School of Roman Languages by N. V. Ivanov

“…In accordance with the agreements with ICA (Portugal) a lecturer from the Institute Camöes (Portugal) João Mendonça conducts classes on spoken language, listening and abstracting. …”
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El conde D. Enrique Manuel (c.1343-1414) y las relaciones cortesanas luso-castellanas en tiempos de crisis dinásticas by César Olivera Serrano

“…On the one hand, his kinship relations with other descendants of Don Juan Manuel are explained, especially with the kings of Portugal, Castile and Aragon. This close family relationship allows us to understand a second level of analysis: his political leadership during the reigns of Fernando I of Portugal and Juan I of Castile. …”
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On Race and Miscegenation: Portuguese Racial Studies During the 1930s and 1940s by Cabrita Alexandra

“…In the first half of the twentieth century, miscegenation was widely discussed internationally, particularly as to the possibility of being biologically harmful. In Portugal, the scientific debate on miscegenation was complex, being generally in tune with different positions that aligned with political agendas of the dictatorial regime.…”
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El rol de los eclesiásticos en la construcción de la legitimidad “internacional” de la dinastía portuguesa de los Avis (1383-1433) by Néstor Vigil Montes

“…The accesion to the throne of the Portuguese Avis dynasty embodied in the person of John I of Portugal implied the need to carry out diplomatic initiatives aimed at guaranteeing the survival, which involved achieving the legitimation of the new political situation. …”
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The Portuguese Dilemma of Unstable Pensions by Friedrich L. Sell

“…Abstract Portugal’s high public debt, its weak economic growth and its great attractiveness for foreign tourists are legend. …”
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Social Work and Human Rights: Uncrossed Paths Between Exposure, Engagement, Lens, and Methods in Professional Practice by Maria Irene Carvalho, Cristina Albuquerque, Pedro Borrego

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Multidimensional Scaling Analysis of the Dynamics of a Country Economy by J. A. Tenreiro Machado, Maria Eugénia Mata

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Kebijakan Politik Pragmatis Strategis Maulana Hasanuddin Banten (1546-1570) terhadap Portugis by Mufti Ali

“…The mutual relationship between these two political entities and the absence of Banten rulers in the alignment of the Muslim kings of the Archipelago against Portugal are also paid due attention. …”
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Reformulating Indonesia’s Narcotics Law on Personal Drug Misuse: A Humanist Approach by Hartato Pakpahan, I Nyoman Nurjaya, Setiawan Nurdayasakti, Nurini Aprilianda

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António Ferro: mezi Mussolinim a Salazarem by Aleš Vrbata

“…He belonged to those members of the European intellectual elite who envisioned a “new order” and its construction both in Portugal and Europe. Inspired by new artistic movements and the political experience of Sidónio Pais, Gabrielle D’Annun- zio, and Benito Mussolini, Ferro had to revise his ideas under Salazar’s Estado Novo (New State), regime inspired by national and European counter-revolutionary ideas and papal encyclicals. …”
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Os leitores do Espelho de Cristina: um recorte das cortes by Ana Luisa Sonsino

“…The present article briefly summarizes the particularities of the social, historical and political contexts of France from the beginning of the fifteenth century – where the work is born – and of Portugal at the time of its translation and subsequent printing, as well as the characteristics and the ties between the courts of both countries. …”
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Individual and collective scale in the complexity of school space. The Portuguese experience by André Santos, Anna Kazimirko, Leonardo Barros

“…To both fulfil the most recent pedagogical ideals, the functional needs, the social aspirations, and the incorporation of the (new) legal demands, bearing in mind the public investment restraining policy, it becomes a challenge even bigger, from which the political responsibility cannot stand apart. So, through the intervention developed by Parque Escolar on the grounds of rehabilitation of the scholar buildings in Portugal, it’s important to comprehend the dialogue between different scales from distinct environments (programmatic, educational, social and infrastructural), defending this operation as a paradigmatic response to the multi-scale complexity.…”
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The New Trend in the EU’s Migration Policy: Is Externalization Any Better? by Vasil Pavlov, Raquel Cardoso

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Entre o comércio e a governação local. Fernão Gonçalves Façanha: um mercador eborense de finais da Idade Média by Joaquim Bastos Serra

“…In this paper, we intend to follow the social and political trajectory of the merchant Fernão Gonçalves Façanha who conducted his professional activity in Évora, one of the most important cities of medieval Portugal, in the second half of the 14th century. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“… Future generations lack representation in current day politics. Modern representative democracies are largely oriented to the short term. …”
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Portuguese Architecture in Transit(ion) by Bruno Gil, Susana Lobo, José Ribau Esteves

“…From a national context, politically and geographically distant from the heart of the disciplinary debate of the 1960s, the proposals submitted set the terms on which Portugal competes in Amsterdam, revealing in the diversity of approaches and experiences forwarded by this new generation of architects the vitality of Portuguese architecture on its path to internationalisation. …”
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Post-Colonial Macau: hope and despair in a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure by Michael O’Regan

“…The expansion of casino concessions and subsequent growth of employment and gross domestic product (GDP) per Capita in Macau after the 1999 handover from Portugal created an illusion of prosperity in a post-colonial territory of less than 30 sq. km. …”
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Os movimentos sociais na crise financeira global: questões e polêmicas by Leonardo de Araújo e Mota

“…It concludes that, despite the increased incidence of such social movements worldwide, the present context of economic recession still causes high unemployment rates in the countries most affected by the crisis, the environment remains threatened and most political parties suffer a big crisis of representation within civil society.…”
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Fidalgos e freires-cavaleiros by José Augusto de Sottomayor-Pizarro, Paula Pinto Costa

“…The noblemen found in the border crossing a natural mechanism to circumvent some political problems, arising from conflicts with monarchs, or to materialize strategies of power of some lineages with patrimonies constituted long before the creation of the kingdom of Portugal itself. …”
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É possível romper com a herança ibérica? Uma releitura da obra de Raymundo Faoro by Marcos Abraão Fernandes Ribeiro, Wania Amélia Belchior Mesquita

“…Thus, his theory ends up reproducing an irreversible gap between the intellectual and the political sides. With this analysis, we try to bring new elements to reinterpret one of the most important Brazilian intellectuals, whose theses on the conduct of the State are still being addressed to us today.…”
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