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Ana Guardião holds a Master's in Political Science and International Relations from FCSH-Universidade Nova (2012) and a PhD in History from Instituto de Ciências Sociais - Universidade de Lisboa (2019). Ana is currently working as a post-doc researcher at the University of Florence in the ERC project "Humanitarianism and Mediterranean Europe: A Transnational and Comparative History (1945-1990)". She is also collaborating with the international project "Humanity Internationalised: Cases, Dynamics and Comparisons (1954-80)" (University of Coimbra and University of Minho) and "La Croix face à l'Etoile rouge : humanitaire et communisme au 20e siècle" (University of Friburg). She is an invited Professor at the University of Coimbra, Faculty of Humanities and at the CIEE - Ping Foundation - NOVA-FFCSH. Her main research interests include the processes and dynamics of human rights and humanitarianism institutionalization (focusing on refugee flows) and their intersections with late colonialism, decolonization and the African post-colonial state system.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Filipa Santos Guardião

Citation names

  • Guardião, Ana
  • Guardião, Ana Filipa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BB1D-6292-AB53
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5989-7938

Websites

  • https://uc-pt.academia.edu/AnaGuardi%C3%A3o (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology - History

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
German Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/10/01 - 2019/10/30
Concluded
History (Doutoramento)
Major in International History
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
"Desafios coloniais na construção do sistema internacional de protecção dos refugiados: Os processos de descolonização no Quénia, Argélia e Angola (1950-1975)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Approved with distinction and honours
2010/10/01 - 2012/12/05
Concluded
Political Science and International Relations (Mestrado)
Major in Political Science
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Da desestalinização à queda do muro: elites políticas de topo na Polónia, Hungria e Checoslováquia (1956-1989)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2007/10/01 - 2010/06/30
Concluded
Political Science and International Relations (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/07 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura, Portugal
2022/02 - Current Postdoc (Research) Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
Università degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Italy
2012/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Observatório Político, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Observatório Político, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/09 - Current Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/09 - 2023/12 Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) Ping Foundation CIEE Study Abroad Programs, United States
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Guardião, Ana. "Between the 'colonial' and the 'post-colonial': Portugal and humanitarian engagements during the Nigeria-Biafra war (1967-1970)". International History Review (2024):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2373943
  2. Guardião, Ana. "Between Idealism and Pragmatism: The Christian Churches’ humanitarian aid to Biafra in and from colonial São Tomé (1967-1970)". Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura 24 2 (2024): 109-132.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.14195/1645-2259_24-2_5
  3. Guardião, Ana. "Evoking «Sentimental and Economic Ties» and Reshaping (Geo)Political Frameworks: Portugal’s Aid to Italy in the Aftermath of World War II". Contemporanea XXVII 2 (2024): 275-280.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/05/22 A “MODEL” TO SAVE THE BIAFRAN CHILDREN? IMPERIAL AND RELIGIOUS COOPERATION AND THE OTHER PICTURES OF THE NIGERIA-BIAFRA WAR (1968-1969) European Academy of Religion, 7th Annual Conference
European Academy of Religion (Palermo , Italy)
2024/11/12 Underpinning the ‘Exemplary Decolonization’ Thesis: Democratic Portugal and the Humanitarian Aid to the Timorese People (1970s-1990s) Humanitarianism and Southern Europe: New Perspectives in (Re)Thinking the Transitions to Democracy
University of Florence (Florence, Italy)
2024/09/24 Shaping humanitarian governance: Angolan and Mozambican liberation movements' aid mobilization and international legitimization (c. 1960-1975) New Histories of Africa: Themes, problems, and approaches
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/08/28 Shaping Responses to Refugee Crises: Liberation Movements’ Aid Mobilization during the Independence Wars of Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique ASAUK Conference 2024 Generation and Regeneration
Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2024/05/28 Debating Humanitarianism: New Approaches and Methodologies Debating Humanitarianism: New Approaches and Methodologies
University of Florence (Florence, Italy)
2024/05/06 Refugees, Migrants, or Citizens? The Categorisation, Aid and “Integration” Policies shaping “Post-Colonial” Portugal 4th Pierre Du Bois Doctoral Workshop Minorities and the Making of Post Colonial Europe
Geneva Graduate Institute (Geneva, Switzerland)
2024/05/02 Challenging concepts - Refugees, Migrants, Citizens? Considering Population Categorisations after the End of the Portuguese Empire Challenging Concepts in Refugee History
University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
2024/04/22 The humanitarian/development nexus within the refugee status internationalisation process (1950s–1980s) New International Histories of Politics and the ‘Economy
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/04/12 Refuge within contested (post)imperial spaces: Refugee movements of the Kenyan, Algerian and Angolan independence wars (1951- 1961) Making Refuge: Place and Space in Refugee History
ERC Consolidator project Unlikely Refuge? Refugees and Citizens in East-Central Europe in the 20th Century, Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague, Czech Republic)
2023/05/30 Evoking "Sentimental and Economic Ties" and Reshaping Political Frameworks: Portugal's Aid to Italy (1945-1947) Mediterranean Solidarity. International Aid between Southern European Countries (1945-1990)
University of Florence (Florence, Italy)
2019/11/25 "Refugeedom, humanitarianism and the decolonisation wars in Kenya, Algeria and Angola (1951-1975)" PhD in History: Seminar on Human Rights
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/03/05 "As novas histórias do humanitarismo e dos direitos humanos ( New Histories of Humanitarianism and Human Rights)" PhD in History: Research Seminar Problems and Methodologies II
Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Letras (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/06/01 - Current Extra-Curricular Course for Undergraduate and Master Students - Global, International and Transnational History "Os Mundos do Global, do Internacional e do Transnacional: Problemas, Actores e Trajectorias" (2023/10)
Other (Member of the Scientific Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/11 - 2024/11 International Workshop - Humanitarianism and Southern Europe: New Perspectives in (Re)Thinking the Transitions to Democracy (2024/11/11 - 2024/11/12)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
2023/10/01 - 2024/05/29 International Workshop - Debating Humanitarianism: New Approaches and Methodologies (2024/05/28 - 2034/05/29)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/01 - Current Contemporary Portugal Contemporary Portugal (Licenciatura) Ping Foundation CIEE Study Abroad Programs, United States
2024/10 - Current Globalization and International Affairs Globalization and International Affairs (Licenciatura) Ping Foundation CIEE Study Abroad Programs, United States
2024/02 - Current História das Crises do Século XX História das Crises do Século XX (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2023/10 - Current Migrations and Globalization Migrations and Globalization (Licenciatura) Ping Foundation CIEE Study Abroad Programs, United States
2023/09 - Current Relações Económicas e Sociais Relações Económicas e Sociais (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal