Beatriz Medori completed her PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at the Interuniversity Centre for the History of Science and Technology in 2025. Her project adopts a multidisciplinary approach, combined with Art History and Visual Studies to analyse the material and visual culture of Portuguese oncology during the Estado Novo regime (1932-1974), based on its historical relationship with modernism and fascism, and its appropriation of international formats through diplomatic and philanthropic networks, with a special focus on Portuguese relations with the USA. She has published on these and other topics in international journals and other platforms.
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Publications
Medori, B. (2025). "‘Horror, Ficção e Fama’: A Influência dos EUA nas Campanhas Contra o Cancro do IPO durante o Estado Novo Capítulo" in Perdiguero-Gil, E., Echániz Martínez, B. & Mota, A. (eds.), A construção histórica do cancro no século XX: espaços, saberes e narrativas transnacionais, São Paulo: HUCITEC. ISBN: 978-85-8404-580-8
Medori, B. (2025). Rethinking Nationalism: The United States of America Influence in the Portuguese Institute of Oncology’s Campaigns Against Cancer
during the Establishment of the Estado Novo. PhD Thesis in History and Philosophy of Science, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Medori, B. (2023). "The Visual Diplomacy of Cancer Treatments: The Mediatic Legacy of the Curies in the Early Transnational ‘Fight Against Cancer’”, The British Journal for the History of Science,
Medori, B. (2021)."The American Society for the Control of Cancer in the Portuguese Institute of Oncology's Bulletin: Rethinking Nationalism", Centaurus,
