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Joana Palmeirão is currently a postdoctoral research fellow within the scope of the project "Santos Corpos" / "Holy Bodies" (2022.01486.PTDC), funded by FCT. She holds a PhD in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the School of Arts at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Oporto, Portugal). Since 2013, her primary focus has been the study, conservation, and valorization of the holy martyrs' simulacra (Lat.: "simulacra sanctorum martyrum"), which arrived in Portugal between the 18th and 19th centuries, containing the exhumed bones ("corpi santi") from the catacombs of Rome. Since 2016, she has been a member and consultant for the International Crusade for Holy Relics (ICHR).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana do Carmo Palmeirão

Citation names

  • Palmeirão, Joana
  • Palmeirão, Joana do Carmo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1B1E-C80C-6FF9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3572-1292

Email addresses

  • joana.palmeirao@uevora.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Arts
  • Humanities - Arts - Art history
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/04/01 - 2023/09/14
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Conservação e Restauro de Bens Culturais (Doutoramento)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal
""Simulacra Corporum Sanctorum Martyrum". Estudo de um património em risco e estratégias para a sua valorização e salvaguarda" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2012 - 2015
Concluded
 Mestrado em Conservação e Restauro de Bens Culturais / Master in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Mestrado)
Major in Sculpture and woodcarving
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal
"Imagem-relicário de Santo Aurélio mártir pertencente à Sé Catedral do Porto. Estudo e conservação integrada das relíquias / Reliquary-image of Saint Aurelius martyr belonging to the Cathedral of Porto. Relics' study and conservation " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores
2009 - 2012/07/12
Concluded
 Arte - Conservação e Restauro / Art - Conservation and Restoration (Licenciatura)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal
 17 valores
2004 - 2008/07/01
Concluded
 Artes Plásticas - Ramo Pintura / Fine Arts - Painting (Licenciatura)
Major in Painting
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
 14 valores
2003
Concluded
 Curso Geral do 2.º Agrupamento (Ensino secundário)
Escola Básica e Secundária do Padrão da Légua, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/11/02 - Current Postdoctoral research fellow (FCT) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
(...)
2017/05/01 - 2023/09/14 PhD fellow (FCT) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/05/01 - Current SCS-HMTCV: "Simulacri Corpus Sanctae" - História Material e Técnica, Conservação e Valorização / Material and Technical History, Conservation and Valorization
SFRH/BD/124061/2016
10.54499/COVID/BD/151708/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal

Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/11/02 - 2024/11/01 Santos Corpos | Um Atlas dos "Corpi Santi" em Portugal
2022.01486.PTDC
10.54499/2022.01486.PTDC
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Palmeirão, Joana; Santos, José Pedro; Cristo, Robson. "Conservação e restauro da escultura de São Diogo de Alcalá da Igreja de São Francisco do Porto". In Preservar Conservando: Património móvel e integrado da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco do Porto. Porto, Portugal: Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco do Porto,, 2014.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Palmeirão, Joana; Nunes, Margarida; Manhita, Ana; Coutinho, Maria; Vieira, Eduarda ; Ferreira, Teresa. "The ceroplastic simulacra of Vitoria, Eleonora and Martian". Paper presented in TECHNART 2023 International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage, Lisboa, 2023.
    Published
  2. Palmeirão, Joana; Nunes, Margarida; Manhita, Ana; Coutinho, Maria; Vieira, Eduarda ; Ferreira, Teresa. Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "The early Christian martyrs Martian, Victory and Leonora. Studies on three ceroplastic reliquaries from Portugal". Paper presented in InArt 2020: 5th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology, Paris, 2023.
    Submitted
  3. Palmeirão, Joana; Ferreira, Teresa; Afonso, José Ferrão; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. ""Simulacri Corpus Sanctae": Approach to the study and inventory of reliquaries in Portugal". Paper presented in Workshop "Labs, Art and Relics", Bruxelas, 2022.
    Accepted
  4. Palmeirão, Joana; Nunes, Margarida; Manhita, Ana; Coutinho, Maria; Vieira, Eduarda ; Ferreira, Teresa. Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "Material characterization of an 18th-century Roman martyr' reliquary: the case study of Saint Fortunato from Guimarães, Portugal". Paper presented in RelicS 2021 - 1st International Conference on Relic Studies, Porto, 2021.
    Accepted
  5. Palmeirão, Joana; Ferreira, Teresa; Afonso, José Ferrão; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "Conservação e salvaguarda dos relicários "simulacri corpus sanctae" / Conservation and safeguarding of "simulacri corpus sanctae" reliquaries". Paper presented in II Colóquio Investigações em Conservação do Património, Lisboa, 2018.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Palmeirão, Joana; Coutinho, Maria; Vieira, Eduarda; Ferreira, Teresa. ""Corpi santi" in Portugal. An overview". Paper presented in Reliquiarium: Relíquias em projecto / Relics in project, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  2. Palmeirão, Joana; Nunes, Margarida; Manhita, Ana; Coutinho, Maria; Vieira, Eduarda ; Ferreira, Teresa. Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "Material characterization of an 18th-century Roman martyr' reliquary: the case study of Saint Fortunato". Paper presented in RelicS 2021 - 1st International Conference on Relic Studies, Porto, 2021.
    Submitted
  3. Palmeirão, Joana; Ferreira, Teresa; Afonso, José Ferrão; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "Martyr's simulacra in Portugal and their inventory: a preliminary study". Paper presented in Workshop "Labs, Art and Relics", Bruxelas, 2018.
    Accepted
  4. Palmeirão, Joana; Ferreira, Teresa; Afonso, José Ferrão; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "Unveiling the "simulacri corpus sanctae". The case study of Saint Aurelius Martyr (Oporto, Portugal)". Paper presented in Web of Knowledge | A Look into the Past, Embracing the Future, Évora, 2018.
    Published
  5. Palmeirão, Joana; Vieira, Eduarda ; Pintado, Maria Manuela; Moreira, Patrícia R.; Monteiro, Paula. Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "San Aurelio mártir - Estudio y conservación de los textiles de una imagen-relicario perteneciente a la catedral de Oporto, Portugal.". Paper presented in Emerge 2014. Jornadas de Investigación Emergente en Conservación y Restauración de Patrimonio, Valência, 2014.
    Published • http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/EMERGE2014.2014
Conference poster
  1. Palmeirão, Joana; Ferreira, Teresa; Afonso, José Ferrão; Vieira, Eduarda. "A forgotten religious heritage: the "simulacri corpus sanctae". Study, inventory and safeguarding of Portuguese reliquaries". Paper presented in Ciência 2019 - Encontro de Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, 2019.
  2. Palmeirão, Joana; Ferreira, Teresa; Afonso, José Ferrão; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Palmeirão, Joana. "Unveiling the "simulacri corpus sanctae". The case of Saint Aurelius Martyr". Paper presented in Web of Knowledge. A look into the Past, embracing the Future. 17-19 May 2018, University of Évora, Évora (Portugal), 2018.
  3. Palmeirão, Joana; Marco, Alexandra; Carvalho, Salomé Silva de; Moreira, Patrícia R.; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Vieira, Eduarda. "The shift of paradigm when religious art works become heritage: The dilemma of material vs immaterial significance. An overview of Portuguese Reliquaries and Mural Paintings". Paper presented in International Conference of ICOMOS - Conservation Ethics Today: Are our Conservation-Restoration Theories and Practice ready for the 21st Century?¿. 1-3 March 2018, Auditorium al Duomo, Florence (Italy), 2018.
Newspaper article
  1. Palmeirão, Joana; Marco, Alexandra; Carvalho, Salomé Silva de; Moreira, Patrícia R.; Vieira, Eduarda . Corresponding author: Vieira, Eduarda. "The shift of paradigm when religious art works become heritage: The dilemma of material vs. immaterial significance. An overview of Portuguese reliquaries and mural paintings", SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL HERITAGE FOR FUTURE, 2018, http://heritageforfuture-journal.com/vol-1-2018-2/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. ""Simulacra corporum sanctorum martyrum". Estudo de um património em risco e estratégias para a sua valorização e salvaguarda". PhD, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/43164.
  2. Palmeirão, Joana do Carmo. "Imagem-relicário de Santo Aurélio mártir pertencente à Sé Catedral do Porto : estudo e conservação integrada das relíquias". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18900.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/05/10 The ceroplastic simulacra of Vitoria, Eleonora and Martian TECHNART 2023 International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/11/25 Material characterization of an 18th-century Roman martyr' reliquary: the case study of Saint Fortunato from Guimarães, Portugal RelicS 2021 - 1st International Conference on Relic Studies
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto); Laboratório HERCULES da Universidade de Évora (Porto)
2018/11/23 "Simulacri Corpus Sanctae": Approach to the study and inventory of reliquaries in Portugal Workshop "Labs, Art and Relics"
Archaeological Society of Namur (Bruxelas, Belgium)
2018/09/27 Conservação e salvaguarda dos relicários "simulacri corpus sanctae" II Colóquio Investigações em Conservação do Património
Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/09 San Aurelio mártir - Estudio y conservación de los textiles de una imagen-relicario perteneciente a la catedral de Oporto, Portugal. Emerge 2014. Jornadas de Investigación Emergente en Conservación y Restauración de Patrimonio
Universitat Politècnica de València (Valência, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2021/11 Member of the Organizing Committee of "RelicS 2021 - 1st International Conference on Relic Studies" held between 24 and 26 November 2021 at the School of Arts of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto), Portugal. (2021/11/24 - 2021/11/26)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal

Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal

Laboratório Hercules Herança Cultural Estudos e Salvaguarda, Portugal

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Member of the Editorial Board of the Portuguese digital Journal "ECR - Studies in Conservation and Restoration" (Estudos de Conservação e Restauro)
Member
 Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/03 - 2021/05 Reportagem CM: "Corpos de carne e osso" Incorrupt corpses of Saints in Portugal
Distinctions

Title

2016 Member and Consultant of the "International Crusade for Holy Relics" / "The Apostolate for Holy Relics" (ICHR)