Iscte’s Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) was rated Excellent in the evaluation of Research and Development Units (R&D) 2023/2024, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). This result is an important recognition of the work carried out over the last few years in a consistent and rigorous manner, affirming CEI as a national […]
Applications are open for the Specialisation Seminar ‘Latin America Today’, a joint initiative of the Iscte Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) and Casa da América Latina, which will take place between 8 and 12 September 2025 on the Iscte campus in Lisbon. This seminar aims to provide an in-depth and up-to-date understanding of Latin America, […]
The journal Ler História was once again ranked in the first quartile (Q1) of the international Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), reaffirming its position among the most prestigious scientific publications in the field of History. This is the second year in a row – and the third in the journal’s history – that Ler […]
The journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos announces the opening of a call for papers dedicated to the theme ‘Sound Revolutions’, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of Guinea-Bissau in 1973, and Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Angola in 1975. The concept of ‘sound revolutions’ is understood as polysemic and can encompass […]
CEI-Iscte researcher Cátia Miriam Costa co-authored the article ‘Evolving Africa-EU relations: Changes in discourse from the Cotonou Agreement to the Samoa Agreement’, published in the Canadian Journal of African Studies, with Li Yichao. The article analyses the transformation of political discourse in relations between the European Union and the states of the Organisation of African, […]
Researchers Giulia Daniele and João Borralho have published a new academic article entitled Palestinian Hunger Strikers in the Israeli Settler-Colonial and Carceral System: Uniting Inside and Outside Resistance, Local and Transnational Solidarity. The study was published in the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies and addresses the interconnection between hunger strikes by Palestinian political […]
The LPAZ Forum announces its sixth edition with the International Conference “Atlantic Bridges: Culture, Politics and Knowledge”, to be held from September 1st to 3rd, 2025, on the island of Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal. Bridging the Atlantic has been one of the most significant undertakings over the last six centuries, with global implications. This conference seeks […]
On 11 and 12 March, the Ecoprise – Future-oriented social entrepreneurship through Ecovillage Design project consortium met at Iscte in Lisbon for two intensive days of work as part of the second Transnational Project Meeting (TPM). The meeting took place in Building 4, dedicated to research, where the project partners focussed on the development of […]