The IHC will be taking part in the commemoration of Science and Technology Week and the National Day of Scientific Culture, which is celebrated on 24 November, with free activities open to the public in Évora, Lisbon, and Figueira da Foz. On 20 November, the...
The book “Entre o Império e a NATO: Portugal e os Estados Unidos da América (1949-1961)” [Between Empire and NATO: Portugal and the United States of America (1949-1961)], by Daniel Marcos, received the 2022 National Defence Prize, awarded by the Ministry of National...
Leonor Areal claims to have found rare moving images of the poet Fernando Pessoa in a silent film from 1913, digitised by the Portuguese Cinematheque, in which people are seen leaving a concert at the former Teatro República, now the Teatro Municipal São Luiz, in...
Researcher Rita Luís has been invited to join Entangled Media Histories (EMHIS), a research network for European media historians whose main aim is “to challenge the traditional blind spots in perspective and common methodological nationalism of media historical...
The IHC has opened a call for contributions for its project CONNECTING PORTUGUESE HISTORY. Digital Dictionary of the Modern World, which will bring together articles from historians and social scientists from different national and foreign universities. The call for...
Fire in the Mud, the documentary directed by Catarina Laranjeiro and Daniel Barroca, won the Doclisboa INATEL Foundation Award for Best Film Dealing with Cultural and Traditional Practices as well as Intangible Cultural Heritage. As we previously reported, Fire in the...
