Ana Mehnert Pascoal
PhD student in Art History (FCT scholarship SFRH/BD/139172/2018) and integrated researcher at ARTIS - Institute of Art History, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon.
My PhD research considers relationships between power, architecture and arts during the Portuguese Estado Novo (1933-1974), focusing on the buildings used to accommodate Government organs. Main questions encompass national identity and State control, networks of actors (official committees, architects, artists, etc.), and heritage refurbishment vs. new buildings.
MA in Art, Heritage and Restoration Theory (2010), BA in Art History (2008), both by School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon.
Experience in museum practice and collection management at Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC-ULisboa, 2011-2017).
Supervisors: Maria João Neto and João Paulo Martins
My PhD research considers relationships between power, architecture and arts during the Portuguese Estado Novo (1933-1974), focusing on the buildings used to accommodate Government organs. Main questions encompass national identity and State control, networks of actors (official committees, architects, artists, etc.), and heritage refurbishment vs. new buildings.
MA in Art, Heritage and Restoration Theory (2010), BA in Art History (2008), both by School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon.
Experience in museum practice and collection management at Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência (MUHNAC-ULisboa, 2011-2017).
Supervisors: Maria João Neto and João Paulo Martins
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(UTL), in 2013, created the University of Lisbon (ULisboa). This new reality led to the
conduction of a cultural heritage survey (2015), which is analysed in this paper in comparison with the survey carried out under the former UL (2011). The methodology and results are presented, with a discussion about the state of the heritage, main needs and future challenges in its protection and promotion within the university and for society in general.
This paper presents an upcoming research project that encompasses three University campi built under Southern European dictatorial regimes: Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid (1929-1936/1940-1949), Città Universitaria di Roma (1932-1935) and Cidade Universitária de Coimbra (1942-1969). A preliminary analysis of these campi, understood as ‘Cities of Knowledge’, is presented, focusing on their specially commissioned artistic programmes.
The research will be methodologically based on my MA dissertation, which addressed the Cidade Universitária de Lisboa (1934-1961). Its study and subsequent promotion is a departure point for raising questions regarding management of this particular type of cultural heritage. The paper will argue that research into integrated artworks in university buildings, and into academic heritage in general, is at the core of long-term preservation, management and public access.
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(UTL), in 2013, created the University of Lisbon (ULisboa). This new reality led to the
conduction of a cultural heritage survey (2015), which is analysed in this paper in comparison with the survey carried out under the former UL (2011). The methodology and results are presented, with a discussion about the state of the heritage, main needs and future challenges in its protection and promotion within the university and for society in general.
This paper presents an upcoming research project that encompasses three University campi built under Southern European dictatorial regimes: Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid (1929-1936/1940-1949), Città Universitaria di Roma (1932-1935) and Cidade Universitária de Coimbra (1942-1969). A preliminary analysis of these campi, understood as ‘Cities of Knowledge’, is presented, focusing on their specially commissioned artistic programmes.
The research will be methodologically based on my MA dissertation, which addressed the Cidade Universitária de Lisboa (1934-1961). Its study and subsequent promotion is a departure point for raising questions regarding management of this particular type of cultural heritage. The paper will argue that research into integrated artworks in university buildings, and into academic heritage in general, is at the core of long-term preservation, management and public access.
The University of Lisbon recently conducted such a systematic survey for the first time, being the only Portuguese University to undertake it. Created in 1911 – thus celebrating this year its centennial jubilee – the University of Lisbon has inherited collections from the 17th to 19th centuries and today possesses a large scientific, artistic and historical heritage covering all disciplines from physics to archaeology and from art history to medicine and natural history. The University also has scientific buildings of great historical significance, particularly from the 19th century, as well as buildings of architectural value from the 20th century. This heterogeneous heritage faces many challenges today. It is scattered throughout the city, through different faculties and departments, it has little visibility, and it lacks clear and common policies, goals, and management structures within the University.
In this paper, we will present the survey of the cultural heritage of the University of Lisbon, initiated in April 2010 and completed for its jubilee in March 2011. The survey encompassed individual objects, collections, museums, buildings, archives and libraries of historical significance. The data collected included number of artefacts and specimens, conservation state, history, bibliography, relevance and use, among others. We will discuss methodologies and challenges presented by such a survey, as well as its final results and perspectives regarding management, preservation and access."