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IEP Comunication
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Message from the Rectory of the UCP
See here the message of thanks and hope from the Rector of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Professor Isabel Capeloa Gil, to the entire academic community:
Informação à Comunidade Académica
Sobre as actividades do IEP-UCP
27 de Março 2020
Na sequência da comunicação emitida na passada sexta-feira 20 de Março, vimos recordar que a habitual pausa de meio-do-semestre (Mid-Semester Break) terminará no inicio da próxima semana. As avaliações têm estado a decorrer com normalidade em regime não presencial no período previsto pelo calendário académico (18 a 31 de Março). Na passada terça-feira, tiveram lugar reuniões online da Comissão Pedagógica do 1º Ciclo bem como da Comissão Pedagógica de 2º e 3º Ciclos.
De acordo com o calendário académico, as aulas serão retomadas já na próxima semana, em regime não presencial, na Licenciatura, nos Mestrados e no Doutoramento. Pode consultar aqui os horários da Licenciatura, do Mestrado, do MA e do Doutoramento referentes à próxima semana (30 de Março a 4 de Abril).
Como referimos anteriormente, toda a equipa do IEP-UCP continua a funcionar normalmente em regime de teletrabalho. Os professores de cada unidade curricular e os coordenadores de cada ciclo continuam em contacto não presencial com os seus alunos e disponíveis para responder a todas as questões. Para além disso, o secretariado dos Cursos do IEP continua a funcionar por via remota, podendo ser contactado por e-mail. Por favor clique aqui para ver os endereços de e-mail dos docentes e colaboradores.
Neste tempo singular, o IEP está, como sempre e em estreita articulação com toda a Universidade, empenhado em salvaguardar a formação de excelência dos seus alunos e confiante de que vai superar os desafios que agora se colocam. Stay Safe. Keep Calm and Carry On.
Agradecendo a atenção dispensada, enviamos os melhores cumprimentos e recordamos as palavras de Winston Churchill:
“In War. Resolution; In Defeat: Defiance; In Victory: Magnanimity; In Peace:Good Will.”
João Carlos Espada
Director
Instituto de Estudos Políticos
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Por favor clique aqui para saber mais sobre o plano de contingência da UCP – COVID-19.
Por favor clique aqui para saber mais sobre o acesso on-line a ebooks para suporte ao ensino não presencial.
Postponement of Futurália
The AIP Foundation, as the organizer of Futurália, communicated to all its exhibitors, partners and visitors that the Education and Training fair was postponed to 13-16 May 2020.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
1 Apr.
Beggining of classes of the 2nd Period of the Spring Semester (2nd and 3ºrd cycles)
1-3 Abr.
Reposition of classes of the 1st Period (1º cycle)
6-14 Apr.
Easter Holidays
9-13 Apr.
UCP closed
12 Apr.
Easter
15 Apr.
Restart of classes of the 2nd Period of the Spring Semester (1st cycle)
17-18 Apr.
International Seminar with Prof. William Hasselberger (17 Apr. 6.30pm - 8.00; 18 Apr. 10.00am - 11.30am) - "Social Order through Algorithms? Artificial Intelligence and the Human Future"
21 and 28 Apr.
European Seminar with Prof. Sónia Ribeiro (6.30pm - 8.00pm) - "Reshaping the European Project"
23 Apr.
Open Day IEP - Cimeira das Democracias (POSTPONED)
25 Apr.
National Holiday
29 Apr.
CIEP Seminar with Prof. João Carlos Espada (5.00pm - 6.20pm) - “Churchill: caminhando com o destino; Sobre a nova biografia de Winston Churchill por Andrew Roberts”
29-30 Apr.
International Seminar with Prof. Amichai Magen (29 Apr. 6.30pm - 10.00pm; 30 Apr. 6.30pm - 8.00pm) - "Governance and Political Violence in the Twenty-First Century"
Applications for MA and PhD programmes
Academic Year 2020/2021
1st Phase - 27 April to 3 July
- Written Exam: 17 June
- Interview: 19 June
- Written Exam: 8 July
- Interview: 10 July
- Enrollment: 21 to 31 July
2nd Phase - 6 July to 31 August
- Written Exam: 2 September
- Interview: 4 September
- Enrollment: 7 to 9 September
IT HAPPENED LAST MONTH
5 Mar. | Alexis de Tocqueville Annual Lecture
The Alexis de Tocqueville Annual Lecture 2020 took place on March 5. Dr. Christopher Walker gave us the privilege of delivering the lecture on "Defending Democracy in an Era of Digital Disruption". This ceremony includes the Institute's Diploma Delivery Session and represents the most solemn moment of the academic year at the IEP.
The Lecture was followed by the Diploma Delivery – 23 MA graduates and 53 BA graduates. The following prizes were also delivered: Alexis de Tocqueville Prize, Lord Acton Prize, Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida Grant, Fundação Amélia de Mello Grant, ASBAL Grant, Advanced Programme in Diplomacy Prize, IDL-Instituto Adelino Amaro da Costa Grant, and Henry, The Navigator Prize.
The ceremony ended with Dinner at the Marriott Hotel.
The Alexis de Tocqueville Annual Lecture speakers have included such renowned figures as Alfred Stepan, (Sir) Anthony Kenny, Christopher DeMuth, George Weigel, (Lord Dacre) Hugh Trevor-Roper, James Q. Wilson, José Manuel Durão Barroso, (Sir) Martin Gilbert, Michael Novak, (Lord) Raymond Plant, Robert P. George, Timothy Garton Ash, Marc F. Plattner, Manuel Braga da Cruz, Margaret McMillan, (Sir) Noel Malcolm, Anthony O'Hear, Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Charles Powell.
Please click here to read Dr. Christopher Walker Presentation by Professor João Carlos Espada
Please click here to read Professor João Carlos Espada's Openning Adress
11 Mar. | The Institute for Political Studies hereby congratulates and commends...
The Institute for Political Studies hereby congratulates and commends Pedro Ferreira, PhD, on defending his PhD degree (Political Science and International Relations: Security and Defense) dissertation on the theme "Thomas Edward Lawrence: Contributos para o Estudo da Subversão", at the Viva Voce held on March 11. The candidate was unanimously approved with the final classification of 18, Summa cum Laude.
Jury: Prof. Teresa Lloyd Braga; Prof. João Carlos Espada; Prof. José Fontes; Prof. Maria Francisca Saraiva; Gen. António Fontes Ramos; Prof. Mónica Dias; Prof. Francisco Proença Garcia
Following the Covid-19 contingency plan, the defense was conducted with no audience.
18 Feb. | "Artificial Intelligence and Surveillance Authoritarianism" Seminar
On February 18, Professor William Hasselberger gave a seminar on "Artificial Intelligence and Surveillance Authoritarianism" at the University of Virginia.
21 Feb. | Paper presentation
On February 21, Professor William Hasselberger presented a paper at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, titled “The Psychology of Happiness and the Phenomenology of Value,” as part of the conference, Being Human in the Age of the Brain: Models of the Mind and Their Social Effects, alongside researchers from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Max Plank Institute Berlin, and Catholic University America.
IEP ALUMNI CLUB
The main objective of the IEP Alumni Club is to create lasting relationships by supporting the insertion in the job market, mentoring, collaboration among alumni, and through the organization of academic, cultural, social and recreational activities. It is our belief that this will contribute to the recognition of the IEP as an institution of excellence and the quality of its students.
Read the President's full message here.
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"Palestra Anual Alexis de Tocqueville 1998-2018" (Alexis de Tocqueville Annual Lecture 1998-2018) Book
Essentially, the book brings together the Alexis de Tocqueville Annual Lectures, which began in 1998. These are formal ceremonies to award diplomas which are preceded by a lecture by a distinguished guest speaker and followed by a formal dinner.
The name Alexis de Tocqueville may not be widely known, but it was -and continues to be- a name that expresses with particular elegance and distinction the project dreamt by IEP-UCP: a project of university autonomy, of orderly and quiet defense of freedom, of refusal of what Tocqueville called a "sterile conflict between Old Regime and Revolution" or "perpetual oscillation between serfdom and abuse".
- Price: 29.90€ -
Nova Cidadania Journal nº 70 - Acsess exceptionally open
Information: The distribution of Revista Nova Cidadania N.º 70 is dependent on the preventive COVID-19 measures. There may be delays in the delivery to subscribers and points of sale.
Exceptionally, access the entire journal on this page or on the Nova Cidadania page.
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Subscribe and get the Journal at your door!
Also available in the following bookstores:
Almedina, Livraria Jurídica, Férin, Papelaria do Alto (Estoril), Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Wook, Pingo Doce stores and directly from IEP-UCP!
20-year IEP Booklet
As part of the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Institute for Political Studies of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, we are pleased to launch the "IEP-UCP 20-Year Booklet" which provides a retrospective of what we have come to do.
On sale at IEP: 5€
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During the past month, IEP acquired for its library the following books:
- Brown, Archie. The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan and Thatcher, and the End of the Cold War. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Davies, Antony e James R. Harrigan. Cooperation and Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What That Means for Economics and Politics. Delaware: ISI Books, 2019.
- Medvedev, Sergei. The Return of the Russian Leviathan. Cambridge: Polity, 2019.
- Nye Jr., Joseph S. Do Morals Matter?: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Piketty, Thomas. Capital and Ideology. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2020.
- Preston, Paul. A People Betrayed. Glasgow: William Collins, 2020.
- Sacks, Jonathan. Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.
- Sumption, Jonathan. Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics. London: Profile, 2019.
- Timothy, Nick. Remaking One Nation: The Future of Conservatism in an Age of Crisis. Cambridge: Polity, 2020.
Our Fellows' Book Releases
The Light that Failed- A Reckoning, by Ivan Krastev (IEP International Advisory Board) and Stephen Holmes
A Nossa Época, by Adriano Moreira (Professor, IEP-UCP; Member of the Strategic Council, IEP-UCP)
Inventário, by Jose Cutileiro (IEP Guest-Speaker 2003/2004)
Escola Austríaca, Ética & Liberdade, edited by André Azevedo Alves (Professor IEP-UCP; Scientific Coordinator CIEP; Member of the Board of Directors, IEP-UCP) and Daniela Silva (PhD Student, IEP-UCP)
The Human Factor: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, by Archie Brown (Guest-Speaker, 1st Annual Churchill Lecture and Dinner, 2015)
The Conservative Sensibility, por George Will (IEP Guest-speaker, Estoril Political Forum 2020)
Conservative Critics of Political Utopia, ed. Máté Botos (contribuições de Daniela Silva, Prof. Ivone Moreira, Prof. João Pereira Coutinho, José Perez, e Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
A Political Philosophy of Conservatism: Prudence, Moderation and Tradition, by Ferenc Hörcher (Guest-Speaker, Michael Oakeshott Association's 10th Anniversary Conference 2019)
Leadership in War: Essential Lessons From Those Who Made History, by Andrew Roberts (Guest-Speaker, 5th Annual Churchill Lecture and Dinner 2019)
Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilizations, by Samuel Gregg (Guest-Speaker, IEP Estoril Political Forum 2010)
The Metaphysical Society (1869-1880), by Catherine Marshall (Guest Speaker, IEP Estoril Political Forum 2017 and 2019; IEP Guest Lecturer, 2018; IEP Advisory Board)
Retratos Contemporâneos, by Manuel Braga da Cruz (Member of the Board of Directors, IEP-UCP)
A Filosofia Política de Edmund Burke, by Ivone Moreira (Professor, IEP-UCP)
Churchill - Caminhando com o Destino, by Andrew Roberts (Guest-Speaker, 5th Annual Churchill Lecture and Dinner 2019)
Francisco Suárez nos 400 Anos da sua Morte, coordinated by Manuel Braga da Cruz (Member of the Board of Directors, IEP-UCP) and António Vaz Pinto, s. j.
Liberdade como Tradição, by João Carlos Espada (Director, IEP-UCP, Director, Nova Cidadania)
Linhas Direitas - Cultura e Política à Direita, coordinated by Miguel Morgado (Professor, IEP-UCP) and Rui Ramos (Guest Professor IEP-UCP; Member of the Nova Cidadania journal's Editorial Board)
Natal Todo o Ano, by João César das Neves (Member of the Board of Directors, IEP-UCP; Professor CLSBE and IEP-UCP)
O Esplendor da Liberdade no Enigma Conservador: sobre a teoria política de Michael Oakeshott, by Carlos Marques de Almeida (Professor, IEP-UCP)
