Categoria: Associate researchers

As a historian I have researched the legal and clandestine emigration of Madeirans from 1835 to 1930 in connection to Madeira’s agricultural crises, population density, immobility of the land ownership system, networks of migrant recruitment, and national and international political shifts. My research includes migration towards British Guiana since 1835 for sugar-related labor, the flight … Continued

As a historian I have researched the legal and clandestine emigration of Madeirans from 1835 to 1930 in connection to Madeira’s agricultural crises, population density, immobility of the land ownership system, networks of migrant recruitment, and national and international political shifts. My research includes migration towards British Guiana since 1835 for sugar-related labor, the flight … Continued

António Tomás is an anthropologist trained at Columbia University. He is the author of various publications, in Portuguese and English, namely a biographical study on the life of the African nationalist Amilcar Cabral, Amílcar Cabral; the life of a reluctant nationalist (Hurst, 2021) and on Luanda (Angola’s capital city), In the skin of the city: Spatial Transformation in Luanda (Duke … Continued

António Tomás is an anthropologist trained at Columbia University. He is the author of various publications, in Portuguese and English, namely a biographical study on the life of the African nationalist Amilcar Cabral, Amílcar Cabral; the life of a reluctant nationalist (Hurst, 2021) and on Luanda (Angola’s capital city), In the skin of the city: Spatial Transformation in Luanda (Duke … Continued

Carlos Guilherme Riley, Licenciado em História pela Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Provas APCC em História Medieval e Doutoramento em História Contemporânea pela Universidade dos Açores. Professor auxiliar da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Departamento de História Filosofia e Artes) da Universidade dos Açores. Membro integrado do CHAM-Centro de Humanidades (NOVA/FCSH-UAç) e Membro associado do … Continued

Carlos Guilherme Riley, Licenciado em História pela Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa. Provas APCC em História Medieval e Doutoramento em História Contemporânea pela Universidade dos Açores. Professor auxiliar da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Departamento de História Filosofia e Artes) da Universidade dos Açores. Membro integrado do CHAM-Centro de Humanidades (NOVA/FCSH-UAç) e Membro associado do … Continued

Cláudia Faria (DRC-Madeira) is a scholar of Anglo-American Culture and Literature with a focus on the British influence on Madeira. Her research covers the impact of migration on Madeira’s identity, and uses travel literature, private journals, family collections, ego documents, life stories and oral history. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Islenha and … Continued

Cláudia Faria (DRC-Madeira) is a scholar of Anglo-American Culture and Literature with a focus on the British influence on Madeira. Her research covers the impact of migration on Madeira’s identity, and uses travel literature, private journals, family collections, ego documents, life stories and oral history. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the journal Islenha and … Continued

Debbora Battaglia is a Research Professor of Anthropology Emeritus. She writes at the intersection of science, technology and art, with a special interest in the ethics of world-making and interbeing relations. She is the author of On the Bones of the Serpent: Person, Memory, and Mortality in Sabarl Island Society (University of Chicago Press) and of the monograph Bringing … Continued

Debbora Battaglia is a Research Professor of Anthropology Emeritus. She writes at the intersection of science, technology and art, with a special interest in the ethics of world-making and interbeing relations. She is the author of On the Bones of the Serpent: Person, Memory, and Mortality in Sabarl Island Society (University of Chicago Press) and of the monograph Bringing … Continued