Ms. Raquel Medina Cabeças

Ms. Raquel Medina Cabeças

A brief overview of theatrical practice in Europe, culminating in the transformation of the Jeu de Paume into the Salle des Machines

Instituto de História da Arte, da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Past Speaker

Ms. Raquel Medina Cabeças PhD in History (2020), Master in Architecture (2012) from Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL). She is a researcher at the Institute of Art History, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade de Lisboa (IHA-FCSH), and at the Center for Research in Historical Sciences (CICH-UAL). She develops research in the areas of theatre history, architecture, and business history. She published the work “O Teatro em Diálogo com a Lisboa Seiscentista” (2022), edited by the Serra Henriques Foundation, which awarded him the publishing support prize in 2020. She coordinated the “Laranjeiras Project”, funded by SGEC, IHA, and CEU_UAL, which resulted in three volumes on the palace, the theater, and the garden of Laranjeiras (2024). She is currently the coordinator of the Editorial Center – Autónoma Edições – of UAL.

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