Maria Helena Souto, Associate Professor at IADE-Universidade Europeia, holds a PhD in Art Sciences (Universidade de Lisboa) and a master’s degree in Art History (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). Her research field is the Portuguese Design History, with a focus on the relationship between Portuguese Design and Gender Studies. On these subjects, she has published several articles and books, curated exhibitions and coordinated national and international research projects. She has been one of the Scientific Responsible at the European cooperation project “MoMoWo – Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement”. In 2022, she was the scientific curator of the exhibition “Women’s creativity in modern and contemporary Portuguese ceramics (1950-2020)” at Museu Nacional do Azulejo (National Tile Museum), and currently she is a member of the research project funded by FCT “Women Architects in Portugal, 1942-1986”.
