Biography

Isabel Baltazar has a degree in Philosophy from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon, 1988), a master’s degree in Cultural and Political History (1995), from the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, and a PhD in History and Theory of Ideas, Specialisation in History of Political Ideas (2008), by the same University, with a thesis entitled “Portugal e a Ideia de Europa. Pensamento Contemporâneo” [Portugal and the Idea of ​​Europe. Contemporary Thought].

Her interest in European Studies was deepened by the Post-Graduation in European Studies at the School of Law of the University of Coimbra (1995). She carried out a Post-Doctoral Research (FCT) on Europe in Portuguese Diplomacy.

She was Assistant Professor at the Portuguese Catholic University — Leiria and Guest Lecturer at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, in the Department of Political Studies, where she taught a subject on European Construction in the Masters in Political Science and International Relations, Specialisation in European Studies.

She is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) of the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities and at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century (CEIS20) of the University of Coimbra.

Research fields

• Idea of Europe
• European construction
• Women and Europe
• European citizenship
• Ethics and values

Selected publications

• Baltazar, Isabel, “Reflexões sobre a Europa. O contributo de Portugal para a Cultura Europeia,” in Europa, Atlântico e o mundo: Mobilidades, crises, dinâmicas culturais. Pensar com Maria Manuela Tavares Ribeiro, coordinated by Isabel Maria Freitas Valente, 99-115. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2017. [link]
• Baltazar, Isabel, “A Europa na Diplomacia Portuguesa. As vozes da imprensa durante a República,” in Outras vozes na República. Atas do Congresso Nacional de História e Ciência Política, coordinated by Isabel Corrêa da Silva and Sílvia Correia, 329-339. Lisbon: Museu da Presidência da República, 2016.
• Baltazar, Isabel. “Mulheres Portuguesas na Europa. Abertura ao Europeísmo no Século XX,” Debater a Europa 15 (2016): 25-54. [PDF]
• Baltazar, Isabel. Os Estados Unidos da Europa. Ecos do Ideal Europeu de Victor Hugo em Portugal. Lisbon: Roma Editora, 2015.
• Baltazar, Isabel, “Pela Paz”! A ideia de Estados Unidos da Europa entre guerras,” in Pela Paz! For Peace! Pour la Paix! (1849–1939), edited by Maria Manuela Tavares Ribeiro, Maria Fernanda Rollo, Isabel Maria Freitas Valente, and Alice Cunha. Brussels: Peter Lang, 2014. [link]

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