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ADAO DA FONSECA Luis Professor in Medieval History President of the Scientific Council, Research Centre for the Study of Population, Economy and Society CEPESE - University of Porto Medieval period BIOGRAPHY Born in 1945, in Lisbon, Luis Ada da Fonseca completed his full education in Portugal. Luis Adao da Fonseca was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Porto (1968-2003) and former Vice-rector of Luisada University at Porto (1996-2003). Professor Adao da Fonseca has also lectured widely on medieval history at leading global education institutions including the Navarra University in Spain (1975-1981), the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris (1991), the Sao Paulo University (1997) and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA (1998). Currently, he is President of the Scientific Council of the CEPESE, the Research Centre for the Study of Population, Economy and Society at the University of Porto. He is conducting research in the areas of Portuguese Medieval History and Discoveries and Maritime History of Portugal. Director of the collection Militarium Ordinum Analecta (Porto, since 1997), he is also Editor-in-chief of the ‘e-Journal of Portuguese History’ (published by University of Porto, Portugal and Brown University, USA) and member of the Scientific Council of the journals Acta Historica and Archeologica Medioevalia (Barcelona); Península. Revista de Estudos Ibéricos (Porto); RiMe – Rivista dell’Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea (Cagliari); Lusitania Sacra (Lisbon). Luis Adao da Fonseca is a Member of the Academy of Portuguese History and of the Maritime Portuguese Academy. BIBLIOGRAPHY He has published texts in Portugal, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and USA. Books He published academically several academic books: • Navegación y corso en el Mediterraneo Occidental. Los Portugueses a mediados del siglo XV, Pamplona, EUNSA, 1978.
