It is with great sadness that the IHC announces the death of António Pedro Vicente, Emeritus Researcher at the Institute. António Pedro Vicente received his doctorate in History from the University of Paris/Nanterre. He was a Full Professor at the NOVA University of...
The exhibition about the Portuguese who were deported to the Third Reich and subjected to forced labour in the Nazi concentration system, initially designed for the Cultural Centre of Belém, has now been extended and renovated at the Museum of Neo-Realism in Vila...
Chilean historian Ricardo Pérez Haristoy was the winner of the third edition of the Amílcar Cabral Prize, an award promoted by the Institute of Contemporary History and the Monument to the Discoveries / EGEAC. The prize was awarded for the article ‘South America’s...
The Academy of Sciences of Lisbon awarded the Júlio Fogaça Prize 2024 ex-aequo to Jorge M. Pedreira for his essay ‘Estrutura da Antiga Sociedade Portuguesa: Ordem social e sistemas de classificação – Revisitação de um problema historiográfico’ [Structure of...
Irene Flunser Pimentel won the Lusitania – History Prize from the Portuguese Academy of History for her book ‘Do 25 de Abril de 1974 ao 25 de Novembro de 1975 – Episódios menos conhecidos’ [From 25 April 1974 to 25 November 1975 – Lesser-known episodes]....
As part of the History in the Public Sphere Programme, the IHC has prepared a set of five activities for Science and Technology Week, which will run from 18 to 24 November. The IHC has thus joined a group of around 80 national institutions that, in collaboration with...
