Dr. Luisa Stella Coutinho

Address

Max Planck Institute for European Legal History

Hansaallee 41

60323 Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Luisa Stella Coutinho | Department II

Dr. Luisa Stella Coutinho

Researcher

Phone: +49 (69) 789 78 - 162

Fax: +49 (69) 789 78 - 169

Email:

coutinho@rg.mpg.de

Main Focus

Legal History of the Portuguese Expansion
Brazilian Colonial Law
Postcolonial theory and Law
Women’s Legal History
Japanese Legal History
The Christian Century in Japan

Projects

Glocalising Normativities
A Global Legal History (15^th- 21^st century)

Research Project | Thomas Duve, Manuel Bastias Saavedra, Mariana Dias Paes, Luisa Stella Coutinho, Fupeng Li

Christian Japanese in the Portuguese Empire
Circulation and production of normativities in Japanese lay communities (1540s-1630s)

Research Project | Luisa Stella Coutinho

Curriculum Vitae

Since 2018
Member of the project “RESISTANCE: Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires, 16th-19th centuries". European Union's H2020-MSCA RISE-2017 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange) program.

Since 2018
Post-doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt.

Since 2013
Lawyer. Brazilian Bar Association.

Since 2014
Lawyer. Portuguese Bar Association.

2013 – 2018
Doctoral Degree in Law (Legal History), Universidade de Lisboa

2014-2015
Central European University, CEU, Budapest, Hungary
Doctoral Support Program, Gender Studies Department.

2009 – 2012
Master Degree in Law (Legal History), Universidade de Lisboa

2004 – 2008
Bachelor's Degree in Law, Centro Universitário de João Pessoa

2004 – 2012
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Universidade Federal da Paraíba