Paulo Catarino Lopes is a Full Member Researcher at the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) and an Associate Researcher at CHAM – Centre for the Humanities, both research units of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCSH). He earned his Master’s and PhD degrees in History from this institution, after completing his undergraduate studies in the same field at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (FLUL).
A specialist in Medieval History, his research focuses on the following themes: Mobility and Travel; Identity and Alterity; Diplomacy and International Relations.