António Reis

Political History — Regimes, Transitions, and Memory
Contact:
antoniorreis@hotmail.com
Biography
António Fernando Marques Ribeiro Reis (Lisbon, 1948) holds a PhD in History, specialising in Cultural History and Contemporary Mentalities, from the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (2001). He was a professor on the History degree course and the Masters in Contemporary History at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (1983-2010). His connection to this institution also translated into intense activity in its various scientific and management bodies, as well as his commitment to founding and affirming the Institute of Contemporary History, where he held management positions from 1993 to 2010.
A driving force behind areas of study such as the History of the First Republic, the Oppositions to the Estado Novo, the April Revolution and the Transition to Democracy, he is credited with such landmark works of contemporary Portuguese history as “Raúl Proença – Biografia de um Intelectual Político Republicano” [Raúl Proença – Biography of a Republican Political Intellectual] (Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, 2003), the six volumes of “Portugal Contemporâneo” [Contemporary Portugal], coordinated by him (Lisbon: Publicações Alfa, 1990-1993, Direction and Co-authorship) or, more recently, the “Dicionário do 25 de Abril” [Dictionary of the 25th of April] (Porto, Figueirinhas, 2016-2017).
Research fields
- History of culture and mentalities
- History of the First Republic
- History of the opposition to Estado Novo
- April Revolution and the transition to Democracy
Selected publications
- Reis, António, Maria Inácia Rezola & Paula Borges Santos (Coord.). Dicionário de História de Portugal: O 25 de Abril, 8 Volumes. Porto: Figuerinhas, 2016-2017.
- Reis, António. Raúl Proença – Biografia de um Intelectual Político Republicano, 2 Volumes. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, 2003. [link]🔓
- Reis, António (Coord.). As Grandes Correntes Políticas e Culturais do Séc. XX. Lisbon: Edições Colibri / Institute of Contemporary History, 2003. [link]
- Reis, António (Coord.). A República Ontem e Hoje – III Curso Livre de História Contemporânea. Lisbon: Edições Colibri / Institute of Contemporary History, 2002. [link]
- Reis, António (Dir.). Portugal Contemporâneo, 6 Volumes. Lisbon: Alfa, 1990-1993. 2ª Edição revista e actualizada, 3 Volumes. Lisbon: Selecções do Reader’s Digest, 1996.
- Reis, António (Coord.). Portugal – 20 Anos de Democracia. Lisbon: Círculo de Leitores, 1994 (Temas e Debates, 1996).
Main projects
- Editorial project “Mediateca do Século XX” — Direction and co-authorship of the Portuguese version of the German edition from Bertelsmann. 10 Volumes + 10 videos + 10 CDs on the ten decades of the 20th century. Lisbon: Lexicultural, 1998-1999.
- Editorial project “25 Anos em Documentos e Imagens. Fontes para a História do Partido Socialista” — In collaboration with Alfredo Caldeira. CD. Lisbon: Fundação Mário Soares, 1999.
- Editorial project “O 5 de Outubro de 1910” — In collaboration with Alfredo Caldeira. CD. Lisbon: Diário de Notícias / Jornal de Notícias, 5 de Outubro de 2005.
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Research seminar that seeks to expand the field of oil studies beyond established narratives, geographies, and disciplinary boundaries, amplifying perspectives from the Global South and other sites of extraction and
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Research seminar that seeks to expand the field of oil studies beyond established narratives, geographies, and disciplinary boundaries, amplifying perspectives from the Global South and other sites of extraction and resistance.
Mind the Gap III:
Unearthing Petromodernity: Oil Studies in the Anthropocene
Online Research Seminar
The rise of fossil fuels has been central to the political, economic, cultural, and material transformations of the past two centuries, yet the forms of power, knowledge, and life enabled by carbon energy often remain analytically invisible. As we confront the converging crises of the Anthropocene, the need to rethink the centrality of fossil fuels to modern life has never been more urgent.
At a moment when toxic landscapes, resource frontiers, and environmental inequality reveal the uneven geographies of fossil modernity, the humanities and social sciences are reorienting analytical attention toward the energetic foundations of modern life. From pipelines and refineries to plastics and everyday petrochemical products, the material properties of oil have fundamentally shaped modern infrastructures and forms of life. What forms of political and social power are created through fossil fuel industries? How have fossil fuels shaped modern societies, their economic models, governmental regimes, everyday lives? How have they contributed to uneven global geographies rooted in colonialism and capitalism? What kinds of transitions to post-carbon futures are possible?
Bringing together approaches from history, anthropology, political ecology, and geography, we seek to expand the field of oil studies beyond established narratives, geographies, and disciplinary boundaries, amplifying perspectives from the Global South and other sites of extraction and resistance.
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Programme:
Every fortnight we will meet online to discuss an article or book chapter circulated in advance. The sessions will start with a 20–30 minute presentation, followed by discussion. The sessions will take place on Mondays at 2PM.
We will explore key concepts such as petro-culture, carbon democracy, extractivism, fossil capital, energy regimes, and transition imaginaries, examining how energy dependence shapes modern subjectivities, infrastructures, economies, and ecological futures. The texts will be shared with participants in advance.
Everyone is welcome.
To register, please fill out the online form. After registering you will receive the readings and access information ahead of each session.
For more information, please write to unearthingpetromodernity@proton.me.
30 March | Timothy Mitchell, Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil. Selected chapter TBA (Verso, 2011)
Davide Scarso (CIUHCT — FCT NOVA)
Focus: How fossil fuels structured democratic politics, labour power and modern governance
13 April | Adam Hanieh, “Petrochemical Empire: The Geo-Politics of Fossil-Fuelled Production“ New Left Review (139)
Ricardo Noronha (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Focus: Global production networks, the Gulf region and the restructuring of capitalism through petrochemicals
27 April | Carola Hein (ed.), Oil Spaces: Exploring the Global Petroleumscape. Chapter 8: Peyerl, D. “Building Brazil’s Petroleumscape on Land and Sea: Infrastructure, Expertise, and Technology” (Routledge, 2022)
Henrique Oliveira (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Focus: Infrastructure, territorial development and the spatial materiality of oil
11 May | Stephanie LeMenager, Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century. Selected chapter TBA (Oxford University Pres, 2014)
Raquel Ribeiro (CHAM — NOVA FCSH)
Focus: Oil, media, culture, and everyday life in twentieth-century society
25 May | Appel, Mason & Watts (Eds.), Subterranean Estates: Life Worlds of Oil and Gas. Introduction: “Oil Talk” (Cornell University Press, 2015)
Amedeo Policante (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Focus: Anthropological and political-economic perspectives on oil extraction and everyday life
8 June | Alice Mah, Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation. Chapter 2: “Enduring Toxic Injustice and Fenceline Mobilizations” (Duke University Press, 2023)
João Pedro Santos (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Focus: Environmental justice, pollution, and grassroots activism around petrochemical industries
22 June | Chelsea Schields, Offshore Attachments: Oil and Intimacy in the Caribbean. Introduction and Chapter 1. “Crude Bargains” (University of California Press, 2023)
Anita Buhin (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Focus: Oil economies, intimacy, and social relations in offshore extraction zones
6 July | Tim Di Muzio & Matt Dow, “Global capitalism and oil“ in Handbook on Oil and International Relations (Edward Elgar Publishing , 2022)
Davide Scarso (CIUHCT — FCT NOVA), Amedeo Policante & Ricardo Noronha (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Focus: Oil in international relations, financialization and the structure of global capitalism
Organisation:
Davide Scarso (CIUHCT — FCT NOVA)
Amedeo Policante (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Ricardo Noronha (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)
Tempo
(Segunda-feira) 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Localização
Link to be provided to registered participants
Zoom
Organizador
Institute of Contemporary History — NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities and Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology
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