
Augusto P. Celestino da Costa
Aug 25, 2020 | Chapters, Publications

Augusto P. Celestino da Costa (1884-1956): Visões de política na organização da ciência em Portugal [Augusto P. Celestino da Costa (1884-1956): Policy visions in the organisation of science in Portugal]
- Tiago Brandão
- História Biográfica e Intelectual da Ciência e da Tecnologia: Atores, Ideias e Identidades [Biografical and Intelectual History of Science and Tecnology: Actors, Ideas, and Identities]
- Tiago Brandão (Org.)
- 2020
- Lisbon: Instituto de História Contemporânea | Colecção E-IHC
- Language: Portuguese
- ISBN: 978-989-8956-19-4
- 225-252 p.
Excerpt:
A ideia de “visões de política” remete para uma dimensão pouco explorada pelo género biográfico, sobretudo quando aplicado à história da ciência ou à expansão das suas fronteiras “internatlistas.” Largamente explorado no âmbito da história intelectual e das ideias, é uma das áreas da história com preceitos disciplinares bem definidos e consagrados na obra de autores reconhecidos (Skinner 2002). A noção de visões políticas, associadas à Ciência e à Tecnologia, é uma característica da empresa tecnocientífica, senão desde os seus primórdios, mas indiscutivelmente visível ao longo do século XX (Cholakov 2000). A ideia de visões políticas, enquanto um olhar que permite valorizar uma dimensão da atividade humana, é algo que nos parece rico, prenhe de potencialidades para olharmos algumas individualidades da nossa história da ciência. É isso que se fez aqui, relativamente ao cientista Augusto P. Celestino da Costa, valorizando uma dimensão da sua obra que normalmente não surge suficientemente analisada..
About the book:
Este livro de contributos vários percorre século e meio de ideias e autores, por via de uma aproximação biográfica, metodologia comum a todos os colaboradores, em que é possível termos assim uma medida interessante dos temas e desafios que condicionaram a implantação da modernidade científica (e técnica) em Portugal.
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Conference that seeks to challenge historical revisionism, amplify marginalised voices, and foster transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice. The Public History of Difficult Pasts 8th International
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Conference that seeks to challenge historical revisionism, amplify marginalised voices, and foster transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice.
The Public History of Difficult Pasts
8th International Conference on Public History
IFPH 2026
The 8th International Conference on Public History, organised by the International Federation for Public History, IFPH, will take place in Lisbon from September 7 to 11, 2026. It will be hosted by IN2PAST – the Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory, a transdisciplinary consortium of seven research centres, at the Almada Negreiros College on the Campolide Campus of NOVA University Lisbon.
In a time of escalating attacks by right-wing movements on memory, diversity, human rights, democracy, and history itself, the IFPH reaffirms its commitment to fostering critical engagement with the ways societies confront, interpret, and relate to their difficult pasts and challenging presents. The IFPH strongly condemns book banning, the censorship of historical narratives, the surveillance of students and educators, the targeting of sites of remembrance, and the imposition of ideological agendas — particularly right-wing distortions — that not only threaten academic freedom but undermine the very principles upon which public history is built. Against this backdrop, the conference seeks to challenge historical revisionism and silencing, to amplify marginalised voices and memories, and to promote transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice.
Public History has long addressed global historical processes such as colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and the genocide of Indigenous peoples, as well as phenomena that emerge in multiple contexts, including armed conflicts and dictatorships. It embodies both a political and ethical commitment to examining how difficult pasts have been lived and remembered by different communities and individuals, ensuring that their perspectives are acknowledged and respected. At the same time, engaging with these histories through Public History raises significant challenges. Sharing authority with specific communities and amplifying marginalised narratives may unintentionally silence other voices, while also presenting complex ethical dilemmas. Furthermore, Public History operates within the public sphere, engaging diverse audiences and navigating competing representations of the past in an era increasingly marked by the political instrumentalisation of history and the spread of revisionist and denialist discourses.
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Call for contributions
This conference seeks to challenge historical revisionism, amplify marginalised voices, and foster transnational dialogues on reconciliation, accountability, and restorative justice. We invite contributions that explore:
Historical Contexts and Global Processes
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- Colonialism and its enduring legacies
- The transatlantic slave trade and its commemorations
- Indigenous genocide and cultural destruction
- Armed conflicts, civil wars, and their aftermath
- Dictatorships, authoritarianism, and state violence
- Mass atrocities and crimes against humanity
Contemporary Challenges and Methodological Innovations
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- Countering historical denial and revisionism
- Navigating contested memories and competing narratives
- Sharing authority with affected communities
- Ethical dilemmas in representing traumatic pasts
- Digital humanities, media, and social networks
- Museum practices and memorial sites
- Archives, and archival activism
- Educational approaches to sensitive histories
Voices and Perspectives
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- Survivor testimonies and intergenerational trauma
- Community-based historical projects
- Oral history and marginalised narratives
- Gender, sexuality, and intersectional approaches
- Youth engagement with difficult pasts
- Transnational and comparative perspectives
Justice and Reconciliation
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- Truth commissions and transitional justice
- Reparations and historical redress
- Memorialisation and commemoration practices
- Restorative justice approaches
- Healing and collective memory
- Building inclusive historical narratives
Calendar
Opening of the Call for Presentations: 30 September 2025
Deadline for Application: 30 November 7 December 2025 [new deadline]
Deadline for reviewers to do their reviews: 31 January 2026
Call for posters: January 2026
Results of the Call for Presentations will be announced by March 2026
Programme of the conference shall be available around June 2026
Deadline for registration for on-site attendance: August 2026
Conference: 7-11 September 2026
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7 (Segunda-feira) 11:00 am - 11 (Sexta-feira) 6:00 pm
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