The Imprensa de História Contemporânea [Contemporary History Press] has been renewed, with the appointment of Victor Pereira as Director and the creation of an Executive Committee composed of the Director, Pedro Martins, and Vasco Marques.
With a vast scientific career, Victor Pereira joined the IHC in August 2021 as Principal Researcher, coming from the Université of Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, where he directed the History Department (2013-2016) and the Presses de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour . He is also on the editorial board of the scientific journals Lusotopie, Histoire@politique, Análise Social, and Exils et migrations ibériques au XXème siècle.
The academic press created by the IHC in 2017, has been specialized in the dissemination of research works in the fields of History and Social Sciences, having already published seven original books authored by national researchers, in the Contemporânea collection, and two translations by foreign researchers, in the collection Trânsitos.
The Press Editorial Board is composed of Álvaro Garrido (CEIS20 – FLUC), Elisa Lopes da Silva (CRIA – Iscte-IUL), Luís Trindade (CEIS20 – FLUC), Maria João Vaz (CIES, Iscte – IUL), Maria Alexandre Lousada (CH – FLUL), Nuno Medeiros (CEComp – FLUL), and Paulo Jorge Fernandes (IHC – NOVA FCSH).
Other news
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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 -
Quintino Lopes was invited to act as an expert reviewer in the ERC Consolidator Grants 2025 competition -
The FCT has approved funding for the IPHAS exploratory project -
The IHC will participate in ERN with four activities for all ages -
The first issue of the journal was published in July 2015 -
He was appointed Deputy Director for Planning and Infrastructures -
RESONANCE is coordinated by Hélia Marçal -
He was one of the personalities honoured by Porto City Council -
The PETROSINES project was one of the six History projects that received funding from the FCT -
Statement from the team of the project FILMASPORA -
VINCULUM's application received an Honourable Mention in the European Union Prize for Citizen Science 2025 -
The book on the history of the national printing industry was the Gold Winner in the Editorial Design —... -
The paper by Quintino Lopes, Francisco de Lacerda, and Ana Simões, was the 2025 winner. -
Irene Flunser Pimentel was one of the personalities honoured ‘for her outstanding contribution to culture’. -
Miguel Carmo and José Filipe Costa worked on the film ‘I Only Rest in the Storm’ -
‘Angola: Saberes em movimento’ at the Frei Manuel do Cenáculo National Museum -
The PhD thesis was awarded the Francisco Canais Rocha Prize for studies on the labour movement
