News
- Jorge Flores appointed external fellow of the Global History and Culture Center
26 February 2021
Jorge Flores was appointed external fellow and advisor to the Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick, UK.
- APOM awards prizes and honourable mentions to the exhibition "Plasticidade" and Museu de Leiria
11 December 2020
The exhibition Plasticidade - Uma história dos plásticos em Portugal and the Museum of Leiria receive two awards and two honourable mentions from the Portuguese Association of Museology (APOM).
- Jorge Nuno Silva's initiative wins Ciência Viva 2020 Award
24 November 2020
The National Mathematical Games Championship is distinguished by the Ciência Viva Awards, awarded annually as recognition for exceptional merit in scientific and technological dissemination in Portugal.
- Maria Paula Diogo awarded the Leonardo da Vinci medal, the highest honor attributed by the Society for the History of Technology
07 October 2020
The distinction is awarded since 1962, and has among its laureates foundational names of History of Technology, like Melvin Kranzberg, Joseph Needham, and Lewis Mumford.
- "Einstein, Eddington e o Eclipse" book receives a comic book award
02 May 2020
Ana Simões and artist Ana Matilde Sousa worked together to create a book that combines comic book art and scientific essays. The book, Einstein, Eddington e o Eclipse, won the Best National Publication with Commercial Distribution Award.
- Plasticity exhibition receives the prestigious Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits
28 October 2019
The distinction was awarded by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).
- Ana Viseu in the 2019 edition of "Mulheres na Ciência"
26 February 2019
“Mulheres na Ciência” [Women in Science] is a homage by Ciência Viva to portuguese women scientists, now in its third edition (following 2016, 2017).
- Victor de Sá Award in Contemporary History to José Avelãs Nunes
22 November 2018
The PhD dissertation "A Arquitectura dos Sanatórios em Portugal: 1850-1970” [The Architecture of Sanatoria in Portugal: 1850-1970] merited the distinction.
- Ana Viseu elected to 4S's Council
20 July 2018
Ana Viseu, CIUHCT researcher, has been recently elected for the Council of the Society for Social Studies of Science, one of the society's governing bodies. Her mandate should expire in 2021.
- Cândido Marciano receives scientific merit medal at the Ciência 2018 meeting
04 July 2018
The medal was presented at the Ciência 2018 meeting, by His Excellence the Prime Minister of Portugal and the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education.