Biography

With a degree in History in 2017 (NOVA FCSH) and a master’s degree in Museology and Museography in 2021 (FBAUL), my academic career has always been guided by an interest in the field we call Cultural History, with a special focus on the Contemporary Era. In 2018, I decided to combine my academic interests with my professional activity, and since then I have worked in several museums. The tasks I have carried out in this field have involved a wide range of areas, from historical research to guided tours, from the development of exhibition and educational programmes to archival processing and cataloguing.

In 2021, together with other colleagues, I started the ‘Museu Tricolor’ project. This independent, informal, non-profit project, supported by the vision of football fans, aims to lead to the future physical implementation of a museum that intertwines the history of the sports club known as “Estrela da Amadora” with that of the surrounding communities.

I am currently developing my doctoral thesis, entitled ‘Vou à bola! Culturas Adeptas, Economia Política e Estado na História do Futebol em Portugal (1910-2020)‘ [I’m going to the game! Fan Cultures, Political Economy and the State in the History of Football in Portugal (1910-2020)], as part of my PhD in History at NOVA FCSH. I am also a doctoral researcher at IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST.

Research fields

• Cultural history
• Sports history

Selected publications

• Santos, Daniel Freire, Andreia Louro & Gil Gonçalves “A Cidade num Clube: Prosopografia do Clube de Futebol Estrela da Amadora (1960-1980),” in Actas do V Congresso de História Local: conceito, práticas e desafios na contemporaneidade. In press.
• Gonçalves, Gil, Andreia Fontenete Louro & Daniel Freire Santos. “Enquanto a bola não começa – clubes desportivos como espaços de contracultura: o caso do Estrela da Amadora (1951-1974),” Materiales para la Historia del Deporte 24 (2023): 118-131. [link]🔓
• Santos, Daniel Filipe Freire dos. “Educação museal e o envolvimento social: caminhos trilhados, desafios à vista e o caso do Museokupa.” Master’s in Museology and Museography Dissertation presented to the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, 2021. [link]🔓

Main projects

• “Vou à bola! Culturas Adeptas, Economia Política e Estado na História do Futebol em Portugal (1910-2020)” — PhD thesis to be presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, supervised by José Neves (IHC — NOVA FCSH) and Nuno Domingos (ICS — University of Lisbon). Individual PhD project funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (2022.10311.BD). 2022-