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João Moreira, author of the doctoral thesis "Portuguese Intellectuals and the Idea of the Left in a Period of Transition (1968-1986). The cases of António José Saraiva, Eduardo Prado Coelho and João Martins Pereira", defended this year within the framework of the Inter-University Doctoral Programme in History: Change and Continuity in a Global World was awarded two research prizes in the field of History.

During the doctoral studies, CIES-Iscte was the host institution for the research fellowship awarded by the FCT.

The first award is the Mário Soares - Fundação EDP 2023 Prize, which was presented on 11 December 2023 at the José Gomes Mota Auditorium of the Mario Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation in Lisbon.

The research work of João Moreira has also been honoured with the Victor de Sá Prize for Contemporary History 2023, the most prestigious prize for young researchers in the field of contemporary Portuguese history, awarded by the University of the Minho. This prize will be awarded on 14 December 2023 in Braga.

The winning dissertation was supervised by Professor Luísa Tiago de Oliveira (CIES-Iscte) and Professor Rui Bebiano (University of Coimbra) and is an in-depth study of the role played by three intellectuals in the transformations Portugal underwent at that time.