Teotonio R. de Souza

Teotonio R. de Souza (b. 1947) from Goa (Moirá,Bardez). Completed primary and seminary studies (Saligão and Rachol, Goa) before joining the Society of Jesus in Belgaum, India, in 1967. Obtained a Bachelor's degree in Theology and Licentiate degree in Philosophy at the Pontifical Atheneum(Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune). Acquired a Master's degree and a Doctorate in History from the University of Poona. Prepared the ground for the establishment of the Xavier Centre of Historical Research (1977-1979) and took charge of it as its first local Director (1980-1994). Obtained its recognition by the Goa University as Centre for Post-Graduate and Doctoral Research in 1986. Directed Ph.D. research in History at the Goa University till 1994. Decided to opt out of the Society of Jesus and the ministerial priesthood in 1994. Settled in Lisbon. Married Elvira A. Correia in 1995. Is Corresponding Fellow of the Portuguese Academy of History since 1983, Fellow of the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa since 2000, Head of the Department of History, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon since 1996. Director-Editor of CAMPUS SOCIAL, Journal of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Universidade Lusófona (since 2004). Collaborates in the projects of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and of the Fundação Oriente. The publications include Medieval Goa (New Delhi, 1979), Goa to Me (New Delhi, 1994),Goa: Roteiro Histórico-Cultural (Lisboa, 1996), and several other edited books and over a hundred and seventy research articles.