Last October, Eunice Relvas was appointed coordinator of Lisbon’s Municipal Newspaper Library. Until then, the IHC researcher had also been a researcher at the Lisbon City Council’s Gabinete de Estudos Olisiponenses, where she was developing a project on the councilors of the Lisbon City Council in the First Republic.
Eunice Relvas received her PhD in History in 2014 with the thesis “Eleições Municipais em Lisboa na I República (1910-1926)” [Municipal Elections in Lisbon in the First Republic (1910-1926)], presented to NOVA FCSH. She published, among others, the boooks “Esmola e Degredo. Mendigos e Vadios em Lisboa (1835-1910)” (Livros Horizonte, 2002) and “Coretos em Lisboa (1790-1990)“(Editorial Fragmentos, 1991) — co-authored with Pedro Bebiano Braga, winner of the Júlio Castilho Award. She is currently also the coordinator of the 1820 Revolution Bicentennial Municipal Commemorations.
Other news
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Between 2 and 31 March, at the Portuguese Cinematheque -
She is now a Visiting Researcher at CAST, University of Bologna -
Following elections held on 15 December 2025, the new governing bodies took office for the 2026-2028 term -
Applications are open until 16 February -
Will take office as a Full Member -
The city took up the challenge launched by the IHC last year -
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
