (April 23: 6:00-8:00 p.m.)
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Mª Amélia Dias Ferreira is a Nurse Manager in the Intensive Care and Nephrology Services at Pedro Hispano Hospital, Matosinhos Local Health Unit. She holds a degree in Nursing with a specialization in Medical-Surgical Nursing from the Catholic University of Portugal, Faculty of Human Sciences – Braga.

Master's degree in Disaster Medicine from the University of Porto, Professor Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences – Porto.

Postgraduate degree in Forensic Sciences from the University of Porto, Professor Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences. ~
Postgraduate degree in History of Health from the Catholic University of Portugal, Faculty of Social Sciences – Braga.

PhD in Nursing with a specialization in History and Philosophy in Nursing from the Catholic University of Portugal.
Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Nursing of the Catholic University of Portugal – Porto.
Collaborating Researcher at the Nursing Research Platform of the Interdisciplinary Research Center in Health of the Catholic University of Portugal.
Between 1999 and 2014 she was the nurse responsible for the Medical Vehicle and Resuscitation of the Pedro Hispano Hospital. Since September 2018 she has been the Coordinator of the Disaster Committee of the Matosinhos Local Health Unit.

João Rui Pita

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Professor Associado com Agregação da Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Coimbra onde ensina, entre outras, História da Farmácia e Atividade Farmacêutica. Investigador e Co-Coordenador Científico do Grupo de História e Sociologia da Ciência do Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares - CEIS20 da Universidade de Coimbra do qual foi um dos fundadores. Membro do Centro de Direito Biomédico. Os seus interesses científicos principais são: história da ciência, história e sociologia da farmácia e das ciências da saúde, relações farmácia sociedade, ética em saúde e bioética, deontologia farmacêutica, regulação farmacêutica e legislação, educação para a saúde. Co-cordenador do curso de doutoramento em História das Ciências e Educação Científica (Universidade de Coimbra / Universidade de Aveiro, desde 2022). Orientou e orienta diversas monografias de mestrado integrado, teses de mestrado e de doutoramento, pesquisas de pós-doutoramento e monografias de pós-graduação da sua área científica em Direito da Farmácia e do Medicamento. Integra/ou redes de investigação e projetos de investigação nacionais e internacionais, tendo sido responsável científico em alguns. Foram-lhe atribuídos diversos prémios e distinções internacionais como: Médaille “Carmen Francés” d’Histoire de la Pharmacie – 2019 (International Academy of the History of Pharmacy / Académie Internationale d’Histoire de la Pharmacie) e Medalla ”Cátedra Centenaria. Historia de la Farmacia-Madrid”(Facultad de Farmacia da Universidade Complutense de Madrid, Espanha, atribuída em 2019 e entregue em 2022). Membro Académico da Academie Internationale d'Histoire de la Pharmacie e da Academia de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Portugal.

No campo da história da psiquiatria e saúde mental salientem-se as obras:

Juntamente com Ana Leonor Pereira coordena as obras coletivas História Interdisciplinar da Loucura, Psiquiatria e Saúde mental , 14 volumes publicados desde 2010 e outro em publicação em 2025 (ou seja um volume por ano desde 2010).
Juntamente com Ana Leonor Pereira coordena as obras coletivas Mulheres e Loucura, 6 volumes publicados desde 2019 e outro em publicação em 2025 (ou seja um volume por ano desde 2019).

Algumas outras obras:

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor; PITA, João Rui (Coords.) — Miguel Bombarda e as singularidades de uma época. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 2006. 207 p.

Sobre Egas Moniz assinalem-se, para além de artigos, por exemplo, os livros:

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor; PITA, João Rui; RODRIGUES, Rosa Maria — Retrato de Egas Moniz. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 1999. 199 p.

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor; PITA, João Rui (Coords.) — Egas Moniz em livre exame. Coimbra: MinervaCoimbra, 2000. 414 p.

É um dos fundadores e organizadores do congresso anual História da Loucura, Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, desde 2010.

Ana Leonor Pereira

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Doutorada em História da Cultura (Universidade de Coimbra) com a tese “Darwin em Portugal. Filosofia. História. Engenharia Social 1865-1914” (2 vols.). Professora da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Departamento de História, Estudos Europeus, Arqueologia e Artes), aposentada. Investigadoar e Co-Coordenadora Científica do Grupo de História e Sociologia da Ciência do Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares - CEIS20 da Universidade de Coimbra do qual foi um dos investigadores fundadores. Lecionou disciplinas da área da história da cultura, da história da cultura científica e da história da ciência a nível dos três ciclos, e outras disciplinas. Os seus interesses de investigação preferenciais são: história da cultura, história da cultura científica, história das ideias, história das ideias científicas, história da medicina, história da farmácia, história das ciências da vida, sublinhando-se projetos sobre a história do corpo, a história da psiquiatria, a história da higiene e da saúde pública, a história da farmácia, dos alimentos, medicamentos e venenos, bem como a história do darwinismo em Portugal. Tem participado em vários projetos de pesquisa internacionais. Em colaboração com o Prof. Doutor João Rui Pita dirige as coleções de livros “Ciências e Culturas” editada pela Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra e “Ciências, Tecnologias e Imaginários. Estudos de História séculos XVIII-XX”. É autora de livros, capítulos de livros e artigos publicados em revistas científicas e obras coletivas em Portugal e no estrangeiro. Orientou / orienta diversas teses de mestrado e de doutoramento e pesquisa de pos-doutoramento da sua área científica.

No campo da história da psiquiatria e saúde mental salientem-se as obras:

Juntamente com João Rui Pita coordena as obras coletivas História Interdisciplinar da Loucura, Psiquiatria e Saúde mental , 14 volumes publicados desde 2010 e outro em publicação em 2025 (ou seja um volume por ano desde 2010).

Juntamente com João Rui Pita coordena as obras coletivas Mulheres e Loucura, 6 volumes publicados desde 2019 e outro em publicação em 2025 (ou seja um volume por ano desde 2019).

Algumas outras obras (livros e artigos):

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor — Júlio de Matos: a ciência e a política. Psiquiatria Clínica. 4:1(1983) 49-56.
PEREIRA, Ana Leonor — A institucionalização da loucura em Portugal. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais. 21 (1986) 85-100.
PEREIRA, Ana Leonor; PITA, João Rui (Coords.) — Miguel Bombarda e as singularidades de uma época. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 2006. 207 p.

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor — O normal e o patológico na obra de Júlio de Matos. In MACHADO, Fernando Augusto; GAMA, Manuel Rosa Gonçalves; FERNANDES, José Marques — Caminhos de Cultura em Portugal. Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Norberto Cunha. Ribeirão: Edições Húmus, 2010, p. 7-21.
PEREIRA, Ana Leonor — Medicina da mente: a dinâmica assistencial no século XIX. O caso português. Revista CEPIHS-Centro de Estudos de Promoção da Investigação Histórica e Social Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. 3 (2013) p. 145-166. ISSN: 2182-0252

Sobre Egas Moniz assinalem-se, para além de artigos, por exemplo, os livros:

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor; PITA, João Rui; RODRIGUES, Rosa Maria — Retrato de Egas Moniz. Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores, 1999. 199 p.

PEREIRA, Ana Leonor; PITA, João Rui (Coords.) — Egas Moniz em livre exame. Coimbra: MinervaCoimbra, 2000. 414 p.

É um dos fundadores e organizadores do congresso anual História da Loucura, Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, desde 2010.

José Morgado Pereira

Webinar 6: A história da psicofarmacologia até à descoberta dos primeiros
psicofármacos (anos 50 do século) (7 de maio: 18:00-20:00)
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Médico Psiquiatra.
Doutorado em História pela Faculdade de Letras da U.C.
Investigador do Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares da U.C.(CEIS20), no Grupo de História e Sociologia da Ciência e da Tecnologia.
Tem estudado e colaborado em Encontros e Colóquios sobre temas das Humanidades Médicas, Psicossomática e História da Medicina e da Saúde.
Tem-se interessado pelo estudo histórico da psiquiatria portuguesa, tendo publicado, nomeadamente:

Livros Publicados
Doença Mental, Instituições e Famílias. Os desafios da desinstitucionalização em Portugal. Hespanha, Pedro; Portugal, Silvia; Nogueira, Claudia; Pereira, José Morgado; Hespanha, Mª José. Coimbra: Almedina, 2012.
A Psiquiatria em Portugal nas primeiras décadas do século XX: Protagonistas. Coimbra: IUC, 2020. Prémio Joaquim de Carvalho da Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra em 2021.
Doenças e Terapêuticas na Psiquiatria Portuguesa nas primeiras décadas do Século XX: Lisboa: Climepsi, 2023.

Outros trabalhos publicados:
“Figuras históricas da psiquiatria portuguesa”. In Enciclopédia Ibero-Americana de Psiquiatria, Ed. Médica Panamericana, Buenos Aires, 1995.
“Portugal: ses exils et ses mythes”. Revue Sud-Nord (Folies et cultures), nº6, 1996
“O início da leucotomia em Portugal e a querela entre Egas Moniz e Sobral Cid”. In Pereira, Pita (coord.) Egas Moniz em livre exame. Coimbra: Minerva, 2000.
“A Evolução das ideias psiquiátricas em Miguel Bombarda”. In Miguel Bombarda e as singularidades de uma época. In Pereira, Ana Leonor; Pita, João Rui (Coord.), Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2006.
“Egas Moniz, António Caetano de Abreu Freire”, in Bynum, W. S.; Bynum, H.; Dictionary of Medical Biography, vol.2, Westport – London: Greenwood Press, 2007.
“A psiquiatria no tempo da I República", in Corpo. Estado, Medicina e Sociedade no tempo da I República. Centenário da República: I.N.C.M, 2010.
“Classificação e reconceptualização das doenças na Psiquiatria Portuguesa. A contribuição de Júlio de Matos” in Estudos do Século XX, nº12. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, nº12, 2012.
“Sobre a obra de Barahona Fernandes”. In Barahona Fernandes - O Modelo da Personalidade e a Psiquiatria. Lisboa: Padrões Culturais Editora, 2013.
“Psiquiatria na I República”. In Dicionário de História da I República e do Republicanismo. Volume III. Lisboa: Assembleia da República, 2014.
“História da Psiquiatria Forense em Portugal”. In Vieira, Cabral, Saraiva (coord) Manual de Psiquiatria Forense. Lisboa: Pactor, 2017.
Montalto, Filipe - Arquipatologia. Tratados I-IX. Revisão científica: Cardoso, Pereira, Marques. Lisboa: Colibri, 2018.
“A hipocondria na Arquipatologia de Montalto”. In Cardoso, Proença(coord.) Dor, sofrimento e saúde mental na Arquipatologia de Filipe Montalto. V.N.Famalicão: Húmus, 2018.
“Psychiatry in Portugal: Key actors and conceptual history (1884-1924)”. History of Psychiatry, vol 29 (2). London,2018.
“A Neurastenia em Portugal, apogeu e declínio”. Estudos do Século XX. Nº 19, 2019.
“Evolution of Portuguese Psychiatry in the First Decades of the Twentieth Century. In Rethinking Psychopathology. Creative Convergences. Editors: Marková, Ivana S., Chen, Eric (Eds.) Basel: Springer International Publishing, 2020. Festschrift for German Elías Berrios.

Andre Silva

Anonymous and (almost) invisible: Women in the care of the sick and in healing practices in the late Middle Ages in Portugal (May 22: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Narratives of the Middle Ages and Modernity (11:00-12:30))

Bachelor's degree in History (2013),
Master's degree in Medieval Studies (2015) and PhD in History (2021) from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto.
He is an integrated researcher at CITCEM (University of Porto) and a collaborator at CIDEHUS (University of Évora).
He works mainly in the field of the social history of medicine and health in Portugal at the end of the Middle Ages, having dedicated his doctoral thesis to the theme “The Black Death in Portugal: the Cases of Entre-Douro-e-Minho and Entre-Tejo-e-Odiana”, winner ex aequo of the A. De Almeida Fernandes Prize – Medieval History of Portugal 2023.

Paulo Queiroz

The monk nurses and the nun nurses: One of the paths in the beginning of Nursing (May 22: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Narratives from the Middle Ages and Modernity (11:00-12:30))

Paulo Joaquim Pina Queirós, Coordinating Professor at the Coimbra School of Nursing and Researcher at the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing.
Responsible for the Structuring Project “History and Epistemology of Health and Nursing”.
Nurse Specialist in Rehabilitation Nursing.
Degree in History, Master in Occupational Health, Doctor in Education Sciences,
Post-doctorate in Nursing Sciences.

Marta Lobo

Trabalhar nos hospitais portugueses da Idade Moderna (Dia 22/05: I Congresso Internacional de História da Saúde e da Assistência. Narrativas da Idade Média e da Modernidade (11:00-12:30))

Maria Marta Lobo de Araújo é Professora Associada com Agregação no Departamento de História do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade do Minho.
Publicou numerosos artigos em revistas especializadas e indexadas, além de ser autora e coordenadora de vários livros e capítulos.

Cristina Nogueira

The Rovisco Pais Hospital-Colony, the epicentre of research into Hansen's Disease in Portugal until 1981 (May 22: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Contemporary Stories (16:30-18:30))

Cristina Nogueira has a degree in History, with specialisations in Educational Training and Information Sciences, from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra, and Cultural Heritage Management, from the Católica Porto Business School.

Over the last twenty years, she has worked for various institutions in areas such as training and education, historical research, archiving and museology.

More than a decade ago, she founded the registered brand CulturAge, under which she currently provides professional services in the areas of history and cultural heritage management.

Since 2017, she has been working with the Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro - Rovisco Pais to safeguard and revitalize the cultural and scientific heritage of the former Hospital Colónia Rovisco Pais, and is the curator of its Museum Center, the only one dedicated to leprosy in Portugal.

Isabel Amaral

Colonization and decolonization of tropical medicine in Africa in the 20th century: The Portuguese case (May 22: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Assistance. Histories of Contemporaneity (16:30-18:30))

Graduated in Biochemistry (FCUL), she holds a PhD in Epistemology of Sciences (NOVA FCT) and a degree in Contemporary History (UMinho).

Associate Professor and member of the Ethics Committee at NOVA FCT.

She was coordinator of the Doctoral Program in History, Philosophy and Heritage of Science and Technology (2016-2021) and is a guest lecturer at NOVA Medical School.

She co-coordinates the CIUHCT and has published on the History of Science and Medicine in Portugal, in the contemporary period.

He is part of European networks (RIIESSAL, COST CA 22116 and CA 22156) and is part of the editorial board of some reference journals in his research area, such as the journals HoST and Medical History.

Tania Ferreira

Themes and paths in the history of health, between the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Research Experiences in the History of Health and Care (09:30-10:30))

Tânia Sofia Ferreira, FCT PhD fellow with the project entitled "Preventing and intervening to make life easier: health concerns in Portugal (1834-1918)".

With interests in the area of social history and medicine (19th-20th centuries), she is the author of articles such as "Mastering the body to regulate the mind. The means of containment in mental asylums in the 19th century" (Reflections on the History of the Body. Interdisciplinary Visions, 2024); "Come on, gentlemen: in the name of civilization, put your shoes on!" The campaign against Barefoot in the first half of the 20th century" (IHMT Annals, 2024); "Pellagra in Portugal. Between nutritional deficiency and food poisoning" (CEM nº 13, 2021), among others

Celia Oliveira

Human vulnerability in the past: Considerations on the experience of an interdisciplinary study (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Research Experiences in the History of Health and Care (09:30-10:30))

Célia Oliveira is a PhD student in Contemporary History at the University of Minho, with the project “Human vulnerability in written sources: exploring sociobiological determinants in the city of Porto in the 19th century (1832-1899)”.

She is the author and co-author of scientific works that address themes related to Health, Medicine, Crime and the History of Women.

She is a member of the BeFrail project team – Porto in Times of Cholera and War: A bioarchaeological approach to human fragility (funded by the FCT).

Alexandra Esteves

Feeding to live with milk that should make you grow. Medical discourse on infant nutrition in the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Welfare. Health Welfare Around the World (11:00-12:30))

Alexandra Esteves is an associate professor with tenure at the History Department of the University of Minho, where she also serves as director of the Master's Degree in Cultural Heritage and vice-president for Research at the Institute of Social Sciences.

She is also an integrated researcher at the Laboratory of Landscapes, Heritage and Territory (Lab2PT) of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho, where she coordinates the Lands group, an integrated member of IN2PAST, the Associated Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory, and a collaborating researcher at the Center for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies of the Catholic University of Portugal.

In recent years, her research activity has focused on matters falling within the areas of Social History, namely health, illness and epidemics, assistance, gender issues, marginalization, violence, and prisons, as well as the History of tourism and sociability, including issues related to leisure, institutions and social relations, between the 19th and 20th centuries.

Monique Palma

Medical-surgical care in Portuguese America in the 18th century (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Health Care Around the World (11:00-12:30))

Monique Palma holds a PhD in History from the University of Porto.

She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Open University of Portugal.

She is an integrated researcher at CIUHCT, NOVA School of Science and Technology).

She is a Visiting Collaborating Researcher in the Environmental History line of MARE-NOVA.

She is also a collaborating researcher at CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Center «Culture, Space and Memory». Her main research interests include the history of medicine, circulation of medical knowledge in history, environment and health in history, and human and non-human agents.

Mariana Garcia Gonzalez

Evolution of Nursing in Spain. Academic qualifications, legislation, membership and gender issues (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. Health Care Around the World (11:00-12:30))

Mariana García González, Degree in Nursing, Specialization in Pediatric Nursing, Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Master's Degree in "Mistreatment and Gender Violence. Multidisciplinary Vision", Master's Degree in "Anthropological Research and its Applications" and Doctorate in Communication Sciences.

I worked at the Hospital de la Defensa de San Fernando de Cádiz, now at the Andalusian Health Service, where I continue as General Supervisor.

Continuing education teacher at the SAS and professor at the Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy of Cádiz, with the title of Mental Health Nursing.

Academic member of the Board of Governors of the Andalusian Nursing Academy.

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Mariana García González, Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; Specialist in Pediatric Nursing; Bachelor's Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Master's Degree in “Abuse and Gender Violence. Multidisciplinary Vision”: Master's Degree in ‘Anthropological Research and its Applications’, and PhD in Communication Sciences.

She worked at the Hospital de la Defensa de San Fernando de Cádiz, currently integrated into the Andalusian Health Service, where she continues as General Supervisor.
Continuing education teacher at the SAS and professor at the Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy of Cádiz in the subject of Mental Health Nursing.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Andalusian Nursing Academy.

Lucilia Nunes

What is the purpose of (our) history? - For intelligent teaching (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Care. History, Research and the Future (16:30-17:30))

Lucília Nunes. PhD in Philosophy, Aggregation in Philosophy, specializing in Ethics, and Aggregation in Nursing.
Master in Cultural and Political History and in Nursing Sciences.
Principal Coordinating Professor, School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal.

Maria Antonia Lopes

History of health and welfare in Portugal (16th-19th centuries): research methodologies (May 23: 1st International Congress on the History of Health and Welfare. History, Research and the Future (16:30-17:30))

Maria Antónia Lopes, PhD in Modern and Contemporary History from the University of Coimbra, is a Professor at the Faculty of Arts of that University, where she directs the PhD in History and the Portuguese Journal of History (Q2).

Her area of research is the Social and Cultural History of Portugal from the 16th century to the first decades of the 20th, focusing mainly on the 18th and 19th centuries, to work on, among other topics, welfare and health in Portugal.

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