Unlock the full potential of culture, from the perspective of the Patrimónios
Prof. Walter ROSSA
Professor,
University of Coimbra
Date: 15 October 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:30-16:15
Venue: E22-1030
Host: Prof. Li MIAO, Professor in Integrated Resort and Tourism Management
Abstract
Patrimónios (Heritages), the nickname of the UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Dialogue in Heritages of Portuguese Influence, is a research, training, and cooperation for development project launched in 2019 by the University of Coimbra that counts on a network of partners, which now includes the University of Macau. To celebrate the formal signing of this partnership, in this lecture, I will present an overview of our theoretical, ethical, and political positioning within the context of cultural heritage studies and UNESCO-fostered policies.
Speaker
Prof. Walter Rossa (Caracas, 1962), Architect (Lisbon, 1985), MA in History of Art (Lisbon, 1991), PhD and aggregated in Architecture (Coimbra, 2001 and 2013). Professor at the Department of Architecture and researcher at the Centre for the History of Society and Culture of the University of Coimbra. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Dialogue in Heritages of Portuguese Influence (2019) and teaches courses on cultural heritage, town and regional planning, urban design, history, and architecture. He was a visiting professor at several national and foreign universities and has supervised 86 academic dissertations, including 19 Ph.D. Beyond his past activity as a practicing architect and town planner, he dedicated last year’s efforts to cooperation and the relationship between heritage, history, planning, and development. He seeks to establish interactions between his academic activity and development cooperation actions. A significant set of his publications is available at https://coimbra.academia.edu/WalterRossa.
All are welcome!
