Professor Laura Castro nominated director of Northern Portugal's Regional Directorate of Culture

The art historian, professor of the School of Arts and CITAR researcher, Laura Castro was nominated director of Northern Portugal's Regional Directorate of Culture.  

Laura Castro holds a PhD in Art and Design by the University of Porto (UP) – Faculty of Fine Arts (2010), a master degree in History of Art by Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (1993), and a bachelor degree by UP - Faculty of Arts. She was director of the School of Arts from 2013 until 2017 and is a researcher in the Research Center for Science and Technology of the Arts.