This article was accepted into the corpus but its outbound wikilinks were never NER-processed — typical at the deepest BFS hop or when the run's entity cap was reached. No expansion funnel to show.
| CIDEHUS — Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades | |
|---|---|
| Name | CIDEHUS — Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades |
| Established | 2000 |
| Type | Research centre |
| City | Évora |
| Country | Portugal |
| Affiliations | University of Évora |
CIDEHUS — Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades is an interdisciplinary research centre based in Évora, Portugal, affiliated with the University of Évora, focusing on historical, cultural and social studies with regional, national and transnational reach. The centre brings together scholars working on heritage, maritime studies, demography and memory, engaging with archival research, fieldwork and digital humanities. CIDEHUS maintains networks linking European institutions, Portuguese archives and international funders to advance collaborative scholarship and postgraduate training.
CIDEHUS was founded within the framework of Portuguese science policy linked to the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal), responding to priorities set by the European Commission and regional stakeholders such as the Alentejo Regional Coordination and Development Commission. Early activities connected to projects funded by the European Union and cooperative agreements with the Instituto de Alta Cultura and the Portuguese Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage. Founding researchers included scholars with ties to the University of Lisbon, the University of Coimbra, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, fostering exchanges with the Portuguese National Archives and the Évora Cathedral conservation initiatives. Over time, CIDEHUS developed links to the European Research Council grants landscape and national research assessment frameworks overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Portugal), expanding its staff and infrastructure during the 2000s and 2010s.
The centre is organized under the auspices of the University of Évora with governance structures interacting with the Rectory of the University of Évora and the university's research services. Internal units mirror thematic clusters found at other European centres such as the Centre for Contemporary European Studies and the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, comprising departments that coordinate researchers affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (University of Évora), the Faculty of Science and Technology (University of Évora), and external associates from the National Museum of Archaeology (Portugal). Steering committees liaise with national funding bodies including the FCT and with editorial boards similar to those at the Portuguese Association of Historians.
Research themes at CIDEHUS encompass maritime history connected to the Age of Discovery, agricultural and rural studies linked to the Alentejo landscape, memory studies in dialogue with projects on the Carnation Revolution, and migration research intersecting with studies of the Portuguese Empire. Project portfolios have included comparative work on Mediterranean networks akin to projects at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, demographic reconstructions employing methods from the International Institute of Social History, and heritage conservation initiatives comparable to those at the ICOMOS. Funded projects have collaborated with partners such as the National Geographic Society, the European Social Fund, and the Horizon 2020 framework, addressing topics like oral history collections related to the Iberian Peninsula and transatlantic connections with archives in Brazil and Angola.
CIDEHUS researchers publish in outlets aligned with leading presses and journals including collaborations resembling those with the Cambridge University Press, the Routledge list, and periodicals akin to the Journal of Modern History and the International Journal of Heritage Studies. Outputs include monographs, edited volumes, working papers, and peer‑reviewed articles linked to conferences such as the European Social Science History Conference and symposia at the Portuguese Historical Institute. The centre also curates digital repositories and datasets comparable to those hosted by the Digital Public Library of America and contributes to cataloguing initiatives with the Portuguese National Library. Edited series and policy briefs engage stakeholders like the Municipality of Évora and cultural managers at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Portugal).
CIDEHUS supports postgraduate supervision across doctoral programs registered with the University of Évora and participates in international doctoral networks similar to Erasmus Mundus consortia and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Training activities include research methods seminars reflecting practices at the European University Institute, workshops in paleography in cooperation with the Portuguese National Archives, and summer schools modeled on initiatives at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. The centre mentors postdoctoral fellows funded by agencies such as the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and hosts visiting scholars from institutions like the University of Oxford, the Sorbonne University, and the University of Salamanca.
CIDEHUS maintains partnerships with national and international bodies including the University of Porto, the University of Minho, the University of Lisbon, and international partners such as the University of Barcelona, the University of Coimbra, and the University of São Paulo. It engages in collaborative grants with the European Research Council, cultural collaborations with the Portuguese Heritage Institute, and archival exchanges with the Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino. The centre is active in networks similar to the European Association for the Study of Scientific and Technical Research and participates in bilateral projects with institutions in Mozambique, Cape Verde, and Timor-Leste.
Facility assets include research offices within the University of Évora campus, access to the Évora Public Library collections, laboratory space comparable to humanities computing units at the Center for Digital Scholarship, and specialized collections resulting from fieldwork and archival partnerships with the Portuguese National Archives of Torre do Tombo. Material holdings cover oral history archives, cartographic collections linked to the Hydrographic Institute (Portugal), and photographic archives analogous to those at the National Photography Archive (Portugal), supporting exhibitions in collaboration with the Museu Nacional Frei Manuel do Cenáculo.
Category:Research institutes in Portugal