Category: Defenses

Anca Usurelu successfully defended the MA dissertation “Resonant Fields – Attuning to Sonic Worlds and Listening as Lived Experience” on 12 February, 2026.

Francisca Pereira successfully defended the MA dissertation “Ghosts of the Past: Representations of Cultural Trauma and Memory through Folklore in Contemporary Horror Cinema – The Case of La Llorona (2019)” on 9 February, 2026.

Alberto Blanco successfully defended the MA dissertation “The Discursive Role of Display: Curatorial Practices and Meaning in Exhibitions” on 6 February, 2026.

Milana Teterevenkova successfully defended the MA dissertation “From Collective Action to Self-Care: The Impact of Therapy Culture on Public Disengagement in Russia” on 26 January, 2026.

Giulia Paglia successfully defended the MA internship report “The Role of Alternative Media in Institutional Communication for Young Audiences – Factanza media case study” on 3 December, 2025.

Maria Valentina Vallejo Castro successfully defended the MA thesis “Counterhegemonic Collectivities in the Arts: Reimagining Cultural Production Through Mingas De la Imagen” on May 21, 2025.

Maria Gabriela Sinclair Espino successfully defended the MA dissertation “The Re-Imagination of Museums: Towards Decoloniality in Contemporary Art Museums in Central America and the Caribbean” on March 26, 2025.

Akinyemi Abimbola Akinola successfully defended the MA dissertation “Nyam: (Re)claiming African culinary heritage to create an African – American culinary identity and (re)stor(y)ing African diaspora food memories” on March 18, 2025.

Dela Mießen successfully defended the MA internship report “Guardians of the Past, Gatekeepers of the Future? A Study on the Cultural Foundation of German Federal States” on March 18, 2025.

Benedita Homem de Gouveia successfully defended the MA dissertation “The paradox of print: Salted books and the revival of physical independent bookshops in a digital age” on February 26, 2025.

Eva Cabañas Pinto successfully defended the MA internship report “Subcultural dance in arts institutions: The potential of mutualistic relationship” on February 24, 2025.

Katharina Maria Richtsfeld successfully defended the MA dissertation “How projects funded by the European Union address the idea of European identity and culture” on January 23, 2025.

Francisco Henriques Santos Gomes successfully defended the MA internship report “The pedagogical dimension of film festivals: The L.A. rebellion movement in LEFFEST 22” on January 23, 2025.

Diana Fulvia Maria Danielli successfully defended the MA internship report “‘New’ museums of contemporary art in Lisbon: Crossing borders between art and politics through internationalization” on January 22, 2025.

Andrea Delle Monache successfully defended the MA internship report “Exploring the synergy between the electronic music industry and dance music culture: The example of Lisbon” on January 22, 2025.

Filipa Rodrigues successfully defended the MA dissertation “Traveling myths: Reading, rewriting, and receiving the myth of Medusa in contemporary times” on January 21, 2025.

Emma Hallemans successfully defended the MA dissertation “Thinking in, about and through atmospheres: A research on the atmosphere of the camino de Santiago de Compostela” on January 8, 2025.

Rhian O’Sullivan successfully defended the MA dissertation “Cartographic culture: Mapping relations between the Irish state and it’s ‘Culturescape’ from empire to e-commerce” on January 6, 2025.

Leonor Terenas successfully defended the MA dissertation “Fiction writing amidst today’s demand for representation: ‘Authenticity’ in young adult (YA) literature” on December 18, 2024.