Biography

Bachelor in History, PUCRS (Brazil). Master in History, with Honours, from PUCRS. PhD candidate in Contemporary History at NOVA FCSH.

Research fields

• Cold War
• Nationalisms
• Angola
• UNITA

Selected publications

• Melícias, Tomás Diel. “O feitiço do moderno: Jonas Savimbi e seus projetos de nação angolana (1966-1988).” Master’s in History Dissertation presented to the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2017. [PDF].

Main projects

• “Por bem ou por Mao: o pensamento maoísta na construção política da União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (1966 – 1975)” [For good or for Mao: Maoist thought in the political construction of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (1966 – 1975)] — PhD thesis to be presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, supervised by Pedro Aires Oliveira (IHC — NOVA FCSH). Individual PhD project funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (2021.04970.BD). 2021-