As part of the IHC’s efforts to consolidate scientific careers, eleven new permanent contracts were signed.
In mid-2025, Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez, winner of an ERC Starting Grant, was hired by FCSH as an Assistant Researcher. As part of the STEXEU project, Arturo put together a research team that will study the impact of states of exception on European democracies and their possible influence on the emergence of authoritarian regimes. At the University of Évora, Sara Albuquerque was also hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘History of Science, Technology, Scientific Heritage, and the Environment (19th and 20th Centuries)’.
As part of the FCT Tenure funding, at the end of 2025, the eight positions allocated to the IHC were filled: Victor Pereira was hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘Migrations and Globalisation in Historical Perspective’; Aurora Almada e Santos was hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘Colonialism, Anti-Colonialism, Decolonisation’; Marta Macedo was hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘History in the Age of the Anthropocene’; Rui Lopes was hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘Cultural Mediations: Historical Research and Archives’; Ricardo Noronha was hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘Social Movements, State and Capitalism in Contemporary History’; Bárbara Direito was hired as an Assistant Researcher in the area of ‘Empire and Global History: Science, Technology and Labour’; Rita Luís was hired as an Assistant Professor for the Department of History, specialising in the area of ‘History of Fascisms, Anti-Fascism and Authoritarianism’; and Joana Dias Pereira was also hired as an Assistant Professor for the Department of History, specialising in the area of ‘History of the Long Nineteenth Century (Society, Politics, Economy)’.
In 2026, the open competition for an Assistant Researcher at IN2PAST, who would be integrated into the IHC, was completed. The researcher selected to conduct historical research on the contemporary period was Gaia Giuliani.
Other news
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Distinguished social and cultural historian from the University of Oxford -
Film cycle focusing on the relationship between his work and this art form -
Special supplement to the journal História, Ciências, Saúde — Manguinhos -
Awarded jointly by the IHC and the Monument to the Discoveries / Lisboa Cultura -
The IHC is one of the participating institutions of the Transatlantic Crossroads Lab -
It was the winner of the Best Partnership Project -
The commemorative session marked his retirement -
Programme aims to familiarise students with historical research and its tools -
received three awards at the Caminhos do Cinema Português festival -
The two activities hosted by the IHC will take place on 25 November -
The IHC supported applications for four different PhD Research Scholarships calls -
Isabel Baltazar was honoured at the International Educational Awards -
The Government of Us All. 50 Years of Democratic Local Government (1976–2026) -
‘Links with History: discovering the historic houses of Ribeira Lima’ was the nominated initiative -
FCSH will celebrate its Research and Innovation Day with the theme ‘Research on Track’ -
Mélanie Toulhoat was invited to join the DEGESUD team — Decentering the “sciences of childhood” -
New research contracts: four in the Junior category and four in the Assistant category -
Statement of condolence from the Boards of IHC, IEM and CHAM -
Note of condolence on the passing of researcher Cristina Nogueira
