Biography

Alexandre de Sousa has been a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History since 2018.

Holds a Masters in History – with the dissertation “O Teatro Estúdio do Salitre, um teatro improvável entra a Arte e a Política” – NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH); Maîtrise ès-Lettres, Sorbonne Université – Research methods in Portuguese written literature with a dissertation on “Teatro Estúdio do Salitre”. Equivalence to the Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures – NOVA FCSH. MA in Romance Literatures (curricular phase) – NOVA FCSH.

He is currently developing the PhD research project “Os Congressos do Partido Republicano Português – Republicanismos em debate (1883-1911)” [The Portuguese Republican Party Congresses – Republicanisms in debate], as part of the PhD Programme in History at NOVA FCSH.

Professional actor since 1964.

Research fields

• Republic
• Freemasonry

Selected publications

• Sousa, Alexandre Barros de. “Teatro estúdio do Salitre, um teatro improvável entre a arte e a política.” Master’s in Contemporary History Dissertation presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013. [PDF]

Main projects

• “Os Congressos do Partido Republicano Português – Republicanismos em debate (1883-1911)” — PhD thesis to be presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, supervised by Paulo Jorge Fernandes (IHC — NOVA FCSH).