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Carlos Fernando Teixeira Alves

Department of History, European Studies, Archaeology and Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra · Department of History, European Studies, Archaeology and Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra

https://researchid.co/cftalves
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30Google Scholar Citations
4Google Scholar h-index

Research Interests

History of Universities; History of Science; History of Education; Modern History; Contemporary History; the Enlightenment; Liberalism; Digital Humanities.

Biography

After completing my PhD in History, I dedicated my career to researching the history of science, knowledge and medicine, using innovative methodologies and approaches to shed new light on these fields. My doctoral research resulted in the development of an analysis scheme that allows the comparison of scientific and pedagogical aspects in educational institutions, which has proved useful for understanding the evolution of educational systems over time. An area of particular interest to me is the main actors in pedagogical and scientific reforms and how they have served as a link between government authorities and university decision-making bodies. I am particularly interested in analyzing the role of professors in promoting change during periods of reform, since they are often the ones who have the most direct contact with students and are therefore best placed to effect change.

Education

2016/10/01 - 2021/10/19 - Interuniversity PhD Program in History: Change and Continuity in a Global World (PIUDHist) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal - "A Ordem Natural nas reformas universitárias de Salamanca e Coimbra (1769-1820)/The Natural Order in the university reforms of Salamanca and Coimbra (1769-1820)" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. How to Coexist: the Teaching of the Plant Kingdom
    Human-Plant Entanglement: Thinking with Plants in the Anthropocene 9, 60 , 2025, 2025
  2. Inequalities in the Eighteenth-Century University: Access and Attendance at the University of Coimbra and Salamanca, A Comparative Case Study
    The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems, 1-26 , 2025, 2025
  3. How to Coexist: the Teaching of the Plant Kingdom at the Universities of Coimbra and Salamanca
    2025
  4. As reformas universitárias no contexto do Iluminismo católico (séc. XVIII): uma modernização “moderada” nas Universidade de Coimbra e de Salamanca?
    Lusitania Sacra 2024 (49), 97-113 , 2024, 2024
  5. Nature, Enlightenment, and university reforms in the Iberian Peninsula: a comparative analysis of the Universities of Salamanca and Coimbra (1766-1820)
    Dykinson , 2024, 2024

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