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Name | Hugo Silveira Pereira |
Academic title(s) | Dr. |
Institute | Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology |
Department | Faculty of Sciences and Technology – University NOVA of Lisbon |
Function | Post-doctoral researcher |
Address | Rua Emídio Pinto 34 3º dtº fr. |
Zip code | 4400 – 670 Vila Nova de Gaia |
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Phone | 00351962070916 |
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Normal false EN-US /* Style Definitions */ Hugo Silveira Pereira, post-doctoral researcher at the Interuniversity Research Centre for the History of Science and Technology (University NOVA of Lisbon) and the Institute of Railway Studies (University of York) and former Visiting Scholar at History Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He concluded his PhD in 2012 with a dissertation about the Portuguese national railway policy in the second half of the 19th century. He presented and published several papers about Portugal’s mainland and colonial railways. His current academic interests include the decision-making process of building railways in the Portuguese former colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Goa, and Macao |
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Additional research interests | Railways, engineers, technical heritage |