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Commentator and Moderator

PROFESSOR JOAO TELES E CUNHA

School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon,
Lisbon, Portugal

João Teles e Cunha is currently the researcher of the project Res Sinicae (PTDC/
LLT-OUT /31941/2017) belonging to the Centre for Classical Studies of the
School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, Professor at the
Institute of Asian Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University, and member
of the Maritime Academy (Lisbon). His most recent research deals with the
Jewish presence in Goa and the Estado da Índia (‘Desengano de Perdidos’
Social Definitions and the Quest for Identity in Sixteenth Century Portuguese
India”. In Shalva Weil (Ed.): The Jews of Goa (pp. 101-172). New Delhi: Primus
Books), social identity in Goa (Em busca da identidade perdida: a sociedade
goesa em torno de 1700. In V. Rodrigues & A.P. Avelar (Eds.): Os Portugueses e
Ásia Marítima: trocas científicas, técnicas e sócio-culturais (séculos XVI-XVIII) (pp.
115-128). Lisbon: Academia de Marinha) and the trade of Indian textiles (with
Maria João Ferreira: “Spreading Desire, Linking the World. Pintados and the
Portuguese (1500-1850)”. In Sarah Fee (Ed.). Cloth That Changed the World: The
Art and Fashion of India Chintz (pp. 98-105). Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum).

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