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PhD Programs
PhD in Sociomuseology
Museology is defined as a means of social intervention and communication in the service of the development of the communities it serves, not limited to the normative tasks to which it is often relegated, reducing the Museum to the simple condition of a warehouse of objects.
Postgraduate training in Museology at Lusófona University essentially deals with local museological intervention, which, through its practice and projects, has emerged as an innovative museology with a strong connection to the environment in which it operates. It shares increasing responsibilities with local authorities in the planning and coordination of cultural and museological actions, identification and valorization of heritage, and the definition of cultural public policies.
The degree of Doctor in Sociomuseology must demonstrate the achievement of innovative and original contributions in the field of Museology, a high level of expertise, and the ability to conduct independent scientific work.
The Doctoral Program in Sociomuseology at Lusófona University takes into consideration two main issues:
- The positioning of museums in the context of Portuguese society, as producers of information and services, with their viability depending on openness to modern management techniques.
- The need to create a body of researchers and educators capable of developing Museology with scientific bases and methods.
The 3rd Cycle in Sociomuseology has the permanent support of professors from various foreign universities, particularly from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), University of São Paulo (USP), and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).
For more information, please visit the pedagogical page of the Department of Museology.
Consult the doctoral theses in Sociomuseology here.
Programme Director
- Mário Moutinho (
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- Nathália Pamio Luiz (
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Operating regime
The calendar and schedule of the seminars is published in advance and takes into account the simultaneous attendance of the Program by students with a scholarship (or equivalent to scholarship holders) and post-work students, both national or foreign.
Organizational forms are planned for foreign students that will combine presence in Portugal with empirical research carried out in the respective countries. In the months of January and July of each year, the seminars provided for in the curricular part of the Doctoral Program are held in a concentrated manner. These periods of stay in Portugal also allow students to have close contact with their supervisors, carry out literature reviews necessary for their research in Portuguese libraries, as well as to attend scientific and cultural initiatives. The Program has Distance Education resources that will support candidates in all phases of their research. Within the scope of existing protocols with foreign HEIs, or those belonging to the Lusófona Group, forms of face-to-face support can be developed in countries of origin, particularly of a methodological nature, when the material and scientific conditions exist to do so.
General Regulation for Doctorates
Norms for presenting theses and dissertations
Regulation for awarding the title of European Doctorate
Joint Order No. 17-2018 - Regulation of the ULHT Interim Doctoral Program
Testimonionals
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