The International Historical Congress, The First Republic and Republicanism, is an initiative by the research centres of Portuguese universities included in the Assembly of the Republic's commemorations of the Centenary of the Republic.
A century after the 5th of October, the First Republic is still remembered today for the political revolution that gave birth to it and for the reversals suffered by the unstable regime that followed. Before becoming a regime, however, Republicanism was also a modernising cultural movement.
This congress will reflect on all this and inevitably touch on the impact of the Military Dictatorship and the New State on the republican movement, and recall its resistance to institutions and dogmas.

Organising Committee:

Maria Fernanda Rollo and Luís Farinha (Institute of Contemporary History, FCSH-UNL)
António Costa Pinto (Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon)
Bruno Cardoso Reis (Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon)
Carlos Cordeiro (University of the Azores)
Luís A. M. Alves (Faculty of Letters, University of Oporto)
João Tiago Pedroso de Lima (ACTAE/NICPRI.UE - Centre for Research in Political Science and International Relations - University of Évora)
Magda Pinheiro (Higher Institute for Labour and Business Studies, University Institute of Lisbon)
Maria Manuela Tavares Ribeiro (CEIS20, Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra)
Sérgio Campos Matos (Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon)

Secretary-General of the Congress:

Ana Paula Pires (Institute of Contemporary History, FCSH-UNL)

Invited speakers:

Amadeu Carvalho Homem (Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra)
António José Telo (Military Academy, Lisbon)
António Matos Ferreira (Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon)
Celso Castro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro /Getúlio Vargas Foundation)
Douglas Wheeler (University of New Hampshire)
Ernesto Castro Leal (Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon)
Fernando Catroga (Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra)
Hipólito de la Torre Gomez (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
Guilherme d'Oliveira Martins (Audit Court)
Manuel Villaverde Cabral (Institute of Social Sciences, Lisbon)
Maria Eugénia Mata (Faculty of Economics, New University of Lisbon)
Miriam Halpern Pereira (Higher Institute for Labour and Business Studies, University Institute of Lisbon)
Vítor Neto (Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra)