João Paulo Avelãs Nunes (1965) is Professor of Contemporary History at the Department of History, European Studies, Archeology and Arts at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra (DHEEAA/FLUC). He is also a Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century of the University of Coimbra (CEIS20/UC). In the historiographic plan, it has privileged the 20th century, namely, history and theory of historiography and of historical memory, history of “catholic action” and of the youth organizations of the Estado Novo, history of wolfram mining and of the involvement of Portugal in the Second World War, history of political regimes, history of Jews and anti-Semitism, history of economic and social policies. He has also worked on didactics of History and dissemination of historiography; contemporary material culture and industrial archeology, cultural heritage and museology, organizational culture and cultural tourism.