Guilherme Sousa
Email: guisousa160@gmail.com
Guilherme Miguel Mendes de Sousa is a PhD student in Early Modern History at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra. In 2019, he was distinguished with the “UC à Frente” award and, two years later, he was appointed ambassador of that university. In July 2024, he defended his master’s thesis, entitled Uprooting ancient herbs: the missionary work in China seen from an inquisitorial collection from the Philippines, 1638-1645. In the same year, he was awarded a research grant by FCT in relation to a project of transcription and inventory of a Jesuit epistolary collection from the Sé Nova de Coimbra promoted by the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies. He is currently developing an investigation on the theme Disciples, masters and beyond: children in the Catholic missions in Japan and China (1549-1684), benefiting from a doctoral scholarship from FCT for this purpose. His research focuses on Catholic missions in East Asia during the Early Modern Era.
Main interests and research topics: History of the Catholic Church; History of Catholic Missions; History of Portuguese Expansion; History of Asia; Social History and History of Mentalities.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9408-1427
Repository: https://coimbra.academia.edu/GuilhermeSousa
Research field(s): Empires, colonialism and post-colonialism