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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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 -
Catarina Laranjeiro and Inês Vieira Gomes are the curators of the exhibition -
The first fiction feature by José Filipe Costa will be premiered in Portugal at the Indie Lisboa -
'Before Being Independence, It Was a Struggle For Liberation' recently opened -
Civil Society Forum on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life -
Joana Dias Pereira is a member of IFPH's Steering Committee -
SMS — Shared Memories of Solidarity was selected for funding by the FCT -
Community on the Zenodo platform, EU Open Research Repository, and a set of books on OAPEN -
Collaborative museology with Kanawayuri Marcello Kamaiurá and Auakamu Kamayurá -
Eça de Queirós in Egypt and the Opening of the Suez Canal -
Conference and exhibition at the Santos Rocha Municipal Museum, Figueira da Foz -
The winner of the Amílcar Cabral Prize will be in Lisbon next week
