The thematic line “Uses of the Past: Memory and Cultural Heritage”, which gathers most of the IHC anthropologists, expresses their deep regret for the death of Benjamim Enes Pereira (1928-2020), who was one of the founders of modern Portuguese anthropology and a decisive figure in the studies of material culture, museology and heritage.
Benjamim Pereira, who from early on was part of the team that, throughout the country, collected many of the objects that served as the basis of the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology, which would be one of its founders, played a prominent role in the renewal of the anthropology of Portugal. The researchers of this line of the Institute of Contemporary History emphasize the importance of its legacy, decisive for the paths that they take today.
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‘It is very important to keep the history of democracy in Portugal very much in the public consciousness’ -
The exhibition Eye(s) Open opened at the Eye Filmuseum -
Members of the FILMASPORA project team were in Praia for the Project’s First Workshop on Radical Creative Writing -
The Laboratoire des Études Romanes at Paris 8 University hosts the IHC researcher -
Between 2 and 31 March, at the Portuguese Cinematheque -
She is now a Visiting Researcher at CAST, University of Bologna -
Following elections held on 15 December 2025, the new governing bodies took office for the 2026-2028 term -
Applications are open until 16 February -
Will take office as a Full Member -
The city took up the challenge launched by the IHC last year -
Distinguished social and cultural historian from the University of Oxford -
Film cycle focusing on the relationship between his work and this art form -
Special supplement to the journal História, Ciências, Saúde — Manguinhos -
Awarded jointly by the IHC and the Monument to the Discoveries / Lisboa Cultura -
The IHC is one of the participating institutions of the Transatlantic Crossroads Lab -
It was the winner of the Best Partnership Project
