The Governing Bodies of the IHC were elected on 7 May 2021.
The IHC Board of Directors is composed of six members:
President: José Neves
Vice-Presidents: Maria de Fátima Nunes and Paulo Jorge Fernandes
Members: Ana Isabel Queiroz, Joana Dias Pereira, and Rita Luís
The General Assembly has a Board of three members:
President: Cristina Joanaz de Melo
Vice-president: Ana Cristina Martins
Member: Daniel Alves
The Supervisory Board has three members:
President: Jorge M. Pedreira
Members: Elisabete Pereira and Maria Inácia Rezola
The IHC has a multidisciplinary scientific management team of five:
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Diana Barbosa |
| Science communication officer and press officer | |
| ✉️ comunicacao.ihc@fcsh.unl.pt // 📞 +351 217 908 300 ext. 40354 | |
| She has a Biology degree from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. Has been engaged in science communication since 2010. She worked in exhibitions, as a translator, trainer and producer of science dissemination activities and the promotion of scientific culture. Since 2016, she is responsible for the management of science communication at the IHC. | |
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Dilar Cascalheira |
| Financial management | |
| ✉️ ihc@fcsh.unl.pt // 📞 +351 217 908 390 | |
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Pedro Martins |
| Editorial management | |
| ✉️ pedromartins@fcsh.unl.pt // 📞 +351 217 908 300 ext. 40355 | |
| He has a PhD in Contemporary History from the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities and from the University of Lucerne (Switzerland). He has mainly worked on research related to the history of tourism, uses of the past, cinema, and child labour. Since 2020, he is the director of Práticas da História. Journal on Theory, Historiography and Uses of the Past. | |
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Paula Gentil Santos |
| IHC’s assistant at the University of Évora | |
| ✉️ cehfc@uevora.pt // 📞 +351 266 740 800 | |
| Masters in Management, with specialisation in Human Resources. Degree in International Relations. With 22 years of experience in the management and implementation of national and international projects. Senior Technician in the Science and Cooperation Services — Technical Support Office for Research Units and Chairs at University of Évora. | |
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Vasco Marques |
| Scientific outputs management, fundraising, and pre-award | |
| ✉️ bibliometria.ihc@fcsh.unl.pt // 📞 +351 217 908 300 ext. 40354 | |
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The Permanent External Scientific Advisory Committee (CEPAC) carries out monitoring and advisory functions on the research activities developed in the framework of the IHC.
It is composed of Five academics:
- Diego Palacios Cerezales (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- Ewa Domanska (Adam Mickiewicz University)
- Melanie Torrent (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)
- Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
- Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela).
From left to right: Diego Palacios Cerezales, Ewa Domanska, Melanie Torrent, Stefan Berger, and Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas.
