Isabel Baltazar was this year’s winner of the History of Europe Prize — Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for her book Repensar Portugal e a Ideia de Europa. Pensamento Contemporâneo [Rethinking Portugal and the Idea of Europe. Contemporary Thought], awarded by the Portuguese History Academy.
The book, published in 2019 by Theya Editores with the support of IHC and the Municipality of Tomar, where the author is from, “intends to show the presence of the idea of Europe in contemporary thought” and highlights “the Europeanity of Portugal and Portugal’s position vis-à-vis Europe ”. The preface was authored by Eduardo Lourenço.
Last year, the same prize was given to Fernando Rosas, for the book Salazar e os Fascismos. Ensaio breve de história comparada [Salazar and Fascisms. Brief essay of comparative history] (Tinta da China, 2019). The award ceremony is scheduled for 9 December 2020.
Other News
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José Miguel Ferreira's thesis received an Honourable Mention from the Victor Sá Award for Contemporary History -
Leonor Areal's film-essay was awarded an honourable mention in the Caminhos do Cinema Português festival. -
The exhibition dedicated to the history and legacies of Amílcar Cabral inaugurated in Bissau. -
The IHC will be taking part with free activities in Évora, Lisbon, and Figueira da Foz. -
The book Entre o Império e a NATO, by Daniel Marcos, received the 2022 National Defence Prize -
Leonor Areal claims to have found images of Fernando Pessoa in a film from 1913. -
Rita Luís has been invited to join EMHIS, a research network for European media historians. -
The project will bring together articles from historians and social scientists from different universities. -
Best Film Dealing with Cultural and Traditional Practices as well as Intangible Cultural Heritage -
In September the Creole Connections/Conexiones Creoles platform was launched -
On 13 October the IHC paid tribute to the first Emeritus Researchers -
Fogo no Lodo, directed by Catarina Laranjeiro and Daniel Barroca, will premiere at Doclisboa -
Sakiru Adebayo, winner of the Amílcar Cabral Prize 2022, will be in Lisbon next week. -
The journals Aniki and HoST have been accepted by the Scopus platform. -
British historian Sue Onslow is the third IHC Visiting Scholar -
The exhibition on the life story of Stefan Rozenfeld will open on 21 September -
The IHC's Scientific Committee decided unanimously to send a letter to the publisher Routledge -
The IHC will participare in the first NOVA FCSH Research and Innovation Day -
The new Governing Bodies and Coordinators of the IHC's Research Groups were elected in General Assembly. -
The exhibition, an output of the European research project FORCED, will open on 12 September
