Andreia Fontenete Louro

Andreia Fontenete Louro is a research assistant at the Centre for History of the University of Lisbon (CH-ULisboa). She graduated in History (2016) and holds a Master degree in Discoveries and Modern History (2019), both from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University. Her master’s dissertation is titled “An Aristocratic Wedding in 1537: Festivals, Display and Power in Vila Viçosa” and explores how material culture could serve the purpose of representing and show off the personal power of a high-status nobleman and the institutional power of a great aristocratic House: the duke Teodósio I and the House of Braganza. In January 2022 she was granted a Studentships Research for Doctorate in History from the Fondation for Science and Technology (ref. 2021.04831.BD). Her project is called “‘A wild, astute, carnivorous and very harmful animal’: the relationship between the cultural imaginary of the wolf and the conservation of the species (1220-1988)” and is being developed at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. Her research interests are especially related to the 16th century, including: Animal History; Cultural and Mentalities’ History; Environmental History; Social History; Cultural practices; Material culture and consumption; and Representation systems.