Cristina Nogueira da Silva

Cristina Nogueira da Silva is Associate Professor at the Law School of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and researcher at CEDIS. Her main research are classical liberalism and citizenship in the Nineteenth century, the history of the legal personal status in the Portuguese overseas territories, as well as the way legal concepts and institutions were used by enslaved and free subaltern people in the context of the Portuguese contemporary empire.

Works in the field of the colonial press
Although the colonial press is not her main object of research, she considers it an essential source for exploring topics related to her research projects. Her affiliation to IGSCP-PE has to be intended under this consideration.

Fields of interest
History of the Portuguese empire/Global history of the empires; history of the citizenship; history of liberalism.

Key words
Citizenship; liberalism; colonialism; empire.