BIOGRAPHY

Pedro Cravinho currently is a Doctoral Visiting Researcher at Birmingham City University (BCU). Cravinho is conducting his PhD research on Jazz and Television in Portugal during Estado Novo regime (1956-1974), at the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, under supervision of Prof. Rosário Pestana (UA, PT), and co-supervision of Prof. Nick Gebhardt (BCU, UK). His researches interests include Jazz Studies and Media Studies, with a particular interest in jazz and television, as also, the political and social history of Jazz Diaspora during the 20th century. He has numerous published and forthcoming articles on Portuguese jazz.