António de Saldanha

António de Saldanha is Full Professor – School of Political and Social Sciences – Lisbon Technical University (ISCSP-UTL). He studied Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, where he obtained a Master degree in History of Law, and a PhD in International Relations (International Law area). He is Director of the journal Daxiyangguo -大西洋國. Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Asiáticos and researcher in the Instituto do Oriente (ISCSP-UTL). He is the author of several articles and books on the History of Political Ideas and International Law, Diplomacy, Portuguese Imperial Institutions and Sino-Portuguese relations; two of them received national and international awards. António de Saldanha is a member of several learned societies and was also President of Instituto Português do Oriente (葡萄牙東方學會, 2002-2005), and Consul-General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong for Cultural Affairs (葡萄牙駐香港澳門助理總領事).