Sep 15, 2026 | Highlights, News
The new members of the IHC’s Governing Bodies and the Coordinators of its Research Groups were elected yesterday at the General Assembly. Rui Lopes, a Research Assistant at FCSH, was elected President of the Board, having served on the previous board as...
Sep 10, 2026 | Highlights, News
The PHONLAB project, coordinated by Quintino Lopes, is nearing completion and is set to achieve one of its major objectives: the opening of the Armando de Lacerda Wing: Laboratory of Experimental Phonetics of Coimbra, which has transformed the former premises of the...
Jul 27, 2026 | Highlights, News
In partnership with the Monument to the Discoveries / Lisboa Cultura, the IHC has launched the call for entries for the fifth edition of the Amílcar Cabral Prize, which aims to “to honour an article of historical research that deals with any topic or issue relating to...
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...
