Paths of Historiography: History and Social Sciences from the 1940s to the Present Day

Paths of Historiography: History and Social Sciences from the 1940s to the Present Day


Organized by Research Centers from all over the country, with the collaboration of the Comemorative Commission 50 Years of the 25th of April, the cycle will take place between October 2023 and April 2024. Seven seminars are planned, with monthly attendance and free access. The selected papers will later be collected in a book.
This initiative aims to develop and deepen knowledge about the guidelines and practices adopted by History and by other Social Sciences and Humanities in Portugal since the 1940s, namely by mobilizing young researchers.

More informations: https://www.50anos25abril.pt/noticias/call-for-papers-caminhos-da-historiografia

Seminar 1: History in the public space. The world of publishing and mass media; museums and exhibitions

Coordinators: Luís Trindade (NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST); Maria João Vaz (CIES-ISCTE)

Venue: National Library (Lisbon)

Date: October 18, 2023 | 9h30 am – 6h45 pm


Seminar 2: Teaching and history policies in universities, academies and private institutions

Coordinators: Nuno Estêvão (FCH-UCP); J.P. Avelãs Nunes (CEIS20-FLUC).

Venue: Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra

Date: December 12, 2023 | 10h00 am – 5h35 pm

Seminar 3: Historiographies and historians. Theoretical and practical orientations

Coordinators: Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro (ICS-ULisboa) and Luís Filipe Barreto (CH-ULisboa)

Venue: Institute of Social Sciences | Maria de Sousa Room

Date: December 5, 2023 | 10 am

Seminar 4: Expatriate and foreign historians

Coordinators: Cristina Clímaco (IHTP/CNRS) and Fernando Martins (CIDEHUS-University of Évora)

Venue: University of Évora | Room 124 – Colégio do Espírito Santo

Date: January 5, 2024

Seminar 5: Instrumentalization of the past: commemorations and other ritualizations. Historiography and nationalisms

Coordinators: Pedro Martins (IHC/NOVA-FCSH) and Susana Serpa Pinto (CHAM/NOVA-FCSH)

Venue: University of Azores | Anf. VIII

Date: February 20, 2024

Seminar 6: What’s left of interdisciplinarity? Historiography, social sciences and humanities

Coordinators: Paulo Fontes (UCP-CEHR) | Irene Vaquinhas (CHSC – FLUC)

Venue: Portuguese Catholic University | Room 136

Date: March 12, 2024

Seminar 7: The Revolution of 25 April 1974: historiography and politics of memory

Coordinators: João Arriscado Nunes (CES-UC) | José Manuel Lopes Cordeiro (CICS-UM)

Venue: National Library of Portugal

Date: 16 April 2024