📰 Fernando Rosas was one of the people interviewed by Universitetsläraren, with whom he spoke about his experience as a political prisoner in the Peniche Fort, as a lecturer at the dawn of democracy in the university, and about the foundation of the IHC in the 1990's.
Amanhã, o Rúben Serém, da University of Nottingham, vai dar uma aula aberta na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas dedicada à guerra civil de Espanha, à participação portuguesa no conflito e à investigação sobre o legado do franquismo na Espanha do século XXI.
I decided to try a new blog thingy, starting with a bit of opinion on history with focus on actual #oralHistory / lived history, and how it shapes people.
📖 In a chapter of the book "Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain", Vera Marques Alves explores how modernism and transnational connections shaped the folklore policy of the Estado Novo, in particular the nationalist uses of folk carried out by the regime's propaganda service (the Secretariat of National Propaganda).
📖 The book "Consuls in the Cold War", edited by Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire, includes a chapter authored by Pedro Aires Oliveira dedicated to the diplomatic relations between Portugal and the People's Republic of China in the mid-20th century. 🇵🇹 🇨🇳
📖 In a paper published in Women's History Review, Jesús Bermejo examines the work of an overlooked Portuguese female intellectual within the League of Nations' history: Virgínia de Castro e Almeida.
🗣 The call for papers of the international conference "Religious Consciences and Colonialism: Experiences and Legacies" was extended until 21 October.
The meeting will explore religious figures and institutions which raised their voices and took action again colonialism and the dictatorship of the Estado Novo.