Afonso Damásio Fialho

Born in Setúbal on December 24, 2004, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University Lisbon, completed in the 2024/2025 academic year, and is currently enrolled in the Master’s program in Curatorship and Digital Humanities at the same institution.

Professionally, he is currently a research fellow in the project PreservArt — A Multidimensional Approach to the Preservation of Historical Audio Recordings: A Study of the Mechanisms of Chemical and Microbiological Degradation, where he is working on the design and implementation of the project’s database model.

Throughout his undergraduate and graduate studies, he has engaged in activities related to the field of Digital Humanities, providing support in the organization of international academic events, including the DARIAH Annual Event 2024 and the Digital Humanities Conference 2025. Within this context, he has also undertaken extracurricular training in Python programming, network analysis, and interoperable digital platforms.

His main areas of interest include Digital Humanities, Contemporary History, Diplomatic History, and Political History.