Joana Fraga completed her PhD in Early Modern History (Societat i Cultura - Historia Moderna) in 2013 at the Universitat de Barcelona. She holds a master in Estudos Históricos - Historia Moderna (Historical Studies - Early Modern History) (2009) by the Universitat de Barcelona and a Degree in History (2007) by the Universidade de Coimbra. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, a Marie Curie COFUND fellow at the Università degli Studi di Torino, a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais - Universidade de Lisboa (ICS), and a Maria Zambrano postdoctoral fellow at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Currently she is a Research Fellow at ICS (FCT-funded). She has been part of several research projects, namely the RISE action RESISTANCE, the FCT-funded project "Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire", and the research network "Poder i Representacions". She has published a number of articles and chapters in peer-reviewed publications and 1 book. Dr. Fraga has participated in the organization of 4 international scientific events. She has participated in several national and international conferences and seminars with papers. She has co-supervised 1 PhD thesis and has received 6 awards over the years. She has been part of several research projects. Her works in the area of Humanities have a strong emphasis on History. She has taught at the University of Turin and at the University of Lisbon, and engaged in several dissemination activities in the past years.