Name
João Paulo Avelãs Nunes
Category and affiliation
Associate Professor in the History Section of the Department of History, European Studies, Archeology and Arts at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra (SH/DHEEAA/FLUC).
Integrated Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Coimbra (CEIS20/UC).
E-mail address
jpavelas@fl.uc.pt
Biographical Note [up to 200 words]
Born in 1965.
He holds a Degree in History (1987), Professionalized in History Teaching in the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education (1989), Master in Contemporary History of Portugal (1993) and Doctor in Contemporary History from the University of Coimbra (2006).
He is also a Graduate in Holocaust History and Memory from the Yad Vashem International School of Holocaust Studies (Jerusalem, Israel) (2011); Foreign Associate Professor at the Postgraduate Program in History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, Brazil) (PPGH at PUC-RS).
He is the Director of the 3rd Cycle Course in Cultural Heritage and Museology at FLUC and of the 2nd Cycle Course in Cultural Heritage and Museology at FLUC; the Coordinator of the Installation Committee of the Memories, Identities and Cultural Heritage Network (RMIPC); the Deputy Coordinator of the Network for the Study of Fascisms, Authoritarianisms, Totalitarianisms and Transitions to Democracy (REFAT); a member of the Advisory Board of the Association of Teachers of History (APH).
He co-coordinates the “Contemporary History” Collection (CEIS20 / UC and IUC). He is a member of the editorial staff of the Revista Portuguesa de História and Estudos do Século XX.
Selected publications [up to 5]
1. “Modalidades de intolerância no passado e no presente: o exemplo do anti-semitismo”, Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia, vol. 63, 2023, p. 167-188.
2. A independência e o Brasil independente, 2 volumes, Porto Alegre e Coimbra, EdiPUCRS e IUC, 2022 — coordenação em colaboração.
3. “O ensino da História e a formação para uma cidadania democrática. Uma abordagem historiográfica e de didáctica da História numa época de crise”, Estudos do Século XX, nº 22, 2022, p. 177-194.
4. “Historiografia e tecnologias derivadas: relevância social, epistemologia e deontologia”, VAQUINHAS, Irene Maria e outros (Coords.), História, empresas, arqueologia industrial e museologia, Coimbra, IUC, 2021, p. 343-366.
5. “Sobre a utilidade da teoria na historiografia: o exemplo da história dos regimes políticos no século XX”, DOCKHORN, Gilvan Veiga e outros (Coords.), Brasil e Portugal: ditaduras e transições para a democracia, Santa Maria e Coimbra, Editora UFSM e IUC, 2020, p. 47-71.
Areas of interest/research [up to 5]
Contemporary history, history of the present time, industrial archeology
History and theory of historiography
History didactics and History teatching
Cultural heritage and museology
Organizational culture and territorial differentiation
Link CV
For access to PDF of CV updated on December 31, 2023:
https://coimbra.academia.edu/Jo%C3%A3oPauloAvel%C3%A3sNunes/CurriculumVitae
