Apr 23, 2026 | Highlights, News
Report by Rita Hasse Ferreira / Photos by Diana Barbosa ‘It is very important to keep the history of democracy in Portugal very much in the public eye,’ says historian Fernando Rosas, who turned 80 on 18 April. Honoured on 20 April at NOVA FCSH, where he...
Apr 22, 2026 | Highlights
Utopias and dystopias in cinema: Metropolis (2027), one hundred years later Deadline: 31 July 2026 The year 2027 marks the centenary of the release of Metropolis, a monumental cinematic work directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbou. A hundred years later,...
Feb 6, 2026 | Highlights, Uncategorized
On Catastrophe: Visual Reflections and Practices Deadline: 15 April 2026 Editors: Farah Polato (Università di Padova) and Gaia Giuliani (IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST) This call aims to engage with the fertile mutual contamination generated within artistic and media...
Feb 6, 2026 | Highlights, Uncategorized
Cultures of Fire Deadline: 30 September 2026 Fire occupies a central and ambivalent place in the history of humankind. Conceived as one of the four classical elements and mythologically represented as a gift wrested from the gods, it lies at the foundation of human...
Dec 2, 2025 | Highlights, News
The IHC has launched a new programme, History is at School! [A História está na Escola!], which in 2026 will be dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic. The overall aim of the programme is to familiarise students at different...
Nov 14, 2025 | Highlights, News
Continuing our programme of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of 25 April 1974, in 2026 we wish to mark the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the 1976 Democratic Constitution, which enshrines decentralisation, democratisation and the extension of the powers...
