About José Pedro Paiva

José Pedro Paiva is Full Professor at the University of Coimbra and Scientific Head of the Centre for History of Society and Culture. He was visiting professor at the University of São Paulo, fellow of the John Carter Brown Library and of the Nederlanse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, and director of the University of Coimbra Archive (2011-2019) and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the same university (2013-2019). He coordinated and was involved in various Portuguese and international research projects, namely the European Scientific Foundation Cultural Exchange in Europe 1400-1700 (1999-2003), the Dizionario Storico dell'Inquisizione, directed by Adriano Prosperi (2005-2010), and as PI ReligionAJE: Religion, Ecclesiastical Administration and Justice in the Portuguese Seaborne Empire (1514-1750),PTDC/HAR-HIS/28719/2017. His research focuses on Religious History, Inquisition, Portuguese Empire, Iberian Union (1580-1640) and Early Modern Witchcraft.