4th Session of the Cycle “Archives of Knowledge: Science, History and Memory”

Registration is now open for the 4th Session of the "Archives of Knowledge: Science, History and Memory" Cycle. The event will take place on September 17th, starting at 2:30 pm, at the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) facilities, located at Av. D. Carlos I, 126, in Lisbon.

The session will open with remarks by Maria Paula Diogo, member of the FCT Board of Directors, and Paula Meireles, coordinator of the Science and Technology Archive. The guest speaker will be Ana Isabel Simões, from the Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology (CIUHCT-FCUL), who will present, in partnership with Maria Paula Diogo, the paper "Soft Power in Action: Cartoons, Technoscientific Diplomacy, and the English Ultimatum." The session will be moderated by Maria de Fátima Nunes, from the Institute of Contemporary History (University of Évora Branch) and the IN2PAST Associated Laboratory. See the detailed event program and register for free here.

The "Archives of Knowledge: Science, History, and Memory" series, organized by the FCT, consists of five sessions and aims to disseminate the documentary collection of its Science and Technology Archive, as well as other documents relevant to the history and memory of Science and Technology in Portugal. The sessions are short and take place in an informal, collaborative environment. The fifth and final session will be held on November 19th, and the program and registration will be made available in advance on this page .

The Science and Technology Archive (ACT) is unique in the history of scientific activity in Portugal, with the function of preserving and managing the documentary record of national scientific production, translated into thousands of grant applications, institutions, and research projects. Open to the public since December 16, 2011, it holds a significant documentary collection that includes, in addition to the FCT's own archive from 1997 onwards, the collection of the National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (JNICT), from 1967 to 1997, and other public and private organizations, primarily in the area of ​​science policy and funding in Portugal.