Begoña Farré Torras (9E19-895D-18F0)

Curriculum Vitae

Begoña Farré Torras

Begoña Farré Torras completed a PhD in Art History at Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a thesis entitled “The Medieval in Modernism: Cathedrals, Stained Glass, and Constructive Painting in Joaquín Torres-García and in the European Avant-garde”. She is currently part of the funded research project PIM: Iberian Modernisms and the Primitivist Imaginary (PTDC/ART-HIS/29837/2017), at Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH-UNL. This follows on from a 2014-2015 funded research project, Southern Modernisms EXPL/CPC-HAT/0191/2013, in which she was a research fellow. As part of this project, she co-edited the volume Southern Modernisms: Critical Stances through Regional Appropriations and a Special Issue on the subject at RIHA Journal, a publication in which she is part of the Local Editorial Team for Portugal. Her postdoctoral research centers on 20th century mural painting, with a particular focus on its theoretical aspects and on the use of digital means for its exhibition.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Begoña Farré Torras

Citation names

Torras, Begoña Farré

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9E19-895D-18F0
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3700-135X

Email addresses

begonatorras@fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts - Art history

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Catalan	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Intermediate (B1)	Proficiency (C2)	Beginner (A1)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
German	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/05/01 - 2020/05/12 Concluded	História da Arte (Doutoramento) Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "The Medieval in Modernism: Cathedrals, Stained Glass, and Constructive Painting in Joaquín Torres-García and in the European Avant-Garde. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
2011 - 2014 Concluded	História da Arte - Especialidade H. da Arte Medieval (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal "Brotherly Love and Filial Obedience: The Commemorative Programme of the Avis Princes at Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13627" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	19
2008 - 2011 Concluded	História da Arte (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	18
1986 - 1990 Concluded	Tradução (Bacharelato) Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain	n.a.

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/07 - 2015/03	Researcher (Research)	Instituto de História da Arte, Fac. de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2018/09/01 - 2021/08/31	PIM: Iberian modernisms and the primitivist imaginary PTDC/ART-HIS/29837/2017 Post-doc Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2014/03 - 2015/02	Southern Modernisms EXPL/CPC-HAT/0191/2013 Research Fellow Instituto de História da Arte, Fac. de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Torras, Begoña Farré. "El concepte de primitivisme en l'art català dels anys 10". In Celso Lagar a Catalunya, 1915-1918 (exh. cat.), tbc-tbc. Girona, Spain: Museu d'Art de Girona, 2021. In press Begoña Farré Torras. "Noucentisme, pintura mural i debats de l'art modern a Europa". edited by Falg{\`a, 105-119. Documenta Universitaria, 2020. Torras, Begoña Farré. "Pinturas murais para o Diário de Notícias". In José de Almada Negreiros: uma maneira de ser moderno (exh. cat.), edited by Santos, Mariana Pinto dos, 222-223. Lisbon: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2017. Published Torras, Begoña Farré. "Vitrais para a Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Fátima". In José de Almada Negreiros: uma maneira de ser moderno (exh. cat.), edited by Santos, Mariana Pinto dos, 251-252. Lisbon, Portugal: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2017. Published Mariana de Lemos Pinto dos Santos; Begoña Farré Torras. "Desenhos incisos para Cidade Universitária, 1956-1961". edited by {Pinto dos Santos, 238-239. Funda{\c c, 2017.
Edited book	Torras, Begoña Farré. Southern Modernisms: From A to Z and Back Again. Porto e Lisboa, Portugal: Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo - CESAP-ESAP; Instituto de História da Arte - FCSH-UNL. 2015. Published • Editor
Journal article	Begoña Farré Torras. "The Mediterranean as the Primitive Source for Noucentisme: Joaquín Torres-García's 'classical primitivism' - from Arcadian frescoes to Constructive Universalism". Artl@s Bulletin 10 2 (2021): 61-70. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/66cf3529-9312-44ec-ab95-a4c2777b15a9. Open access • Published Begoña Farré Torras. "(No) Laughing Matter: Modernism and Xavier Nogués’ Cartoons". RIHA Journal 134 (2016): online-online. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/8d48b5ba-cc52-4a4f-892a-d33436222485 https://doi.org/10.11588/riha.2016.1.70201. Open access Torras, Begoña Farré. "Four princes, one monument, one perfect king: The 15th century pantheon of an idealized royal family in the Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha, Portugal". Portuguese Studies Review - Trent University 22 1 (2014): 77-96. https://www.academia.edu/8524944/Four_Princes_One_Monument_One_Perfect_King_The_Fifteenth_Century_Pantheon_of_an_Idealized_Royal_Family_in_the_Monastery_of_Santa_Maria_da_Vit%C3%B3ria_Batalha_Portugal. Published Begoña Farré Torras. "Do apóstolo ao peregrino: a iconografia de São Tiago na escultura devocional medieval em Portugal". Revista Medievalista 1 12 (2012): 1-34. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/f2cc9713-829b-43c0-a551-c0d694f4e431.
Journal issue	Cunha Leal, Joana; Pinto dos Santos, Mariana; Torras, Begoña Farré. "Life in the Periphery". Revista de História da Arte - Série W 9 (2021): In press • Coeditor Joana Cunhal Leal; Torras, Begoña Farré. "Southern Modernisms. Critical Stances through Regional Appropriations". RIHA Journal 0131-0140 (2016): https://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2016/0131-0140-special-issue-southern-modernisms. Published • Coeditor

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/05/26	The 'primitive' mural: Spain and Mexico – post-colonial convergences and divergences	The trouble with “primitivism”. Uses of the past in iberian ¿and transatlantic modernisms Instituto de História da Arte - NOVA FCSH (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/05/20	Transnational debates and local production: Barcelona's mural scene in the 1910s - canons and transgressions	Face au mur: la décoration murale en France (1870-1945) Institut national de l'histoire de l'art (Paris, France)
2020/10/12	Primitivism in Mural Painting - Mural Painting as Primitivism: Joaquín Torres-García and Joan Miró	Iberian Modernisms and the Primitivist Imaginary - Midway Workshop Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/10/10	The Mediterranean as the Primitive Source for Noucentisme	La Méditerranée des artistes. Une modernité critique 1880-1945. FORTH Institute for Mediterranean Studies (Rethymno, Greece)
2017/03/23	Noucentisme, pintura mural, i debats de l'art modern a Europa	Noucentismes: el Noucentisme català en el context cultural europeu Universitat de Girona (Girona, Spain)
2015/02/20	(No) Laughing Matter: Noucentisme, Modernism and Xavier Nogués' Cartoons	Southern Modernisms: Critical Stances through Regional Appropriations, 19-21 February 2015 Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, ESAP (Porto, Portugal)
2014	Meios de representação pessoal no século XV: a emblemática dos Infantes na Capela do Fundador	O fascínio do fim: estudos de arte tardo-medieval em homenagem ao Prof. José Custódio Vieira da Silva Instituto de História da Arte, FCSH-Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Artis, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013	Four princes, one monument, one perfect king. The funerary programme of the Avis princes at the Monastery of Batalha	Portugal Inside and Out: Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/09/01 - 2018/08/31	O poder da cor na idade média: policromia na capela do fundador do Mosteiro da Batalha Co-supervisor	História da Arte (Master) Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2020/06/01 - 2022/09/03	EAM 2022 - Biannual Conference of the European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies (2021 - 2022/09/03) Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Instituto de História da Arte, Fac. de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL, Portugal
2015/01/01 - 2015/11/21	Avant-garde Migrations International Conference (2015/11/19 - 2015/11/21) Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)	Instituto de História da Arte, Fac. de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2014/06/19 - 2014/10/31	Southern Modernisms: Critical Stances Through Regional Appropriations (2015/02/19 - 2015/02/21) Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)	Escola Superior Artística do Porto Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, Portugal Instituto de História da Arte, Fac. de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2014/01/01 - Current	Local editorial board (Portugal) for RIHA Journal (https://www.riha-journal.org/) Co-responsibility for selecting articles for peer review and managing the review and editing process. Member	International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art, Germany Instituto de História da Arte, Fac. de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL, Portugal

Distinctions

Other distinction

2012	Prémio de Mérito e Excelência Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2011	Estudante de Mérito Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2010	Estudante de Mérito Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal