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The Role Played by Joaquim Romero Magalhães in the Creation of the Course of Economic and Social History at the University of Coimbra

2019; Volume: 17; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.26300/f7m2-hv75

1645-6432

Álvaro Garrido,

Cultural Identity and Heritage

EnglishThis article summarizes the academic career of Joaquim Romero Magalhaes (1942-2018) and highlights his role in creating the discipline of Economic and Social History at the University of Coimbra, as well as in Portugal as a whole. Romero Magalhaes’s historiography forms part of the international discussions that have taken place about the relationship between history and economics and emphasizes the challenging and belated institutionalization of Economic History in the Portuguese academic sphere. Both this lengthy delay and his academic affiliations, in particular the influences he drew from the Annales School, help us to understand both how he perceived history and how he sought to write it. The article also includes a description of the process followed in the creation of the discipline of Economic History at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and explains the scientific and educational understanding that Romero Magalhaes assigned to economic and social history. portuguesEste artigo sintetiza o percurso academico de Joaquim Romero Magalhaes (1942-2018) e coloca em evidencia o seu papel na criacao da Historia Economica e Social na Universidade de Coimbra e em Portugal. O artigo enquadra a historiografia de Romero Magalhaes nos debates internacionais sobre as relacoes entre Historia e Economia e salienta a dificil e tardia institucionalizacao da Historia Economica no espaco academico portugues. Esse retardamento e as filiacoes academicas de Romero Magalhaes, particularmente as influencias que recebeu da Escola dos Annales, ajudam a perceber o modo como entendia a Historia e como a procurou escrever. A criacao da Historia Economica na Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra e o entendimento cientifico e formativo que Romero Magalhaes atribuiu a Historia Economica e Social completam o artigo.