PhD candidate Pedro Fidalgo successfully defended his doctoral project at the PhD Programme in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (III-UC).

Pedro Fidalgo’s dissertation, “Agroqueer: LGBTQI+ Lives in Rural Portugal Over Time” documents queer life stories in rural Portuguese contexts, highlighting experiences often overlooked in mainstream queer research and history.

The júri included Professor José Manuel Pureza (President), Professor Ana Cristina Santos (Advisor) and Professor Lucas Platero from King Juan Carlos University (URJC) as external evaluator.

This doctoral project was developed within the framework of TRACE – Tracing Queer Citizenship Over Time in articulation with the project’s work.