Fábio Freitas Marques’s PhD Viva in Cultural Studies will take place on 17 June 2026 at 9.30 am in the Sala de Atos of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. The thesis, supervised by Jean Rabot and Helena Pires, is entitled “Meu Coração Se Deixou Levar: The amateur experience of percussion in street groups in Brazil and Portugal”.
The examination board, chaired by Felisbela Lopes, is made up by:
– Zara Simões Pinto Coelho (University of Minho)
– Helena Pires (University of Minho)
– Rita Ribeiro (University of Minho)
– Bart Vanspauwen (Nova University of Lisbon)
– Sílvia Belmino (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil)
– Pedro Menezes (University of Minho)