Paulo Miguel Rodrigues has a Bachelor’s degree in History (1992) and a Master’s degree (1999) and PhD (2007) in Contemporary History from the Universities of Lisbon and of Madeira. Currently, he is an associate professor at the University of Madeira School of Arts and Humanities.
He has written several books about contemporary history and culture, mainly on topics related to the politics and the institutions of Madeira during the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as on the History of Autonomy. He has published dozens of articles in academic and other journals, book chapters and Congress Proceedings (national and international), where he also looks at the inclusion of the Madeira archipelago in the framework of International Relations and the History of Portuguese Diplomacy.
In 2021, he published Dicionário Breve da História da Autonomia da Madeira (A Short Dictionary of the Autonomy of Madeira).

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