Profile

Hermenegildo (Nuno Goinhas) Fernandes is Full Professor at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (FLUL), where he was elected Dean in 2024, and a researcher at the Centre for History of the University of Lisbon.

His research focuses on the transitions from Islamic to Christian societies in medieval western Iberia, dealing mainly with the integration of Islamic institutions, both economic and territorial, in the Christian kingdom of Portugal. More recently, he has also concentrated on the history of medieval universities and was, subsequently, PI of a project funded by the FCT: “OECONOMIA STUDII. Funding, management and resources of the Portuguese university: a comparative analysis (13th-16th centuries)” (PTDC/EPH-HIS/3154/2014).

Among his recent publications, one can highlight the work, co-authored by Flocel Sabaté, “Muslim and Christian polities, 700-1200”, in An Economic History of the Iberian Peninsula 700-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and “Models of Funding, State Institutions and Economic Trends in Universities (14th-16th centuries)”, in CIAN-Revista de Historia de las Universidades 24 1 (2021).

Currently, he is the Principal Investigator of a project under the COST Program (EUNIVERCITIES) [SUBMITTED], focusing on building networks of cities, scholars, and knowledge in the second millennium. In addition, he has been actively involved in various research initiatives, including the projects iForal, MEDCRAFTS, DEGRUPE, CODOLPOR, and PROGRESSORE, the Programme for the study of European Rural Societies, under the Cost A35.

Throughout his career, Hermenegildo Fernandes has held various academic leadership positions within the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, including Vice-Dean (2009-2013); Director of the Centre for History (2012-2019); and Director of the Area of History (History, Art History, Archaeology) (2020-2024), and has supervised eight doctoral theses and twenty-one master’s theses.