Biography

He holds a degree in History and a master’s degree in Contemporary History from NOVA FCSH with the dissertation ‘Do thatcherismo ao cavaquismo: contributos para o estudo de uma época’ [From Thatcherism to Cavaquism: contributions to the study of an era]. He has a PhD scholarship in History and is focusing his research on global commercial devices, such as shopping centres, as privileged stages for the intersection of economic, social, and cultural processes in the last two decades of the 20th century in Portugal.

Research fields

• Cultural history
• Cultural studies
• History of contemporary Portugal
• Studies on consumption

Selected publications

• Barros, Tomás Marques. “Do thatcherismo ao cavaquismo: Contributos para o Estudo de uma época.” Master’s in History dissertation presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2023. [link] 🔓

Main projects

• ‘História do Centro Comercial em Portugal (1985-2005): os casos do C.C. Amoreiras, do C.C. Colombo e do C.C. Vasco da Gama‘ [History of Shopping Centres in Portugal (1985-2005): the cases of Amoreiras Shopping Centre, Colombo Shopping Centre and Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre] — PhD thesis to be presented to the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, supervised by Luís Trindade and José Neves (IHC — NOVA FCSH). Individual PhD project funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (2024.04339.BD). 2024-