THEORY AND HISTORY

Bachelor and Master in History of Art by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. Doctorate in Architecture (Program Problems of Architecture and modern city: theory, history, projects) by ETSA of the University of Valladolid. She has been a professor at ESAP since 1986. She is Coordinator of the Autonomous Section of Theory and History and Vice-President of the Scientific Council of ESAP. He has been developing research in the field of Theory and History of Architecture and History of Photography, and it is worth mentioning the participation in two completed FCT projects: Photography, Modern Architecture and the "Oporto School": Interpretations around the Teófilo Rego Archive (2013-2015) as responsible researcher, and Modernismos do Sul (2014-2015), as a member of the research team.

Francisco José da Cruz de Jesus Degree in History - History of Art (Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra, 1994), Master in History of Art (Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, 1999), doctorate in Sociology in the Specialty of Sociology of Art and Culture (University of Beira Interior ). He is a professor at ESAP in the areas of Social Sciences and Theory, History and Art Criticism since 2001. He was Coordinator of the Autonomous Section of Social Sciences in the 2010-2012 biennium. He is the author of several articles on social history of art and sociology of art in national and international publications.

Licenciado em Psicologia (Universidade do Porto, 1986), Mestre em Psicologia Social (Universidade do Porto, 1998), e Doutorado em Ciências Sociais, linha de investigação Psicologia da Arte (Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2015). Professor Auxiliar na Escola Superior Artística do Porto, onde leciona desde 1987. Membro fundador do Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo (1999), onde coordena o eixo de investigação “Espaço no Cinema” do Grupo Estudos de Cinema. Autor de vários livros e artigos científicos nas áreas do cinema, da arquitetura e da antropologia cultural.

Maria de Fátima Alves Sales Varão. Degree in History - Archeology (University of Porto, 1986). PhD in Architecture, with Thesis Januário Godinho in Portuguese Architecture or the other face of modernity (Modern Architecture and Restauration program, University of Valladolid, 2001). Fellow of FCT, program PRAXIS XXI (1995-1999). Lecturer at ESAP (since 1987), currently teaching at the Integrated Master's Degree in Architecture and Visual Arts Licenciatura Photography, Intermediate Plastic Arts, Audiovisual Cinema, Multimedia Communication Design and Theater. Coordinator of the Autonomous Section of Theory and History (2010/2012). Researcher at CEAA (UI & D 4041 of FCT) and coordinator of the Modern Architecture theme - preservation and dissemination. IR of the Group of Theory, Critics, History and Practices of Contemporary Art of CEAA (2010/2012).

Maria Helena Maia. Degree in History - Art and Archeology (University of Porto, 1982) and PhD in Architecture, Modern Architecture and Restoration (University of Valladolid, 2002). She has been a teacher at ESAP since 1984. She was the coordinator and vice-director of the Architecture course and president of ESAP's Scientific Council. It has been developing research in the field of Theory and History of Architecture, with the participation in three FCT projects already completed: "Popular Architecture in Portugal. A Critical Reading (2010-2013), as responsible researcher; Photography, Modern Architecture and the "Porto School". Interpretations around the Teófilo Rego Archive (2013-2015) and Modernismos do Sul (2014-2015), as a member of the research team.

Pedro Crispim initiated his studies on theatre (2010) at Academia Contemporânea do Espetáculo, and graduated in Cinema and Audiovisual (2013) from Escola Superior Artística do Porto. He completed his master's degree in Audiovisual Communication (2016) from Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo, with the dissertation: "O cinema dos espaços fechados: Padrões, temáticas e estilísticas da mise-en-scène em espaços de clausura". Later, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in Screenwriting (2019) from Escola Superior de Media, Artes e Design, and his PhD in Communication Sciences: Cinema and Television (2022) from Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas of NOVA University of Lisbon, with the thesis "Resgates da câmara: Intimidade e unidade de espaço no cinema de ficção narrativo" on the relation between intimacy and unity of place in fiction film. He was also involved in short-film projects, mainly his short-film "Clowns" (2015), winner of the Sophia Student Award, and as Manuel Mozos' assistant director in "The Glory of Filmmaking in Portugal" (2015). He is a professor of Film Aesthetics at ESAP and a researcher at CEAA.

Tiago Vieira da Silva has a bachelor in Film and Audiovisual at the Escola Superior Artística do Porto. He is a PhD researcher in Communication Sciences (UMinho), currently developing his dissertation "Rethinking national identity from the April revolution to the present, through Portuguese cinema", funded by FCT. His areas of interest are the film studies, cultural studies and Portuguese language literatures. He was part of the international project "Memories, Cultures and Identities: How the past weights on the present day intercultural relations between Mozambique and Portugal" (FCT/Aga Khan, 2018-2022) and the national project "Mapping and Critical Senses of the Photographic Archive of the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang)" (2020). He teaches History of Portuguese Cinema and Film Theory at Escola Superior Artística do Porto.