Retired Full Professor in Contemporary History at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra. Member of the Scientific Council of the Centre of Interdisciplinary Studies – CEIS20 (since 1998), Research Coordinator of Europeísmo, Atlanticidade e Mundialização Group (CEIS20), Integrated Researcher at CEIS20, CEIS20 Scientific Coordinator (2007-2011), Corresponding Member of the Société d’Histoire de la Révolution de 1848 et des Révolutions du XIXème siècle (Paris) (since 1988), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Société des Études Fouriéristes (Besançon) (since 1988), Member of the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions (ICHRPI), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Centro de Estudos Ibéricos (since 1999), Corresponding Academic of the Academia Internacional da Cultura Portuguesa (since 2004), Member of the European Community Studies Association (ECSA) (since 2006), Corresponding Member of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (since 2008), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Punto Europa, Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet dell’Unversità di Bologna (since 2014), Full Member of the Portuguese Academy of History (chair number 1 – since 2017), Member of the Rede de História Contemporânea, of the International Network. Europe Southern Perspectives. Between the Atlantic and Mediterranean (ESP), partnership between CEIS20, Azores University, Center for Humanities of the University of Minho (CEHUM), University of Bologna-Forlì (since 2017), Visões Cruzadas sobre a Contemporaneidade – Rede de Estudos Interdisciplinares (VCC) Network Member, partnership between CEIS20, Methodist University of São Paulo, Brazilian Institute of Constitutional Law and University of São Paulo (since 2018), Member of the Comissão Externa de Acompanhamento do Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da UAC, Azores University (since 2019), Member of the Advisory Board of the General Library of University of Coimbra (since 2020). Member of the Editorial Board of the Revista de História das Ideias, FLUC (since 1987), Member of the Editorial Board of the Estudos do Século XX journal – CEIS20 (since 2001), Member of the Editorial Board, Editor and Director of the Debater a Europa journal – CEIS20 (since 2011) (online), Member of the Scientific Committee of The Romanian Journal of International Relations and European Studies, ARRISE, Asociatia Românâ de Relatii Internationale si Studii Europene, University of Oradea (since 2012), Member of the Advisory Committee of the electronic journal Intellectus, UERJ (since 2014), Member of the Honor Committee of the journal Studii Europene, ECSA – Moldova (since 2015), Member of the Editorial Council of the Revista de História das Ideias, FLUC, new serie (since 2016), Member of the Scientific Committee of the numerical journal Trayectorias Humanas Transcontinentales, Red ALEC (since 2016), Member of the Editorial Board of the Collection Euro-Atlântico. Espaço de Diálogos, EDUFCG/IUC (since 2017), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Collana del Centro Interuniversitario di ricerca sull’Storia del federalismo e dell’integrazione europea, Il Mulino, Bologna (since 2018), Director of the Estudos sobre a Europa Collection (2002-2012) and of the História Contemporânea Collection (until 2019), Member of the Scientific Council of the online journal CECIL, Cahiers d’Études des cultures ibériques et latino-américaines, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3 (since 2021). Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Oradea (Romania) in 2014. Visiting Professor of several universities, namely Hannover, Siena, Roma, Bolonha, Salamanca, Granada, Montpellier, Estrasburgo, Porto Alegre, Barcelona, Oradea. Has conducted seminars in several european universities under the Erasmus Programme. Main interests of scientific research: history of ideas, cultural history, political history, contemporary history.