Curriculum Vitae
Duncan Simpson
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Duncan Simpson
Citation names
- Simpson, Duncan
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- E81A-C6D2-559F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7851-2071
Email addresses
- duncan.simpson@ics.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- duncan_alastair_simpson@brown.edu (Professional)
- duncan.a.simpson@gmail.com (Personal)
Addresses
- Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Av. Professor Aníbal de Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - History and Archaeology - History
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| French (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Intermediate (B1) | Proficiency (C2) | Intermediate (B1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| Italian | Elementary (A2) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2006/09/01 - 2011/02/01
Concluded
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Portuguese Studies (Pathway: History) (Doctor of Philosophy)
King's College London, United Kingdom
"The Catholic Church and the Salazarist New State" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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N/A |
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2005/09/01 - 2006/08/31
Concluded
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Portuguese Studies (Pathway: History) (Master)
King's College London, United Kingdom
"The Catholic Church and the Portuguese Dictatorial Regime: the Case of Paul VI's Visit to Fátima." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Awarded with distinction |
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1993/09/01 - 1998/08/31
Concluded
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European Studies (Pathway: History) (Bachelor)
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
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2:1 |
Affiliation
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/06/01 - Current | Research Fellow | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal | ||
| 2019/06/17 - 2021/06/16 | Marie Curie Research Fellow | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
| Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal | ||
| 2019/01/01 - 2019/05/31 | Assistant Researcher FCT | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 | Lecturer/Researcher (ATER, Attaché Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche) | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
| Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France | ||
| 2011/09/01 - 2013/08/31 | Teaching Assistant | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
| Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/06/01 - Current | Public Letter-Writing in Salazar's Portugal (1933-1974)
2021.02904.CEECIND/CP1696/CT0007
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2019/06/17 - 2021/06/16 | The PIDE and Portuguese Society under the Salazar Dictatorship 1945-1974: Fear, Self-Policing, Accommodation.
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/842320/EU
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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European Commission
Concluded
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/05/31 | IMF interventions in Portugal
PTDC/HAR-HIS/28187/2017
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics Unidade de Investigação, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Book review |
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| Conference paper |
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| Dictionary entry |
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/06/27 | Living 'By Habit' Under the Estado Novo: Letters of Ordinary Citizens to Salazar in the 1960s | Everyday Dictatorship Project - Extending the Comparative Frame of 'Everyday Life History' Approaches (to Dictatorship, Colonial
and Illiberal Regimes): Southern Europe, Southern Africa, South America.
University of Saint Andrews (Saint Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom)
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| 2024/05/02 | 'The Repressive Apparatus of the Salazar Dictatorship' | Portuguese Language Day - Dia Mundial da Língua Portuguesa e da Cultura da CPLP
Bristol Community College, Lusocentro (Fall River, Massachusetts , United States)
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| 2024/04/25 | Portuguese Society and Salazar's Political Police (PIDE) Before and After the Revolution of 25 April 1974. | The Portuguese and Lusophone-World Lecture Series | 50th Anniversary of the Carnation Revolution
New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States)
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| 2024/04/12 | Clientelism, Propaganda and Social Control: Letters of Ordinary Citizens to Salazar in the mid-1960s. | Research Seminars Series
Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
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| 2024/03/18 | "O Povo de Salazar": Letters of Ordinary Citizens to the Dictator in the Period of Late Salazarism | Research Seminar
Saab Center for Portuguese Studies, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Lowell, Massachusetts, United States)
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| 2023/10/08 | The Exercise of Power at the Micro Level Under Late Salazarism: the PIDE, the Portuguese Legion and Portuguese Society (1958-1968) | International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies (ComFas), Sixth Convention - Central European University, Vienna
Austria
Central European University (Vienna, Austria)
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| 2023/07/17 | Micro-level power under dictatorship: Society and the political police in Salazarist Portugal, Nazi Germany, and the GDR. | Annual World Congress of the International Political Science Association
Universidad Católica Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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| 2023/05/11 | "Em Portugal manda Deus e abaixo de Deus manda o Ex. Senhor Doutor Oliveira Salazar": Sociedade e poder nas cartas de Portugueses à Presidência do Conselho. | Seminário "Cidadania, democracia e reformismo"
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2023/01/16 | Cabras, casas, e outras petições: os Portugueses e Marcello Caetano no dia 24 de Abril de 1974 | Seminar Series of the ICS Research Group "History, Memory and Society"
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2021/12/14 | Outreach e Investigação Sobre a PIDE: Dificuldades e Obstáculos. | Fórum ICS 2021. "Extensão universitária no ICS: comunicação, divulgação, envolvimento."
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2021/07/14 | Everyday Life Under the PIDE: Ordinary Citizens and Salazar's Secret Police (1960-1974). | International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Conference 2021
Online (due to Covid-19 pandemic)
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| 2021/05/21 | Everyday Interactions Between Ordinary Citizens and the PIDE (1955-1974). | Rethinking Salazarist Repression
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2021/04/23 | Ordinary Citizens and the PIDE: a Quantitative Survey (1955-1974). | Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, 51st Annual Conference
University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
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| 2020/12/03 | A Sociedade Portuguesa e a PIDE nos anos 50 e 60. | International Congress "Los Desafíos de la Policía en la Historia Contemporánea"
Universidade Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
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| 2020/09/23 | The Multifaceted Appeal of the Portuguese New State: Foreign Book Donors in Salazar's Library. | Jornada Internacional Dictaduras a Ambos Lados del Atlántico
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
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| 2019/11/21 | The PIDE and Portuguese Society under the Salazar Dictatorship 1945-1974. | Forum ICS 2019. "Social Science in Motion. New Research at ICS."
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/11/16 | Para uma História Social da PIDE: Balanço Historiográfico e Novas Pistas de Investigação. | XXXIXth Congress of the Portuguese Association of Social and Economic History (APHES)
University of Faro (Faro, Portugal)
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| 2019/11/15 | Successful non-compliance: IMF interventions in Portugal between 1977 and 1979. | XXXIXth Congress of the Portuguese Association of Economic and Social History (APHES)
University of Faro (Faro, Portugal)
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| 2019/11/04 | Representations of the PIDE Since 1974: 'Antifascist' Memory, Historiography and the Missing Dimension in the Relation Between Society and Salazar's Secret Police. | Seminar series of the ICS Research Group "Power, Society and Globalisation"
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/02 | Between History and Memory: Representations of the PIDE since 1974. | Seminar Series of the ICS Research Group "Regimes and Political Institutions"
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2018/05/30 | Cartas de denúncia na última década do Estado Novo. | Conference for the Research Group "Justiça, Regulação e Sociedade"
Institute of Contemporary History, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2012/05/19 | Anticlericalismo e laicismo na formulação da política religiosa de Salazar. | First National Congress of Contemporary History
Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2011/09/30 | O catolicismo português e o autoritarismo salazarista. | Research Seminar "Os extremos políticos de direita: entre a tradição e a renovação"
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2011/04/18 | Os católicos e o Estado Novo salazarista nos anos 30. | Research Seminar "As direitas na época contemporânea em Portugal e no Brasil"
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/05/21 - 2021/05/21 | Organiser of the International Research Seminar "Rethinking Salazarist Repression", held at the Institute of Social Sciences
of the University of Lisbon on 21 May 2021. The seminar included the presentation and discussion of six papers given by researchers
from the University of California Irvine, the University of Geneva, the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra,
the New University of Lisbon, and the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. (2021/05/21 - 2021/05/21)
Seminar (Other)
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Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/03/07 - 2023/03/07 | On 7 March 2023 I gave a two-hour research seminar at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid directed at the students of the Erasmus
Mundus International Master in South European Studies (EUROSUD). Seminar title: "Social and memorial obstacles to research
on Southern Europe's twentieth-century dictatorships: the case of Salazar's political police (PIDE)".
Seminar
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EUROSUD Research Seminar Series 2022-2023
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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| 2022/12/15 - 2022/12/15 | On 15 December 2022 I was chair of the panel for Session 4 of the international conference "Political Outbreaks Against the
Liberal Order (1917-1940)". The session was devoted to "Debates in Contemporary Society: Legacies of Political Outbreaks".
The conference was held at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Conference
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Political Outbreaks Against the Liberal Order (1917-1940)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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| 2022/11/30 - 2022/11/30 | On 30 November 2022 I was part of the panel in a round table discussion organised in the context of the "Oficina Doutoral
Anual do IHC" (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). The event was devoted to debating the memory politics involving the Salazar dictatorship.
It was held at the Palácio Galveias, Lisbon.
Round table
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"As linhas com que se cose a memória": Representações da ditadura em Portugal.
Instituto de História Contemporânea, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2020/10/02 - 2020/10/02 | On 2 October 2020 I was the keynote speaker at the annual "José Medeiros Ferreira Conference" (Universidade Nova de Lisboa),
marking the start of the academic year for PhD students in the History Department. The conference takes the form of a one-hour
paper delivered by the invited speaker, followed by a debate session involving the doctoral students and teaching staff .
A particular emphasis is placed on issues of research methodology. My conference focused on the research programme I was then
carrying out as a Marie Curie Fellow at the ICS-UL.
Conference
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A Sociedade Portuguesa e a PIDE 1955-1974: Reflexões Metodológicas e Resultados de uma Investigação em Curso.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2020/02/13 - 2020/02/13 | Discussant at the sixth session of the cycle "Através dos Livros", organised by the Institute of Contemporary History of the
Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The cycle is designed to allow for debate sessions around recently published books in the subject
area of contemporary Portuguese history. In this particular session, I commented on Irene Pimentel's Os Cinco Pilares da PIDE
(Lisbon: Esfera dos Livros, 2019). My comments were then followed by a debate between myself, the author and the members of
the audience.
Round table
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Através dos Livros
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2024/06/18 | On 18 June 2024 I was part of the jury for the evaluation of a doctoral thesis in Modern and Contemporary History submitted
at the ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa ('Doutoramento em História Moderna e Contemporânea'). Title of the thesis:
'A Legião Portuguesa e a sua ação preventiva e de vigilância durante o Estado Novo (1936-1974)'.
(Thesis) Arguer
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Tiago Alexandre Palaré Barros Pinto (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2022/01/18 | Member of the jury for the evaluation of the MA Dissertation by Ana Ribeiro Gomes, Padre Felicidade: da militância católica
à oposição praticante ao Estado Novo, at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 18/01/2022.
(Thesis) Arguer
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Ana Maria Soares Ribeiro Gomes (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2020/01/01 - Current | International Political Science Association | Associated member |
| 2019/01/01 - Current | Association of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies | Associated member |
| 2013/01/01 - Current | Associated member of the international research group 'Direitas, História e Memória'. | Associated member |
| 2012/01/01 - Current | Institute of Contemporary History (IHC), Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Associated member |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/01/01 - 2024/05/31 | During the Fall Semester of 2024 (1 January-31 May), I was FLAD Visiting Professor at Brown University (Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies), Rhode Island, USA. My responsibilities included teaching the undergraduate course "Salazar's Dictatorship in Comparative Historical Perspective: From the Fascist Era to Decolonization (1932-1974)". | History (Bachelor) | Brown University, United States |
| 2023/09/18 - 2023/12/11 | Over the course of the first semester of the 2023-2024 academic year, I taught the course in "History and Politics of the Contemporary World" to second- and third-year Erasmus BA students in Journalism at the Escola Superior de Comunicação Social of the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (ESCS-IPL). My tasks encompassed teaching, grading, and providing the students with academic support. | History and Politics of the Contemporary World (Bachelor) | Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal |
| 2023/05/19 - 2023/05/19 | On 19 May 2023 I gave two 90-minute classes on the BA Journalism course (First Year students) at the Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa. The subject of both classes was "Repressão no Estado Novo: a Polícia Política, a Oposição, e a Sociedade Portuguesa". | Journalism (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Portugal |
| 2022/12/15 - 2022/12/15 | On 15 December 2022 I gave a three-hour class on the subject "História Oral: Métodos e Prática". The class is part of the MetodICS course, a postgraduate course offering a practical, multidisciplinary approach to methods and techniques used in the analysis of social phenomena. This annual, one-semester course is held at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. | MetodICS (Pós-Graduação) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
| 2022/10/13 - 2022/10/13 | On 13 October 2022, I taught a seminar on the PIUDHist course (Programa Inter-Universitário de Doutoramento em História) at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-UL). The seminar addressed the main aspects in the construction of a research project using a concrete example. Title of the seminar: "Investigar a PIDE: Problematização, Metodologias, Fontes". | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
| 2021/04/06 - 2021/04/06 | Upon invitation by the Department of History of UNIRIO (Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro), on 6 April 2021 I gave a class on the undergraduate course 'Research in Contemporary History'. Title of the class: "Os portugueses e a PIDE 1955-1974: Problematização, Metodologia e Interpretação". | Pesquisa em História Contempoânea (Bachelor) | Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2020/12/03 - 2020/12/03 | On 3 December 2020, I taught a seminar on the PIUDHist course (Programa Inter-Universitário de Doutoramento em História), held at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. The class focused on research methodologies and their application. Title of the class: "A Sociedade Portuguesa e a PIDE 1955-1974: Problematizar, Definir Metodologias e Interpretar Resultados". | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
| 2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 | "Histoire des pratiques corporelles en Europe (1870-1945)". The course offered a historical approach to the development of corporal practices in Europe, focusing on the complex interplay of economic, ideological, religious and political factors in the emergence of modern attitudes to the body and their effect on such practices as physical education. The course focused primarily on France (from the end of the Second Empire to the Vichy regime) but included also a comparative dimension (Britain, Germany, Italy). | STAPS et Sciences de l'Education (Licence) | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
| 2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 | "Histoire contemporaine des pratiques corporelles en France de 1945 à nos jours". The course analysed the factors that shaped the evolution of corporal practices in post-war France, from a model rooted in ideological instrumentalisation and statist intervention to the emergence of massified leisure activities, alternative forms of corporal expression and the feminisation of practices. The course covered the period between the Fourth Republic and the present day, with a particular emphasis on the socio-economic impact of the "Trente Glorieuses". | STAPS et Sciences de l'Education (Licence) | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
| 2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 | "Méthodologie du travail universitaire: la présentation en histoire". The course offered a practical approach to the methods of oral presentation in the field of contemporary history. It included the assimilation of the techniques of critical analysis applied to historical documents, both written and iconographic. | STAPS et Sciences de l'Education (Licence) | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
| 2011/09/01 - 2013/08/31 | "Modern and Contemporary History". The course provided an introduction to the contemporary history of the Western world, centred on its institutional, economic and political evolution from the liberal revolutions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the current era of globalisation. In seminar format, it aimed primarily to encourage a critical engagement with some of the most important historiographical debates that have shaped the principal currents of historical interpretation since 1945. | Economics (Licenciatura) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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| 2015/06/30 - Current | Since 2015 I have reviewed several academic articles (as anonymous peer reviewer) in the field of contemporary European history,
namely for European History Quarterly (SAGE Journals), Portuguese Studies (MHRA, King's College London), Ler História (ISCTE-IUL,
Portugal), Archivum Historiae Pontificiae (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome), Tempo e Argumento (UDESC, Brazil), Lusitânia
Sacra (UCP, Portugal).
Evaluator
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| 2022/11/08 - 2022/12/04 | Upon invitation by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), I acted as anonymous reviewer for a 3-year research project
proposal, submitted at the post-doctoral level. Subject area: contemporary history; Portugal and its African colonies; history
of everyday life; history from below.
Evaluator
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Fonds National Suisse, Switzerland | |
| 2021/11/18 - 2021/12/20 | Upon invitation by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), I acted as anonymous reviewer for a 4-year research project
submitted at the post-doctoral level. Subject area: contemporary history; Portugal and its African colonies; history of everyday
life.
Evaluator
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Fonds National Suisse, Switzerland |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/04/12 | On 12 April 2024, I gave an interview to The Herald News (Fall River, Massachusetts) on the relations between Portuguese society and Salazar's political police (PIDE) both before and in the immediate aftermath of the Revolution of 25 April 1974. | The Herald News |
| 2022/04/24 | Interview in the magazine Domingo, supplement of the Correio da Manhã, on my new book "'Tenho o prazer de informar o Senhor Director...': Cartas de Portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968)". | Domingo (Correio da Manhã) |
| 2022/04/16 | Interview in the newspaper Observador on my new book "'Tenho o prazer de informar o Senhor Director...': Cartas de Portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968)". | Observador |
| 2021/05/16 | Interview on my most recent research (relations between the Portuguese and the PIDE, questions of historiography, reflections on collaboration, collusion, popular support for the Salazar regime) published in the online edition of the Portuguese weekly news magazine Sábado, on 16 May 2021. | Sábado |
| 2019/09/15 | In September 2019 I gave a two-page interview in the Portuguese daily newspaper Público. In it I discussed my current research on the history of the PIDE 'from below', my main argument being that the established historiographical narrative of violence and repression needs to be nuanced and completed. The relation between ordinary citizens and the PIDE was far more interactive and multifaceted than has been acknowledged until now, and the longevity of the Salazar regime was also in part the result of these 'everyday' interactions with the PIDE. | Público |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2024/09/04 - 2024/09/04 | On 4 September 2024 I was interviewed in the context of the podcast New Books Network. The interview focused on the (inter)relations between Portuguese society and Salazar's political police in the 1960s and the heuristic benefits of a bottom-up approach for studying the mechanisms of social control and the PIDE in particular. | The heuristic value of studying the Salazarist political police from below. |
| 2024/06/12 - 2024/06/12 | On 12 June 2024 I was recorded in a filmed interview in the context of a documentary to be shown on the French public television network (France Télévisions) in October 2024. Title yet unknown. | The Salazar regime and the Catholic Church, in particular the cult of Our Lady of Fátima. |
| 2024/04/15 - 2024/04/15 | On 15 April 2024 I was interviewed in the context of the TV programme "À Conversa", presented by Professor Onésimo Teotónio Almeida, on The Portuguese Channel, the main Portuguese language cable network in the USA. | The relations between the Catholic Church and the Salazar regime; the relation between ordinary citizens and Salazar's political police (PIDE). |
| 2024/03/10 - 2024/03/10 | On 10 March 2024, I was interviewed on Radio WJFD, the biggest Portuguese radio station in the USA, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The interview took place in the context of the programme 'Conversas que importam' and focused on my experience as FLAD visiting professor at Brown University and my recent research. | History from below, Portuguese society and the PIDE |
| 2023/11/23 - 2023/11/23 | On 23 November 2023 I was interviewed in the context of a report on the television channel Deutsche Welle (Brazilian edition). The report is entitled: "Brasileiros em Portugal: presênça incómoda?" | The experience of Brazilian immigrants in Portugal and the issue of latent xenophobia in Portuguese society. |
| 2023/10/30 - 2023/10/30 | On 30 October 2023, I was interviewed in the context of the podcast 'Repórter 360', hosted by the national newspaper Público. The title of the programme was 'O Evangelho segundo o Estado laico'. | Relations between the Catholic Church and the Portuguese State, laicity and secularisation. |
| 2023/08/10 - 2023/08/10 | On 10 August 2023 I took part in the radio programme "Religions du Monde" broadcast by Radio France Internationale. The subject of the programme was "Fátima, histoire d'un sanctuaire marial au centre de l'Église catholique au Portugal". My contributions as an interviewee focused on the relations between the Salazar regime and the Fátima sanctuary, and the political dimensions of the "Fátima message". | The Fátima sanctuary in its political dimensions. |
| 2022/08/10 - 2022/08/10 | On 10 August 2022 I was interviewed on the history podcast "E o resto é história", hosted by João Miguel Tavares and Rui Ramos (Rádio Observador). The programme was broadcast on the radio station and simultaneously released in a filmed podcast version. The interview focused on the main themes of my latest book "'Tenho o prazer de informar o Senhor Director...': Cartas de Portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968)". | The relations between ordinary citizens and Salazar's political police (PIDE) from 1958 to 1968. |
| 2022/04/22 - 2022/04/22 | Radio interview on the Portuguese broadcaster Rádio Renascença on the publication of my new book "'Tenho o prazer de informar o Senhor Director...': Cartas de Portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968)". | Studying the PIDE "from below", the nature of the (inter)relations between Portuguese society and the Salazarist political police. |
| 2022/04/07 - 2022/04/07 | Radio interview on Portugal's national broadcasting corporation (RTP) on my new book "'Tenho o prazer de informar o Senhor Director...': Cartas de Portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968)". Programme: A Ronda da Noite. Subsequently repeated as part of the programme A Força das Coisas, 30/04/2022. | The (inter)relations between Portuguese society and the Salazarist political police (PIDE) between 1958 and 1968. |
| 2021/06/01 - 2021/06/21 | Documentary film based on my current research (everyday life under the PIDE, letters of denunciation, petitions and prospective applications) in collaboration with the television and cinema producer Ukbar Filmes, Lisbon. Preparatory meetings started on 16 March 2021. | Living Under the PIDE |
| 2020/10/06 - 2020/10/07 | On 6-7 October 2020, I participated in the filming of a documentary on the Salazar regime for the German public television channel ZDF. The first day of filming took place in the Aljube prison, the second in the Portuguese National Archives (ANTT). My role included participation in the filming of specific scenes for inclusion in the documentary and being interviewed, mainly on the issue of repression during the Salazar regime from a comparative perspective. The documentary has since been distributed internationally. | The Salazar Regime and Political Repression in a Comparative Perspective |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | Oficina do Historiador (2178-3748) | EDIPUCRS |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2024 | FLAD Visiting Professorship at Brown University, Providence, USA.
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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| 2022 | FCT, CEEC Fourth Edition, Individual Fellowship, Assistant Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2019 | Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (Grant ID: 842320)
European Commission, Belgium
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| 2006 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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