Organising Committee

Carmen Soares

She holds the position of Full Professor at the University of Coimbra (Faculty of Arts and Humanities). She serves as the Director of the doctoral programme Food Heritage: Cultures and Identities (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra), Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies of the University of Coimbra and President of the Scientific Council of the European Institute for the History and Cultures of Food (Tours, France).

Irene Vaquinhas

She has a PhD in History and has held the position of Full Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra since 2009. She currently serves as the Director of the master's programme in Food: Sources, Culture and Society. She has also collaborated on various national and international projects, and authored over a hundred publications.

Paula Barata Dias

She holds the position of Assistant Professor at FLUC and is an Integrated Researcher at the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra. Additionally, she contributes to the transnational Portuguese-Brazilian project DIAITA: Património Alimentar da Lusofonia. She serves as Deputy Director of the MA in Food: Sources, Culture and Society and as the Director of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at FLUC.

Executive Committee

Ana Paula Becker

She holds degrees in International Studies (Unifi - Italy) and Gastronomy (IFSC - Brazil). Currently, she is pursuing a master's degree in Food: Sources, Culture and Society at the University of Coimbra.

Eulália Marques

She holds a degree in Classical Studies (FLUC) and Design (UMa). Currently, she is pursuing her master's in Teaching Portuguese in the 3rd cycle of Basic Education and Secondary Education and Latin in Secondary Education. She actively collaborates with Ludi Conimbringenses and serves on the secretariat of the current FESTEA board. She also promotes the dissemination of both through graphic design and is involved with the Thíasos Cultural Association.

Mateus Habib

He is a journalist, having graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and pursued an exchange programme at the Université Paris-Sorbonne. Specialising in gastronomy, he has contributed to various Brazilian press outlets and foreign publications, including the Louis Vuitton City Guides. He is currently a student in the MA in Food: Sources, Culture and Society, as well as the PhD in Food Heritage: Cultures and Identities at the University of Coimbra. He is also the author of the Prato Feito newsletter.