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

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

The Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Helena Canhão, will participate in the opening of the session, which will also feature speeches 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, techno-scientific diplomacy, and the British ultimatum." The session will be moderated by Maria de Fátima Nunes, from the Institute of Contemporary History (University of Évora Campus) and the Associate Laboratory . See the detailed program for the event.

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

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 memory of national scientific production, translated into thousands of files supporting Studentships, institutions, and research projects. Open to the public since December 16, 2011, it has a significant documentary collection that includes, in addition to the FCT's own archive from 1997 onwards, the collection of the National Board for Scientific and Technological Research (JNICT) from 1967 to 1997, and other public and private bodies, mainly in the area of science policy and funding in Portugal.