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Luís Miguel Carolino is an Associate Professor at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, Portugal, affiliated with the Department of History in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. He is also an Integrated Researcher at CIES-Iscte, contributing to the research group on Historical Dynamics and Global Integration of the World. Carolino has held visiting positions at the University of California, Berkeley (2019) and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2007), and previously held research roles at institutions in Italy, Brazil, and Portugal.
- PhD in History, University of Évora (2001)
- Agregação in Modern and Contemporary History, ISCTE-IUL (2020)
His research centers on the History of Science, particularly Early Modern Natural Philosophy, Cosmology, Astronomy, and Jesuit scientific networks. He explores how science intersected with religion, education, and political power in early modern Portugal and its empire. His work often examines scientific patronage, academic institutions, and the transmission of knowledge across Europe and the Atlantic.
Carolino's recent publications span topics from the 1919 solar eclipse and Portuguese-Brazilian scientific collaboration to Jesuit cosmology, Tycho Brahe's reception, and the role of astrology. His work appears in leading journals such as History of Science, Galilaeana, and Annals of Science, reflecting a strong focus on transnational scientific exchange, institutional history, and the cultural dimensions of astronomy.
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Carolino has contributed to academic leadership through editorial work, including special issues on the history of science and co-editing volumes on science, technology, and empire in the Lusophone world. He has not supervised any named students in the provided data. He is affiliated with research networks such as the International Commission of the History of Universities.
He is associated with research teams at CIES-Iscte and has contributed to institutional histories of scientific education in Lisbon. His ongoing work includes studies on global eclipse observations and geo-heliocentric controversies in 17th-century Lisbon.