Curriculum Vitae
JOÃO CARLOS ESPADA
Lisbon, September 2012
João Carlos Espada
ABSTRACT
JOÃO CARLOS ESPADA is the director and founder (1996) of the
Institute for Political Studies at the Catholic University of
Portugal, where he is University professor of Political Studies. He
was previously a tenured Research Fellow at the Institute of
Social Sciences of the (state) University of Lisbon. Since January
2011, he holds the European Parliament / Bronislaw Geremek
European Civilisation Chair at the College of Europe, campus of
Natolin (Warsaw). He earned his D.Phil from the University of
Oxford, under the supervision of [Lord] Ralf Dahrendorf, and he
taught at Brown, Stanford and Georgetown Universities in the
US. He is editor of the quarterly journal Nova Cidadania and
president of the Portuguese section of the International Churchill Society/Churchill Centre.
He has co-founded and is a member of the Board of Directors the European Partnership for
Democracy, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Democracy, having
been a founding member of World Movement for Democravy and member of the steering
committee of the Council for a Community of Democracies. He has authored nine books
and edited another ten in political theory, all in Portuguese and several in English. He has
contributed regular opinion columns to the press since 1985, presently having a weekly
column at the daily newspaper Publico. He was political adviser to the President of the
Portuguese Republic, Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, during his first presidential term (20062011), having held a similar position during the first presidential term of Mr. Mário Soares
(1986-91). He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, of the Naval Academy
and of the International Academy of Portuguese Culture. In January 2012, he was awarded
the Bene Merito Distinction by the Republic of Poland, this being "the highest civil
recognition given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to people whose contribution to Poland
is exceptional". In June 2010, he was awarded The Medal of Gratitude by the European
Solidarity Centre, based at Gdansk, in “appreciation of [his] involvement in organizing
assistance for Solidarity and support for Poles facing an authoritarian government”. In
1996, he was awarded the title of “Grande Oficial da Ordem do Mérito” by the President of
the Republic of Portugal, Mr. Mário Soares.
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1. Personal Information
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2. Education and Academic Career
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Degrees and Diplomas
Scholarships
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Current Academic Positions
Previous Academic Positions
Civic and Political Positions
Teaching Experience
Visiting Fellowships
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Books
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b) Co-Author
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d) Prefaces in Books
e) Chapters in Books
Articles
Newspapers and Learned Journals
a. Editor
b. Columnist
Director of Book Collections
6. Conferences
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Main Academic Conferences (presented papers at ),
Lectures and Debates
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Main Academic Conferences – Convenor
a. International Annual Meetings in Political
Studies
b. Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished
Annual Lectures
c. Bronislaw Geremek Lectures on European
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Liberty Fund Conferences
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Supervision of PhD Dissertations (completed)
Supervision of PhD Dissertations (in process)
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Board of “Agregação”
Board of the competition for “Professor Associado”
Board of Examiners (PhD)
Board of Examiners (MA)
Fullbright Scholarship Selecting Committees
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1. Personal Information
JOÃO CARLOS MOSQUEIRA MENDES ESPADA
Born: Lisbon, 21 March 1955
Married with Maria da Graça Cabral Cordovil Espada; two daughters, Isabel and Diana.
Citizenship: Portuguese.
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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2. Education and Academic Career
i.
Degrees and Diplomas
“Professor Catedrático” (Full Professor), October 26, 2007, Faculty of Human Sciences, The
Catholic University of Portugal; Jury composed by Professors Manuel Braga da Cruz (The Rector),
Manuel Villaverde Cabral, Enrique Martín López, Adriano Moreira, José Machado Pais and Carlota
Solè. Approved by unanimity.
“Agregação”, March 12 and 13, 2007, Faculty of Human Sciences, The Catholic University of
Portugal; Jury composed by Professors Manuel Braga da Cruz (The Rector), Manuel Villaverde
Cabral, Roque Cabral, Viriato Soromenho Marques and Adriano Moreira. Approved by unanimity.
“Professor Associado”, October 13, 2003, Faculty of Human Sciences, The Catholic University of
Portugal; Jury composed by Professors Manuel Braga da Cruz (The Rector), António Barreto, Diogo
Freitas do Amaral and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. Approved by unanimity.
D. Phil in Politics (Oxford PhD), 1990-1994, University of Oxford, St. Antony's College. Supervisor:
Professor Lord Ralf Dahrendorf; Board of Examiners: Professors John Gray and Steven Lukes.
Admitted to the degree of D. Phil with no corrections to the dissertation; examiners recommended
publication (see section 5. i. a), please, “Social Citizenship Rights: A Critique of F. A. Hayek and
Raymond Plant”, with a Foreword by (Lord) Ralf Dahrendorf).
“Provas de Aptidão Científica”, 1990 (equivalent to the MA for the Research Track of the
Portuguese Academic Career) in Political Theory, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Lisbon,
(Very Good by unanimity). Supervision: Professors Adérito Sedas Nunes and António Barreto; Jury:
Professors Manuel Villaverde Cabral and Professor António José Franco Alexandre. Approved by
unanimity.
BA in Sociology, 1980-1985, New University of Lisbon.
Studies in Economics, (BA, not completed), 1972-1975.
High-School, 1971-1972, Liceu D. João de Castro, Lisbon
High-School,1965-1971, Liceu Normal de Pedro Nunes, Lisbon
Primary School, 1961-1965, Colégio João de Deus, Lisbon.
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Scholarships
1990-1994: Chevening Scholar (Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK,) at the University of Oxford
(tuition and fees).
1990-1994: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship for doctoral studies at the University of
Oxford (living expenses).
1993: Calouste Gulbenkian Visiting Scholar at the European University Institute, Florence
(January).
1982: Fulbright Scolarship to participate at the Fulbright Seminar, Salzbourg (February).
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i.
Current Academic Positions
Director and founder, since 1998, of the Institute for Political Studies, the Portuguese Catholic
University (founder, in 1996, of the MA in Political Science).
Full Professor of Political Studies at the Institute for Political Studies of the Portuguese Catholic
University.
Holder of the European Parliament / Bronislaw Geremek European Civilization Chair at the College
of Europe, campus of Natolin, Warsaw (since January 2011).
Guest Professor of Political Studies, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, The Catholic
University of Portugal (since 2001).
Director (with Anthony O’Hear, Bronislaw Misztal. Horst Mewes, Marc F. Plattner, Paul Flather,
Raymond Plant and Susan Shell), International Annual Meetings in Political Studies/Estoril Political
Forum (since 1993: international meeting which takes place annually in Portugal).
Director and founder with professor Mário Pinto, Nova Cidadania (New Citizenship), Lisboa, a
quarterly journal of political ideas (since 1999).
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Democracy, Washington, DC.
Member of the Research Council of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, Washington,
DC.
Member of the Academic Board of EUROPAEUM, a consortium of ten of the oldest European
Universities based at Oxford.
Advisory Board of the electronic journal Future Citizenship, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Member of the Editorial Board, Debate Actual, revista de religión y vida pública, Fundación
Universitaria San Pablo-CEU, Madrid (since November 2006).
Member of the Executive Committee of the Michael Oakeshott Association (since September
2003).
Member of the Academic Jury of the Prize “The Parliament and the Republic” awarded annually by
the Portuguese Parliament.
Member of the Scientific Committee of “Jornadas do Mar”, Naval School, Lisbon (since 2008).
ii.
Previous Academic Positions
President of the Portuguese Political Science Association (2002-2006).
Member of “Think Tank”, chaired by Professor Fraústo da Silva, of Laboratório Associado de Oeiras
(an institution comprising the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Instituto de Biologia
Experimental e Tecnológica and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência) (2005).
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Member of the Scientific Council on Social and Human Sciences of the Foundation for Science and
Technology (2004-2005).
Adviser to the President's Committee on the International Annual Seminars of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation (1999-2003).
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social Sciences, (State) University of Lisbon (since 1987 as
Junior Fellow; since 1994 as Senior Fellow; left in 2002 in order to join the Catholic University in full
capacity).
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Civic and Political Positions
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Community of Democracies (since May 2011)
Founder and Member of the Board of Directors of the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD),
since February 5, 2008, The Hague, Brussels.
Member of the Steering Committee of the Council for a Community of Democracies, the civil
society component of the Community of Democracies, launched in 2000 by Bronislaw Geremek and
Madelline Albright, among others.
Political Advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Prof. Aníbal Cavaco Silva (March 2006
– March 2011).
President and founder of the International Churchill Society of Portugal (since October 2003).
Member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy, Washington, DC,
(1998-2008).
Political Advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic, Mr. Mário Soares (1986-1990).
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Teaching Experience
Abroad
2011 (January) - : “Europe in the 20th Century: From division to reunification”, Semester Course at
College of Europe, campus of Natolin (Warsaw) as the chairholder of the “European Parliament Bronisław Geremek European Civilization Chair”
2010 (February): Visiting Professor at the Catholic University of Mozambique, teaching an intensive
course on “The Tradition of Liberty” at the MA in Political Science jointly promoted with the
Institute for Political Studies of The Catholic University of Portugal.
1999-2000 (Spring Semester, January to May, 2000): Visiting Professor of Government, Georgetown
University, Washington, DC, USA (teaching "Contemporary Theories of Liberty: Hayek, Popper,
Berlin, Oakeshott and Strauss", a Seminar open to graduate and undergraduate students).
1995-1996 (Spring Quarter): Visiting Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, California,
USA (teaching "Contemporary Political Theory", a Seminar open to graduate and undergraduate
students).
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1994-1995 and First Semester 1995-1996: Visiting Professor of Political Science, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, USA (teaching "Transitions to Democracy: From Portugal (1974) to the
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)" a Seminar open to graduate and undergraduate students).
In Portugal
1996- : Professor of Political Science, Institute for Political Studies, The Portuguese Catholic
University (teaching "Contemporary Political Theory", "History of Political Thought I, II & III", “Main
Topics of Contemporary Political Debate in Liberal Democracies ”, and “The Tradition of Liberty:
The English (1688), the American (1776) and the French (1789) Revolutions”, BA, MA and PhD
Programmes in Political Science and International Relations).
1997: Guest Professor of Political Science at the Católica Lisbon School of Business and
Economics, The Portuguese Catholic University (teaching “Contemporary Political Theory”, BA in
Economics and Management).
2002-2008: Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Portuguese Catholic
University (teaching “Contemporary Political Theory”, “History of Political Thought I, II & III”, and
“Public Policies I & II”, BA in Sociology and Political Science).
1996- 2004: Guest Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics, New (state) University
of Lisbon (teaching “Contemporary Political Theory”, BA in Economics and Management, Autumn
Semester).
1997-2000: Guest Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Law, New (state) University of
Lisbon (teaching “Contemporary Political Theory”, BA in Law).
1996-1998: Guest Professor of Contemporary Political Theory at the Faculty of Law, (state)
University of Lisbon (teaching “Contemporary Political Theory”, MA in Law).
1995-1997: Guest Professor of Contemporary Political Theory, ISCTE, Lisbon (MA in European
Studies).
1985-1987: Teaching Assistant at the Economics University Institute, (state) University of Lisbon,
(teaching “Introduction to the Social Sciences”, BA in Economics).
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Visiting Fellowships
Trinity Term (April-June), 2005 – Senior Associate Member, St. Antony’s College, European Studies
Centre. University of Oxford. Sponsored by Professor Timothy Garton Ash.
May - June, 2004: Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research,
Washington, DC, working on a research project titled «The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty
under law: a View from Europe».
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4. Prizes and Awards
i.
Recipient of
Benne Merito Distinction (Poland), January 2012: Awareded by the Republic of Poland, this being
“the highest civil recognition given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to people whose contribution
to Poland is excpeptional”.
Medal of Gratitude (Poland), June 2010: Awarded by the European Solidarity Centre, based at
Gdasnk, in “appreciation of [his] involvement in organizing assistance for Solidarity and support for
Poles facing an authoritarian government”.
International Freedom Project 2001/2002: prize given by the Templeton and Atlas Foundations to
the semester course “The Tradition of Liberty: The English (1688), the American (1776) and the
French (1789) Revolutions”, MA and PhD Programme in Political Science and International
Relations, Institute for Political Studies, the Portuguese Catholic University.
Grande Oficial da Ordem do Mérito, 1996 (awarded by the President of the Republic of Portugal,
Mr. Mário Soares).
1992 (January): Presented Karl Popper's paper "A Tribute to F. A. Hayek" at the Annual Meeting of
the American Economics Association (New Orleans). Being ill, Sir Karl Popper was not able to attend
the meeting.
ii.
Proponent of
Proponent of Honorary Doctorate and presenter of the Laudatio to Professor Bronislaw Geremek
[which the latter personally received in Lisbon] at The Catholic University of Portugal in February
2003.
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5. Publications
i.
Books
a. Author
O Mistério Inglês e a Corrente de Ouro: Ensaios sobre a Cultura Política de Língua Inglesa [The
English Mystery and the Golden Chain: Essays on the Political Culture of the English-speaking
peoples], Lisboa: Alêtheia, 2010.
A Tradição Anglo-Americana da Liberdade: Um Olhar Europeu [The Anglo-American Tradition of
Liberty: A View from Europe], Cascais: Principia, 2008. Preface of Manuel Braga da Cruz, Rector of
the Catholic University of Portugal. (Adaptation of the work submitted to Agregate Professor)
Liberdade e Responsabilidade Pessoal: 25 anos de crónicas políticas (1981-2006) [Liberty and
Personal Responsability: 25 years of political columns]. Cascais: Principia, 2008. Preface of José
Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commision.
Ensaios sobre a Liberdade [Essays on Liberty], Cascais, Principia, 2002, with a Preface by Mário
Pinto.
Direitos Sociais de Cidadania [Social Citizenship Rights], São Paulo, Brazil: Cadernos Liberais,
Massao Ohno Editor, 1999 (abridged version of the 1997 Portuguese book with the same title).
A Tradição da Liberdade [The Tradition of Liberty], Lisboa: Principia, 1998, with a Preface by Mário
Pinto.
Direitos Sociais de Cidadania: Uma Crítica a F.A. Hayek e Raymond Plant (Portuguese translation
of the next book below), Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1997 (second edition: Lisboa: Imprensa
Nacional, 2004).
Social Citizenship Rights: A Critique of F. A. Hayek and Raymond Plant, with a Foreword by (Lord)
Ralf Dahrendorf, London and New York: Macmillan/St. Martin's Press (in association with St.
Antony's College, Oxford), 1996. This book was based on the D. Phil Dissertation submitted at
Oxford in 1994.
Dez Anos Que Mudaram o Mundo: Ensaios sobre o Renascimento da Ideia Liberal [Ten Years
Which Have Changed the World: Essays on the Revival of the Liberal Idea], Lisboa: Gradiva, 1992.
Livre Iniciativa e Participação [Free Initiative and Participation], Lisboa: Fragmentos, 1989.
1984: A Esquerda Face ao Totalitarismo [1984: The Left In Face Of Totalitarianism], with two
separate essays by José Pacheco Pereira, Lisboa: Moraes Editores, 1984.
b. Co-Author
Família e Políticas Públicas [Public Policies and the Family], with Eugénia Gamboa e José Castello
Branco, Cascais, Principia, 2003.
Riqueza e Pobreza [Wealth and Poverty], with Miguel Morgado and Hugo Chelo, Cascais, Principia,
2002.
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c. Editor
Portugal Hoje: Para Além da Crise [Portugal Today: Beyond the Crisis], Coleccção Ideias e Estudos
Políticos – Universidade Católica Editora, Lisbo, December 2011. Executive Editor: José Manuel
Fernandes
25 Anos de Integração Europeia [25 Years of (Portugal’s) European Integration], Principia Editora,
Lisbon, in association with the Bureau of the European Parliament in Lisbon, (Executive Editor:
Henrique Burnay), January 2011.
Portugal Hoje: Bloqueios e Desafios [Portugal Today: Blockades and Challenges], Coleccção Ideias
e Estudos Políticos – Universidade Católica Editora, Lisbo, December 2010.
Sociedade Civil e Mercado [Civil Society and The Market], with Marc F. Plattner, Colecção Ideias e
Estudos Políticos – Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa.
Pluralism Without Relativism: Remembering Isaiah Berlin, with Marc F. Plattner and Adam
Wolfson, Boston: Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield). Forthcoming.
Direita e Esquerda? Divisões Ideológicas no Século XXI (Left and Right? Ideological Divisions in
the XXI Century), with Marc F. Plattner and Adam Wolfson, Colecção Ideias e Estudos Políticos –
Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, June 2007.
Democracia Liberal e Religião [Liberal Democracy and Religion], Colecção Ideias e Estudos Políticos
– Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 2007.
Pensamento Político Contemporâneo: Uma Introdução [Contemporary Political Thought: An
Introduction], with João Cardoso Rosas, Lisboa: Bertrand, 2004.
New Challenges to Liberal Democracy in a Global World, Proceedings of the 11th International
Annual Meeting in Political Studies, Cascais: Cascais Town Hall, 2004.
Pluralismo sem Relativismo: Recordando Sir Isaiah Berlin (Portuguese version of “Pluralism
Without Relativism: Remembering Isaiah Berlin), with Marc F. Plattner and Adam Wolfson, Lisboa,
Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2003.
Liberalismo, O Antigo e o Novo [Liberalism, Old and New], with Marc F. Plattner and Adam Wolfson
(Portuguese version of The Liberal Tradition in Focus, 2000), Lisboa, Edições de Ciências Sociais,
2001.
The Democratic Invention, with Marc F. Plattner, Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2000.
The Liberal Tradition in Focus: Problems and New Perspectives, with Marc F. Plattner and Adam
Wolfson, Boston: Lexington Books (Rowman & Littlefield), 2000.
O Desafio Europeu: Passado, Presente e Futuro [The European Challenge: Past, Present and
Future], Cascais: Principia, 1998.
Liberdade, Virtude e Interesse Próprio [Liberty, Virtue and Self-Interest], Lisboa: Publicações
Europa-América, 1997.
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Balanço do Século, with Fernando Gil, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1989.
d. Prefaces in Books
Preface to the book “A Sociedade Aberta e Seus Inimigos” [The Open Society and It’s Enemies]of
Karl Popper, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2012.
Preface to the book “A Alma da Cidade: Ensaios de Política Contemporânea” [The Soul of the City:
Essays of Contemporary Politics] of Pedro Ferro, Lisboa, Livraria Almedina, 2012.
“Um pequeno Grande Livro” [A small Great book] Preface to F. A. Hayek, O Caminho para a
Servidão (The Road to Serfdom), Lisboa, Edições 70, 2009.
Preface to the Portuguese edition of Robert P. George’s book Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion
and Morality in Crisis, Coimbra: Tenacitas, 2008.
Preface to the Portuguese edition of Karl Popper’s book, Busca Inacabada: Autobiografia
Intelectual [Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography], Lisboa: Esfera do Caos Editores, 2008.
Preface to the portuguese edition of Karl Popper’s book, A Pobreza do Historicismo [The Poverty
of Historicism], Lisboa: Esfera do Caos Editores, June 2007.
"Karl Popper: a deserved tribute" preface to The Portuguese edition of Karl Popper's book
Conjecturas e Refutações (Conjectures and Refutations), Coimbra: Almedina, May 2003, pp. I-XII.
Preface of the first Portuguese integral translation of Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America,
Cascais, Principia, 2001.
e. Chapters in Books
“On Liberty: The Dahrendorf Questions”, edited by Timothy Garton Ash (Proceedings of the
Colloquium to mark the 80th birthday of Ralf Dahrendorf), Oxford, St. Antony’s College, 2009
“They actually answered my calls”, in Alison Roberts (ed.), A Small but Crucial Push – British
Council – 70 years with Portugal, Lisbon: Medialivros, Actividades Editoriais, SA, 2007.
“La Libertad en Tocqueville”, in Eduardo Nolla (ed.), Alexis de Tocqueville. Libertad, Igualdad,
despotismo, Fundación para el análisis y los estudios sociales, Ávila: Industrias Gráficas Abulenses,
2007, pp. 215-222.
“Edmund Burke and the Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty”, in Anthony O’Hear (ed.), Political
Philosophy (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement: 58), Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2006, pp. 213-230.
“Recordando D. António Ferreira Gomes” (Remembering D. António Ferreira Gomes), in Ser
Cristão na Sociedade aqui e no futuro, Actas do Congresso Internacional no centenário de
nascimento de António Ferreira Gomes, Bispo do Porto, (Minutes of the International Congress on
the centennial of the birth of António Ferreira Gomes, Bishopof OPorto), Fundação SPES, Porto,
2006, pp. 99-106.
“Do Racionalismo Dogmático ao Irracionalismo Dogmático: Breve Comentário à Encíclica Fé e
Razão” [From Dogmatic Rationalism to Dogmatic Irrationalism: Brief Comment on the Encyclical
Faith and Reason] in O Legado do pensamento de João Paulo II (The Legacy of Pope John Paul II's
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Thought), coord. por Profs. Doutores Aníbal Pinto de Castro e José Carlos Seabra Pereira”, Gráfica
de Coimbra 2, Coimbra, 2006.
“A II Guerra, a Guerra Fria e a Democracia Liberal” [World War II, Cold War and Liberal
Democracy], in Actas do II Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Minutes of the
Political Sciences Portuguese Association's II Congress), Bizâncio, Lisboa, 2006, pp. 616-625.
“Neoconservatism in Europe, A View from Portugal”, in Neoconservatism, ed. Irwin Stelzer,
Atlantic Books, Londres, 2004 (American Edition, The NeoCon Reader, 2005; Arabic Edition, 2005;
Korean Edition 2005), pp. 299-310.
“Sociedade Civil” (Civil Society) in AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal), II Jornadas
Empresariais de Vidago: Comunicações e Discussões, Porto: AEP, 2002, pp. 339-350.
“Uma cultura da dignidade da pessoa humana” [A culture of the dignity of the human person] in
Aníbal Pinto de Castro, ed., Crise de Sociedade, Crise de Civilização, (Society Crisis, Civilization
Crisis), Lisboa, Sociedade Científica da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2002, pp. 29-41.
“Educar para a paz e a liberdade: Reflexões sobre o século XX” [Educating for Peace and Liberty:
Reflections on the 20th Century] in Educação para a Paz (Education for Peace), Lisboa, Cruz
Vermelha Portuguesa, 2002, pp. 20-29.
“Liberdade de Ensino” (Liberty of Education) in António Bagão Félix, ed., Conferências Justiça e Paz
2001, Lisboa, Comissão Nacional Justiça e Paz, 2002, pp. 27-32.
“A tradição de liberdade e a sua memória: razão da sua importância” [The tradition of liberty and
its memory: the reason of its importance], in Actas do I Encontro Nacional de Ciência Política,
Bizâncio, Lisboa, Dezembro de 2001, pp. 157-165.
“Neo-Liberalism”, Enciclopédia Verbo Luso-Brasileira de Cultura (Luso-Brazilian Verbo
Encyclopaedia of Culture), Edição Século XXI (21st Century Edition), vol. 20, November 2001.
"Virtudes Públicas numa Sociedade Pluralista" [Public Virtues in a Pluralist Society], in António
Bagão Félix (ed.), Ética e Sociedade (Ethics and Society), Lisboa: Comissão Justiça e Paz, 1997, pp.
27-42.
" Da construção de cidadãos participativos à crise de valores e referências estáveis", in Daniel Bessa
(ed.), Nos Dez Anos da Lei de Bases: Memórias e Projectos (Ten Years after the Education Bill:
Memories and Projects), Porto: Edições Asa, 1997, pp. 29-42.
"Liberdade e Responsabilidade" [Liberty and Responsibility], in António Ferrer Correia (ed.) Os
Direitos da Pessoa e a Comunicação Social (The Rights of the Person and the Media), Lisboa:
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1996, pp. 37-41.
"Sociedade Aberta e Liberalismo" [Liberalism and the Open Society], in Fátima Brandão (ed.),
Perspectivas Sobre o Liberalismo em Portugal (Perspectives on Liberalism in Portugal), Porto:
Faculdade de Economia, 1995, pp. 59-72.
“Mário Soares, The Presidency and the Democracy: The Magistrature of Influence”, in Richard
Herr (ed.), The New Portugal: Democracy and Europe, University of California at Berkeley, 1992,
pp. 42-48.
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ii.
Articles
“Being prepared to lose an argument is a pre-requisite of Democracy”, Journal of Democracy.
Forthcoming (October 2012)
“Da Crise do Euro à Política de Imperfeição” [From the Euro Crisis to the Political of Imperfection],
Editorial, Nova Cidadania, Number 46, Lisbon, Autumn 2011.
“O Futuro do Mundo Livre em Debate” [The Future of the Free World in Discussion], Nova
Cidadania, Number 46, Lisbon, Autumn 2011, pp.16-19
“A Europa e Portugal ficaram mais pobres – Otto von Habsburg” [Europe and Portugal went poorer
– Otto von Habsburg], Nova Cidadania, Number 46, Lisbon, Autumn 2011, p. 55.
“Trabalhar, Poupar, Investir. Servir os outros tentando melhorar a nossa própria condição”
[Working, Saving, Investing. Serving others trying to improve our own condition], Editorial, Nova
Cidadania, Number 45, Lisbon, Summer 2011.
"O que a Polonia sabe e nós já esquecemos" [What Poland knows and we have forgotten], Editorial,
Nova Cidadania, Number 44, Lisbon, Spring 2011.
"Polonia: Um País a ter em conta" [Poland: A country to take into account], Nova Cidadania,
Number 44, Lisbon, Spring 2011, pp. 18-19.
"Sobre a autoridade" [On authority], Nova Cidadania, Number 44, Lisbon, Spring 2011, p. 64.
“O Mistério Inglês e a Corrente de Ouro” [The English Mystery and the Golden Chain], Ensaio, Nova
Cidadania, Number 43, Lisbon, October/December 2010, pp. 46-48
“O Poder do Estado no mar e a História do Ocidente”, Roteiros – Boletim do Instituto D. João de
Castro, Nova Série, 2010, nº4.
“Conversação a várias vozes”, Dossier: Reflexões sobre o Pensamento de Bento XVI, Nova
Cidadania, Number 42, April-June 2010, p. 21.
“Réu da República: O Missionário António Barroso, Bispo do Porto” [Accused by The Republic: The
Missionary António Barroso, Bishop of Oporto], Nova Cidadania, Number 41, January/March 2010,
pp. 73-75
“Irving Kristol: A Imaginação Moral” [Irving Kristol: The Moral Imagination], Nova Cidadania,
Number 41, January/March 2010, pp. 42-43
“Ralf Dahrendorf (1929-2009)”, Nova Cidadania, Number 40, July/September 2010, pp. 73-77
“Um pequeno Grande Livro: sobre o Caminho para a Servidão de F. A. Hayek” [A small Great book:
On F. A. Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom] , Nova Cidadania, Number 39, April/July 2009, pp. 34-37
“A Tradição Anglo-Americana da Liberdade: Um Olhar Europeu” [The Anglo-American Tradition of
Liberty: a View from Europe], Nova Cidadania, Number 38, January/March 2009, pp. 30-32
“A Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos em debate” [Debating the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights], Nova Cidadania, Number 37, October/December 2008, pp. 26-29
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“The World’s Vote – The View from Portugal”, The American Interest, Volume IV, Number 2,
November/December 2008.
“Karl Popper e a Filosofia da Sociedade Aberta” [Karl Popper and the Philosophy of the Open
Society], Nova Cidadania, Number 36, July/September 2008, pp. 24-27
“Ocidente Contra Ocidente” [West against West], Nova Cidadania, Number 35, January/March
2008, pp. 30-36
“A Pobreza do Historicismo” [The Poverty of Historicism], Nova Cidadania, Number 34,
October/December 2007, pp.10-13
“Winston Churchill, um gentleman” [Winston Churchill, a gentleman], Nova Cidadania, Number
32, April/June 2007, pp. 68-74
“Liberdade implica Responsabilidade” [Liberty implies Responsibility], Nova Cidadania, Number
31, January/March 2007, pp. 28-30
“Sobre la Filosofía Política de Winston Churchil” [On Winston Churchill Political Philosophy],
Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político, Number 12, October-December 2006, pp. 141-150.
“A Relação Transatlântica num Mundo Global” [The Transatlantic Relationship in a Global World],
Nova Cidadania, Number 26, October/December 2005.
“O Legado de John Rawls e o Debate sobre a Justiça” [John Rawls’s Legacy and the Debate on
Justice], Academia Internacional da Cultura Portuguesa, Boletim Number 31, 2004.
“Liberdade de Educação e Educação do Carácter” [Freedom of Education and Character Education]
Comunication incorporated in the panel Society, Family and Values, in Educação da Juventude,
Carácter, Liderança e Cidadania [Education of the Youth, Character, Leadership and Citizenship],
Nação e Defesa, July 2004, pp. XV-XXII.
“A Polónia e a União Europeia” [Poland and The European Union], Nova Cidadania, Number 20,
April/June 2004, pp. 40-42.
“Ensino Livre: A verdadeira salvaguarda da educação do carácter” [Freedom of Education: the true
rampart of character education], in Roteiros, Number 2, May 2004, pp. 55-61.
“Dois Iluminismos: o continental e o anglo-saxónico” [Two Enlightenments: the continental and the
Anglo-American], Communio, Number 2, April 30, 2003, pp. 159-170.
“John Rawls: Uma Homenagem Crítica” [John Rawls: A critical tribute], Nova Cidadania, Number
15, January/March 2003, pp. 94-95.
“Pais Exigem Liberdade de Ensino” [Parents demand freedom of education], Nova Cidadania,
Number 12, April/June 2002, pp. 76-77.
“Prosperidade e Bem-Estar Material na Perspectiva de Tocqueville” [Prosperity and material
wellbeing according to Tocqueville], Nova Cidadania, Number 9, July/September 2001, pp. 38-43.
“Dois Conceitos de Pluralismo” [Two concepts of Pluralism], Nova Cidadania, Number 7,
January/March de 2001, pp. 55-56.
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“Prosperidade e bem-estar: uma leitura de Tocqueville” [Prosperity and welfare: an interpretation
of Tocqueville], Análise Social, Number 156, Volume XXXV, Outono 2000, pp. 783-790.
“The perils of prosperity”, Journal of Democracy, Volume 11, Number 1, January 2000, pp. 135141.
“O Mar Aberto e o Espírito da Liberdade” [The Open Sea and The Spirit of Liberty], Nova
Cidadania, Number 6, October/December 2000, pp. 72-77.
"A Liberalism of Sorts", Review article of Ralf Dahrendorf, After 1989: Morals, Revolution and Civil
Society, in Journal of Democracy, Volume 9, Number 4, October 1998. (Translated in Revista de
Libros, Madrid, January 1999, and in Portuguese, Nova Cidadania, Number 1, Julho 1999), pp. 168171.
“O Projecto Europeu: Estará o Estado-Nação em vias de Desaparecimento? [The European Project:
Is the Nation State Withering Away?], in Revista Brasileira de Estudos Políticos, Universidade
Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Julho de 1998, pp. 73-98.
"Liberalismo, Modernidade e os seus Críticos" [Liberalism, Modernity and Their Critics], Análise
Social, 146/147, vol. XXXIII, 1998, pp. 237-247.
"The Making of Portuguese Democracy", Review Article of Kenneth Maxwell, The Making of
Portuguese Democracy, in Camões Center Quarterly, Volumes 6/7, 1 & 2, Summer/Fall 1997, pp. 2731.
"O Projecto Europeu: Estará o Estado-Nação em vias de Desaparecimento?" [The European Project:
Is the Nation State Withering Away?], in Análise Social, 141, Vol. XXXII, 1997, pp. 443-460.
"Sobre o Liberalism Civil e o Pós-Modernismo Anti-Religioso" [On Civil Liberalism and Anti-Religion
Post-Modernism], in Communio, Number 5, Year XIII, 1996, pp. 441-450.
"Direitos Sociais de Cidadania: Uma Crítica a F. A. Hayek e Raymond Plant" [Social Citizenship
Rights: A Critique of F. A. Hayek and Raymond Plant], in Análise Social, 131/132, Volume XXX, 1995,
pp. 265-287.
"Sociedade Aberta e Neoliberalismo" [The Open Society and Neoliberalism], in Análise Social,
125/126, Volume XXIX, 1994, pp. 153-170.
iii.
Newspapers and learned journals
a. Editor
1999-: Editor of Nova Cidadania (New Citizenship), a quarterly journal of ideas and politics.
1984- 1994: Editor of RISCO (RISK), a quarterly journal of ideas and politics.
b. Columnist
2011 (February) - : weekly opinion column, “Cartas de Varsóvia” [Letters from Warsaw] in PUBLICO,
daily newspaper.
2009-2010: weekly opinion column, i, a daily newspaper.
1998-2009: weekly opinion column (fortnight between 1998 and 2004), EXPRESSO, a weekly
newspaper.
1990-1997: weekly opinion column, PUBLICO, a daily newspaper.
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1987-1990: weekly opinion column, EXPRESSO.
1985-1986: weekly opinion column, Jornal de Notícias, a daily newspaper.
iv.
Director of Book Collections
Collection Political Ideas and Studies (IEP-UCP)
João Carlos Espada (Coord.), Portugal Hoje: Bloqueios e Desafios, Universidade Católica Editora,
Lisboa, 2010.
João Carlos Espada, Marc Plattner and Adan Wolfson (Coord.), A Sociedade Civil e o Mercado,
Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 2010.
João Carlos Espada, Marc Plattner and Adan Wolfson (Coord.), Direita e Esquerda? Divisões
Ideológicas no Século XXI, Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 2009.
Mário Pinto, Sobre os Direitos Fundamentais de Educação – Crítica ao monopólio estatal na rede
escolar, Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa, 2008.
João Carlos Espada (Coord.), Democracia Liveral e Religião, Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa,
2007.
Collection Leviatã, Editorial Bizâncio
Isaiah Berlin, A Apoteose da Vontade Romântica (The Apotheosis of the Romantic Will), 1999.
Isaiah Berlin, A Busca do Ideal (The Search for the Ideal), 1998.
Collection Problemas, Editorial Fragmentos
Ralf Dahrendorf, Ensaios sobre o Liberalismo (Essays on Liberalism), 1993.
Karl Popper, A Sociedade Aberta e os Seus Inimigos (The Open Society and Its Enemies), Vols. I e II,
1993.
Voltaire, Cartas Filosóficas (Philosophical Letters), 1992.
Karl Popper, Um Mundo de Propensões (A World of Propensities), 1991.
Bertrand Russell, O Poder: Uma Nova Análise Social (Power: a New Social Analysis), 1990.
Karl Popper e Konrad Lorenz, O Futuro está Aberto (The Future is Open), 1990.
Alexis de Tocqueville, O Antigo Regime e a Revolução (The Old Regime and the Revolution), 1989.
Karl Popper, Em Busca de um Mundo Melhor (In Search of a Better World), 1989.
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6. Conferences
i.
Main Academic Conferences (presented papers at), Lectures and Debates
2012 (October): “The Future of the European Union”, Universidade de Coimbra, October 11
(forthcoming)
2012 (June): “Europa no século XX: Da divisão à reunificação” [Europe in the XX Century: from
Division to Reunification], Seminar given at Catholic University of Oporto, June 1.
2012 (May): “A Política de Imperfeição e a Disposição Conservadora" [The Politics of Imperfection
and Disposition Conservative], Lecture given at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, May 21.
2012 (May): “O papel da Sociedade Civil” , Lecture given at Centro de Estudos João Manuel
Delgado, May 5, Lourinhã.
2012 (April): “The Future of the European Union”, Panel at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Conference at Santiago de Compostela, April 29-May 1.
2012 (March): Workshop “The Impact of the Financial Crisis: How Real is the Risk of Political Destabilization and the Rise of Extremism” organized by the Centre for Liberal Strategies-Sofia, the
Bruno Kreisky Forum for international Dialogue in Vienna and the Directorate for Security Policy of
the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports. March 25-26, Vienna.
2012 (February): Opening Intervention, Memorial Lecture of Prof. Ernâni Lopes with José Manuel
Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, February 17, Lisbon.
2012 (January): “Political Strategy”, Lecture given at the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, January
18.
2011 (May): "Ideas about Europe and Europeanisation", presentation given at "Europeanisation
and the Roots of Modern Europe", May 27-29, 2011, EUROPAEUM, Oxford.
2011 (May): “The Role of Political Parties in the Democratic Process", Chair of the panel with the
same title, OSCE Conference, Warsaw, May 18-20.
2011 (May): “Ethics, Professionalism and Governance”, Lecture given at the Academy of Sciences
of Lisbon, May 4.
2011 (April): “Europe in the 20th Century: From Division to Reunification”, Inaugural Lecture of the
“European Parliament - Bronisław Geremek European Civilization Chair”, College of Europe,
campus of Natolin, (Warsaw), April 13.
2011 (March): "Winston Churchill: Some lessons from, quite simply, a great man", Lecture given at
the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, March 17.
2011 (March): “Will Europe fail if the Euro fails?”, lecture given at Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Conference, on “The European Union and the Euro Crisis”, Malaga, Spain, March 7.
2010 (November): “Fundamentos do Estado Democrático” ("Foundations of the Democratic
State") lecture given at Instituto de Defesa Nacional (National Defence Institute), Lisbon,
November 8.
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2010 (October): “Edmund Burke and the concept of Political Culture”, Maiden speech at the
Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, October 28.
2010 (October): “O Poder do Estado no Mar e a História do Ocidente”, ("Seapower and the
History of the West") lecture given at Instituto D. João de Castro, Lisbon, October 7.
2010 (September): Chairman of the Panel “NATO at 61: The Future of the Free World”, XX
Economic Forum, Krynica, Poland, promoted by the Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies of
Warsaw, Poland, September 8-11.
2010 (May): Participant at the Inaugural Ralf Dahrendorf Memorial Colloquium, St. Antony’s
College, Oxford, May 1.
2010 (April): Speaker at the Panel “Civil Society as a Building Block for Democracy” in the 4th
Europe-Ukraine Forum promoted by the Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies of Warsaw, Kiev,
April 26-28.
2010 (March): “Reflexões sobre o Conceito de Cultura Política”, lecture given at Instituto de
Filosofia Prática da Universidade da Beira Interior, March 19.
2010 (February): “Liberty and a Culture based on the dignity of Human Person”, Lecture given at
the Commencement Ceremony of the Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, February 12.
2009 (September): Book Presentation “A Circunstância do Estado Exíguo”, Prof. Adriano Moreira,
Instituto de Defesa Nacional, Lisboa, September 16.
2009 (August): Chair of the Session “Richard Epstein” at “Mont Pelerin Society Meeting”,
Stockholm
2009 (July): Chairman of the Workshop with the Civil Society representatives entitled “Diálogo
Intercultural e Governação Democrática”, under the Portuguese Presidency of the Community of
Democracies and the holding of the Fifth Ministerial Conference. July 11 and 12, Centro Cultural
de Belém, Lisboa.
2009 (June): Opening Intervention, XVII International Annual Meeting in Political Studies, “NATO
at 60: The Future of the Free World”, Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa, June 25, Hotel Palácio Estoril.
2009 (May): Participant at “On Liberty: Colloquium to mark the 80th Birthday of Ralf Dahrendorf”,
Oxford, May 1-2.
2009 (May): Conference entitled “Famílias Numerosas – O Investimento mais rentável” at 2º
Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Famílias Numerosas “Famílias Numerosas – Garantia de
Futuro”, May 23, Centro do Congresso do Estoril.
2009 (March): Closing Intervention, Community of Democracies Seminar entitled “The
Implications of the Current Financial and Economic Crisis on Democratic Governance”, Março 23
and 24, Palácio Foz, Lisbon. Joint organization: Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Instituto de
Estudos Políticos da Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Instituto Português de Relações
Internacionais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
2009 (March): Conference entitled “Centenário Isaiah Berlin: 1909-2009” given with Dr. João
Pereira Coutinho and Dr. José Tomaz Castello Branco at Governo Civil de Aveiro, March 4, Aveiro.
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2008 (December): Lecture given at Encontro Anual dos Adidos de Defesa junto das Representações
Diplomáticas de Portugal entitled “Portugal e a Comunidade das Democracias”, Estado Maior das
Forças Armadas, December 19, Lisbon.
2008 (November): “Fundamentos do Estado Democrático”, lecture given at National Defence
Course in Lisbon and Oporto.
2008 (October): Opening Intervention, Annual Lecture Alexis de Tocqueville, October 9, Lisbon.
2008 (July): “Crisis of Culture”, lecture given at the 3rd Annual “Vanenburg Meeting” entitled
“Forty Years of the Spirit of ’68: Is Europe in Crisis?”, Fundacíon Burke, July 4 to 6, Madrid.
2008 (May): “Models of Secularism: France, Turkey, America – and Europe?”, lecture given at
Vienna Forum 2008 entitled “Post-Christian Europe and Resurgent Islam”, May 31, Austria.
2008 (May): “Introdução” lecturegiven at “Encontro Diocesano de Pastoral Social – Patriarcado de
Lisboa” entitled “Intervenção Social – Responsabilidade Pastoral”, May 24, Lisbon.
2008 (May): “Reflexões sobre o conceito de Cultura Política”, lecture given at Academia
Internacional da Cultura Portuguesa, May 7.
2008 (April): “The Transatlantic Tradition of Liberty: A view from Europe”, lecture given at “Why
Academic Centers Matter in Promoting Economic and Political Liberties” of Atlas Economic
Research Foundation, April 11, Arlington, USA.
2007 (November): “Fundamentos do Estado Democrático”, lecture given at National Defence
Course, 8 November (Lisbon), 13 November (Oporto).
2007 (November): “Ocidente contra Ocidente”, lecture given at Universidade CEU-San Pablo, at
the Congress entitled “Dios en la vida pública”, November 17, Madrid.
2007 (October): “Educação para a Paz versus Educação para a Violência”, lecture given at the
Cimeira Internacional “Educação para a Paz” of Pro Dignitate – Human Rights Foundation, October
22, Lisbon.
2007 (May): “Sobre a Identidade Cristã da Europa” (About the Christian Identity of Europe),
lecture given at Castelo de S. João Baptista da Foz do Douro, Porto, whithin the series
“Conferências do Castelo”, May 24.
2007 (April): “Sobre a filosofia política de Winston Churchill” (On the Political Philosophy of
Winston Churchill), lecture given at Escola Naval, Almada, April 18.
2007 (February): “Winston Churchill: Um gentleman”, lecture given at Associação de Comandos,
at the Conference entitled “Reflexão sobre Winston Churchill, líder da Democracia Ocidental”
(Reflection about Winston Churchill, leader of Western Democracy), Oeiras, February 2.
2007 (January): “Sobre a Relação Transatlântica e a Civilização Ocidental” (Transatlantic
Relationship and Western Civilization), lecture given at Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares,
Lisbon, January 9.
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2006 (December): “Liberdade implica Responsabilidade”, (Liberty Implies Responsibility), lecture
given at Encontros dos Jerónimos about “Estado Garantia: O Estado Social no Século XXI?”,
Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisbon, December 16.
2006 (October): “Fundamentos do Estado Democrático” (Foundations of the Democratic State),
National Defense Course 2006/2007, headquarters of Instituto de Defesa Nacional, October 16
(Lisbon) and 19 (Porto).
2006 (July): “Una Visión de Europa: Churchill hoy” (A Vision of Europe: Churchill today), paper
given at the conference directed by Professor Eduardo Nolla and organized by FAES on “El Futuro
de la Democracia Liberal”, Madrid, 3-6 July.
2006 (May): Opening Intervention, Annual Lecture Alexis de Tocqueville.
2006 (March): “Edmund Burke e a Tradição Anglo-Americana da Liberdade” (Edmund Burke and
the Anglo_American Tradition of Liberty), III Portuguese Political Science Association Congress,
Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
2006 (March): “On the Political Philosophy of Winston Churchill”, lecture given at British Council,
Lisbon, by invitation of Mr. Paulo Lowndes Marques, President of British Historical Society of
Portugal.
2006 (February): “Para uma Cultura da Dignidade da Pessoa Humana” (Towards a Culture of
Dignity of the Human Person), Oratio de Sapiência given at the Chatolic University day, Lisbon.
2005 (December): “Tocqueville on Liberty”, paper given at the conference directed by Professor
Eduardo Nolla and organized by FAES on “Libertad, Igualdad, Despotismo: En el bicentenário de
Alexis de Tocqueville”, Madrid, 12-13 December.
2005 (March): “Edmund Burke and the Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty”, lecture given at the
Royal Institute of Philosophy, closing the Series of Public Lectures on Political Philosophy, 20042005, by invitation of the Institute’s Director, Professor Anthony O’Hear, London, March 4.
2005 (March): The Transatlantic Relationship in a global world”, opening lecture at Forum Luso
Espanhol, by invitation of its President, Eng. Jorge Jardim Gonçalves, Lisboa, March, 2005.
2004 (July): “Towards an Atlanticist and Patriotic Europeanism”, lecture given at the ΧΙΙ
International Meeting on Political Studies, Cascais, 1-10 July.
2003 (June): Speaker at the “Voix d’Europe Conférence”, Collège d’Europe, Natolin, Poland.
2003 (April): ”Liberdade de Educação: uma perspectiva pluralista” ("Freedom of Education: a
pluralist perspective") lecture given at the Conference of the Forum for Freedom of Education,
Coimbra University.
2003 (February): “Temas de Filosofia Política” (“Themes of Political Philosophy), Nine Lectures at
the Institute of Letters and Humanities, University of Minho.
2003 (January): Laudatio of Professor Bronislaw Geremek at his Honoris Causa doctorate by the
Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon, University Day, 30 January).
2003 (January): "Televisão e Dois Conceitos de Democracia" (Television and Two Concepts of
Democracy), Closing speech at the Conference "Televisão, Violência e Sociedade" (Television,
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Violence and Society)promoted by the Scientific Society of the Portuguese Catholic University, the
Pro Dignitate Foundation and Cinemateca Nacional and opened by Her Majesty The Queen Sofia of
Spain.
2002 (November): “Liberdade de Educação ou Estado Educador?” (Liberty of Education or an
Educator State?), Forum for Liberty of Education (Lisbon, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 16
November).
2002 (November): “A Busca da Certeza e as Suas Consequências Relativistas” (The Pursuit of
Certainty and Its Relativistic Consequences), X International Meeting on Political Studies, Cascais, 35 November).
2002 (October): “A importância da família na vida social” (The Importance of the Family in Social
Life), National Congress on the Family, Lisbon.
2002 (September): “Riqueza e Pobreza” (Wealth and Poverty), Congresso Nacional ACEGE, Lisboa.
2002 (July): “The Pursuit of Certainty: from Authoritarian Rationalism to Authoritarian Relativism”,
lecture given at “Karl Popper Centenary Congress”, Viena.
2002 (January): “Europa-América”, A Debate with Prof. Marcello Rebelo de Sousa convened by the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation at the University of Coimbra.
2001 (December): “The Future of Europe”, A Debate with (former) President of the Portuguese
Republic, Mr. Mário Soares, Porto 2001, Closing Session.
2000 (August): “Direitos Sociais de Cidadania: Uma Perspectiva Crítica” (“Social Citizenship Rights:
A Critical Perspective”), Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro.
2000 (June): “Portugal’s National Day”, lecture given at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC,
June 12.
2000 (June): Introduction to the Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Annual Lecture, Lisbon, June 6.
2000 (May): “The Tradition of Liberty and Why It Matters”, Georgetown University, Washington,
DC, May 2.
2000 (April): “Liberalism: Old and New”, Boston College, Department of Political Science.
2000 (March): “Liberalism, Old and New”, Michigan State University, Department of Political
Science and Madison College.
1999 (December): “A Tradição da liberdade e a sua memória: razão da sua importância” (The
Tradition of Liberty and its Memory: Why They Matter), I Portuguese Political Science Association
Congress, Lisbon, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
1998 (May): Speaker at the Panel “Politics and Economy Roundtable: Which Road to Reform?” in
the “The New Atlantic Initiative Congress of Instambul”, Instambul, 1-3 May.
1998 (January): “Tolerância e Intolerância Política, Religiosa e Social”, lecture given at the Instituto
de Defesa Nacional, Lisboa, January 12.
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1997 (September): “The Inter-Governmental Conference and Its Consequences: Ensuring Public
Acceptance and Building a ‘New’ Europe”, 507th Wilton Park Conference, United Kingdom,
September 15-19.
1997 (June): Speaker at the Panel “As Virtudes Públicas numa Sociedade Plural” in the Econtro
Nacional “Uma nova ética nas relações sociais” promoted by the Comissão Nacional Justiça e Paz,
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, June 16.
1996 (October): “Tolerância/Intolerância”, Presentation of Prof. William Galston and
Commentator, Fundação Marquês de Pombal, Linda-a-Velha
1996 (May): “The Making of Portuguese Democracy”, Council on Foreign Relations, New York.
1996 (April): “Social Citizenship Rights: A Critique of F.A. Hayek and Raymond Plant”, Stanford
University, Department of Political Science.
1996 (March): “Portugal and the Third Wave of World Democratization”, University of Berkeley,
CA, Department of Political Science.
1995 (November): “Portugal and the Third Wave of World Democratization”, Harvard University,
Center for German and European Studies.
1995 (November): “Portugal and the Third Wave of World Democratization”, Brown University,
Watson Institute for International Studies.
1992 (January): Presented Karl Popper's paper "A Tribute to F. A. Hayek" at the Annual Meeting of
the American Economics Association (New Orleans). Being ill, Sir Karl Popper was not able to attend
the meeting.
ii.
Main Academic Conferences (convenor)
a. International Annual Meetings in Political Studies, with Anthony O’Hear,
Bronislaw Misztal, Horst Mewes, Marc F. Plattner, Paul Flather, Raymond Plant and
Susan Shell, in association with Europeaum, Harvard University Summer Program,
Boston College Summer Program, King’s College, Royal Institute of Philosophy and
Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu
2013 (June): “Governance, Leadership and Democracy Studies”, Estoril (June 24-26). Forthcoming
2012 (June): “Open Societies, Open Economies and Citizenship”, Estoril (June 25-27)
2011 (June): “The Future of the Free World”, Estoril (June 27-29)
2010 (June): “Political Dimensions of the Economic Crisis: The Future of the Market Economy and
Democracy”, Estoril (June 24 to 26).
2009 (June): “NATO at 60: The Future of the Free World”, Estoril (June 25 to 27).
2008 (June): “Human Rights Today: 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights”, Estoril (26 to 28, June).
2007 (June): “The Treaty of Rome at 50: the Future of Europe”, Estoril ( June 27 to 30).
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2006 (July): “Democracy and the Nation-State in a Global World”, Estoril (June 28 to July 1).
2005 (July): “The Transatlantic Relationship in a Global World”, Estoril (June 29 to July 2).
2004 (July): “Ideas of Europe and The Transatlantic Relationship”, Cascais (July 7 to 10).
2003 (July): “New Challenges to Liberal Democracy in a Global World”, Cascais (June 30 to July 5).
2002 (November): “Culture Wars in the West”, Cascais (November 3 to 5).
2001 (November): “Civic Life in Market Societies”, Cascais (November 11 to 14).
2000 (October): “Left and Right: Ideological Divides in the 21st Century”, Sintra (October 16 to 20).
1999 (October): “Pluralism Without Relativism: Remembering Sir Isaiah Berlin”, Arrabida (October
4 to 8).
1998 (October): “Liberalism, Old and New”, Arrabida (October 5 to 9).
1997 (October): “Liberalism, Modernity and Their Critics”, Arrabida (October 6 to 10).
1996 (October): “Liberty, Virtue and Self-Interest”, Arrabida (September 30 to October 4).
1995 (October): “Citizenship and Civil Society”, Arrabida (October 9 to 13).
1994 (October): “Theories of Justice: Liberty, Equality, Opportunity”, Arrabida (October 3 to 7).
1993 (October): “Liberalism and Communitarianism”, Arrabida (October 18 to 21).
b. Alexis de Tocqueville Distinguished Annual Lectures / Memorial Lecture of Prof.
Ernâni Lopes
2012 (February): “Europe and the Future”, by José Manuel Durão Barroso on the Memorial
Lecture of Prof. Ernâni Lopes (Lisbon, February 17)
2011 (February): “The Neo-Liberal State and the Rule of Law”, by Professor Lord Raymond Plant
(Lisbon, February 17).
2009 (November): “The Idea of a University”, by Professor Sir Anthony Kenny,(Lisbon, November
12).
2008 (October): “Natural Law, God and Human Rights”, by Professor Robert P. George, (Lisbon,
October 8).
2006 (May): “Are you a European?”, by Professor Timothy Garton Ash (Lisbon, May 2).
2004 (September): “Sir Winston Churchill: A Life”, by Sir Martin Gilbert, Lisbon.
2003 (October): “Competition as a Principle of Good Government”, by Dr. Christopher DeMuth
(Lisbon, October 6).
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2002 (June): “Two Ideas of Freedom”, by Dr. George Weigel (Lisbon, June 4).
2001 (May): “Liberal Democracy and Religion: The American Republic”, by Dr. Michael Novak
(Lisbon, May 30).
2000 (June): “Moral Instincts”, by Professor James Q. Wilson (Lisbon, June 6).
1999 (July): “World Religions and Democracy”, by Professor Alfred Stepan, (Lisbon, July 13).
1998 (June): “The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the English Tradition of Liberty under the Law”,
by Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper (Lord Dacre of Glanton), (Lisbon, June 8).
c. Bronislaw Geremek Lectures on European Civilisation – Convenor
2012 (April): “The Financial Crisis and the Character of the European State” by Professor Lord
Raymond Plant (Warsaw, April 27)
2012 (April): “Europe’s Democratic Odyssey” by Dr. Marc F. Plattner (Warsaw, April 26)
2012 (March): “The intellectual and moral validity of the political thought of Bronisław Geremek”
by Professor Bronisław Misztal (Warsaw, March 21)
2011 (November): “Vanishing Kingdoms” by Professor Norman Davies (Warsaw, November 21).
2011 (October): “Is the Euroean Idea Polish? Nationalism and Supranationalism in Polish Political
Thought”, by Mr. Adam Samoyski (Warsaw, October 17)
iii.
Liberty Fund Conferences
a. Director
2013 (June 27-30): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “Lippmann, Hayek and Popper on
Liberty”, Estoril, Portugal. Forthcoming.
2012 (June 28-July 1): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “Adam Smith on Liberty and Virtue”,
Estoril, Portugal.
2011 (June 30 – July 3): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “Hayek and Oakeshott on Liberty
and the Rule of Law”, Estoril, Portugal.
2010 (June 27-30): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “The Future of Capitalism”, Estoril,
Portugal
2009 (June 21-24): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty and the Idea of the West”,
Estoril, Portugal.
2008 (June 29 – July 2): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty and Responsibility in the
Thought of F. A. Hayek”, Estoril, Portugal.
2007 (24-27 June): Director of the Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty and Personal Responsibility in
the thought of Raymond Aron”, Estoril, Portugal (first Liberty Fund Conference in Portugal).
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b. Participant
2012 (April, 12-15): Liberty Fund Conference “The Idea of Law”, Porto Alegre. Brazil.
2010 (September 16-19): Liberty Fund Conference “Adam Smith on Liberty and Propriety”,
Edinburgh. United Kingdom.
2010 (15-18 July 2010): Liberty Fund Conference “Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty – 50th
Anniversary Conference”, London, United Kingdom
2009 (July 29 to August 2): Liberty Fund Conference “2009-10 Santa Fe Leadership Seminar”.
Santa Fé, USA.
2009 (23-26 April): Liberty Fund Conference “The Future of Liberty”. Torino, Italy.
2008 (16-19 October): Liberty Fund Conference “War, Peace and Moral International Order: Hugo
Grotius (1583-1645) as link between Francisco de Vitoria (ca. 1480-1546) and Immanuel Kant
(1724-1804)”. Alzenau-Wasserlos, Germany
2008 (24-27 July): Liberty Fund Conference “Decentralization, Subsidiarity, and Liberty”, Aix en
Provence, France.
2008 (April 18-20): Liberty Fund Conference “2007-2008 Socratic Seminar II”, Indianapolis, USA.
2007 (6-9 December): Liberty Fund Conference “Conservatism, Nationalism, and Liberty in the
Thought of Elie Kedourie”, Bath, United Kingdom. Director: Professor Kenneth Minogue.
2007 (16-19 August): Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty in the Works of James Buchanan”,
Stockholm, Sweden. Directors: Professors Niclas Berggren and Nils Karlson.
2007 (15-18 March): Liberty Fund Conference, Liberty, Judgment and Prudence, Santiago de
Compostela, Spain. Director: Professor Ferenc Hörcher.
2006 (7-10 December): Liberty Fund Conference “Oakeshott on Freedom, Civil Association, and the
Rule of Law”, Cambridge Garden House Hotel. Director: Professor Noel O’Sullivan.
2003 (25-28 September): Liberty Fund Conference “Culture, Leisure and Liberty”, Edhinburg,
Scotland. Director: Professor Peter Jones.
2002 (17-20 October): Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty and Law in a World of Sovereign States”,
Toronto, Canada. Director: Professor John Tomasi.
2001 (May 31 to June 3): Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in Mill and
Stephen”, Paradsasvar, Hungria. Director: Professor John Kekes.
2001 (15-18 May): Liberty Fund Conference “The Politics of a Free Society in Michael’s Oakeshott
Essays”, Paradsasvar, Hungary. Director: Professor John Kekes.
2000 (23-26 August): Liberty Fund Conference “Liberdade, Moralidade, Razão e Mudança Social”
(“Liberty, Morality, Reason and Social Change”), Rio de Janeiro. Director: Professor Francisco
Leme.
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1995 (6-9 April): Liberty Fund Conference “Liberty and Human Fallibility”, Dallas, Texas. Director:
Professor John Alvis.
iv.
Other Conferences
2012 (May): Host of “Reforming the Republic”, Prof. Vítor Gaspar, Minister of State and Finance.
Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (May 4)
2012 (February): Host of a Lecture by Rafik Abdessalem, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia.
Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa in association with the Diplomatic
Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (February, 15)
2012 (February): Host of “Europe. The Crisis. The Future.”, Professor Norbert Lammert, President
of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag). Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade
Católica Portuguesa in association with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (February 14)
2011 (November): Host of the Colloquium: “From Dictatorship to Democracy: experience and
future” Mário Soares, Adam Michnik, Teresa de Sousa and Marek Ziólkowsi. Instituto de Estudos
Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa in association with the Embassy of the Republic of
Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Presidency of the European Union Council (November
25).
2010 (November): Host of “Doutrina Social da Igreja, Livre Iniciativa e Pobreza” (Catholic Social
Teaching, Free Enterprise, and Poverty), Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa in association with Acton Institute (November 9).
2010 (October): Host of “Portugal 2011: Para Além da Crise” (Portugal 2011: Beyond the Crisis),
10 Lecture-Series, Instituto de Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (October 11 to
December 20).
2010 (May): Host of “Reflections on the Thought of Benedict XVI”, Instituto de Estudos Políticos,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (May 3).
2009 (March): Host of “Portugal 2009: Bloqueios e Desafios”, 14 Lecture-Series, Instituto de
Estudos Políticos, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (March 3 to June 16).
2007 (April): Host of “Reforming Intelligence: Obstacles to Democratic Control and Effectiveness”,
lecture given by Dr. Thomas C. Bruneau, “Distinguished Professor of National Security Affairs”,
Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon (April 11).
2007 (March): Host of "Europa: Entre a Globalização e a Geopolítica" (Europe: Between
Globalization and Geopolitics), lecture given by General António Ramalho Eanes, Political Studies
Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon (March 20).
2007 (March): Host of “Humanitarian Military Intervention: War for the End of History?”, lecture
given by Clifford Orwin, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon (March
19).
2007 (March): Host of “America's Current Political Culture and U.S. Foreign Policy”, lecture given
by Harlan Ullman, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon (March 14).
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2006 (November): Host of “Portugal Liberal: Três Ensaios na Tradição de Jorge Borges de Macedo”
(Liberal Portugal: Three Essays in the tradition of Jorge Borges de Macedo), Homenagem ao
Professor Borges de Macedo, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon
(November 28).
2006 (November): Host of “Europe’s Two Culture Wars”, lecture given by George Weigel at Lord
Acton Lecture, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon (November 17).
2006 (October): Host of “Memories of my Grandfather, Winston Churchill, at home and abroad”,
lecture given by Celia Sandys at Lord Acton Lecture, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic
University, Lisbon.
2006 (October): Host of “When is a Nation State Ready to Democracy?”, lecture given by the
American Ambassador in Portugal, Mr. Alfred Hoffman Jr., at the Solemn Opening of the School
Year 2006/2007, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon.
2002 (October): Member of the Convening Committee of “Globalisation: Science, Culture and
Religion”, with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
2001 (October): Member of the Convening Committee of “Globalisation, International Law and
Multilateral Institutions”, with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
2000 (June): Member of the Convening Committee of “Globalisation, Development and Equity”,
with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
2000 (June): Host of “Liberal Democracy and Religion”, Political Studies Institute, Portuguese
Catholic University in co-operation with Michigan State University, Lisbon.
1997(October)-1998 (March): Convenor of “The European Challenge: Past, Present and Future”,
Lecture Series at Serralves Foundation, OPorto.
1996(October)-1997 (December): Convenor of “The Democratic Invention”, Lecture Series at the
Mário Soares Foundation, which was repeated in Washington, DC, by the National Endowment for
Democracy in 1998-9.
1987-1989: Adviser of “The 20th Century in Perspective”, Lecture Series promoted by the President
of the Portuguese Republic.
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7. PhD Supervision
i.
Supervision of PhD Dissertations (completed)
November 17, 2011: Eugénia Nobre Gamboa, “Família e Políticas Públicas” [Family and Public
Policy], classificação de magna cum laude. Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
October 4, 2011: Ivone Moreira, “A Filosofia Política de Edmund Burke” [The Political Philosophy
of Edmund Burke], classificação de summa cum laude. Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
May 25, 2011: Hugo Chelo, “A Liberdade Religiosa no Concílio Vaticano II e no Pensamento de
John Courtney Murray – O Cruzamento de Duas Narrativas” [Freedom of Religion in the 2nd
Vatican Council and in the Thought of John Courtney Murray: Two Narratives at the Crossroads],
classificação de summa cum laude.
August 5, 2009: José Tomaz Castello Branco, “Pluralismo, Liberdade e Tolerância: O Tecido Moral
das Democracias Contemporâneas” [Pluralism, Liberty and Toleration: The Moral Fabric of
Contemporary Democracies], classificação de summa cum laude. Lisboa, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa.
November 12, 2008: João Pereira Coutinho, "Política e Perfeição: Um Estudo sobre o Pluralismo
de Edmund Burke e Isaiah Berlin" [Politics and Perfection: A study on Edmund Burke’s and Isaiah
Berlin’s Pluralism], classificação de summa cum laude. Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
November 7, 2007: Lívia Franco, “Alexis de Tocqueville e a Cidadania Responsável em
Democracia” [Alexis de Tocqueville and Responsible Citizenship in a Democracy], classificação de
summa cum laude. Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
June 1, 2006: Miguel Ferreira Morgado, “A Aristocracia e os seus críticos: um exercício na História
do Pensamento Político (Maquiavel, Hobbes e Rousseau)” [Aristocracy and Its Critics: An Exercise
in The History of Political Thought (Machiavelli, Hobbes and Rousseau)], classificação de summa
cum laude. Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
ii.
Supervision of PhD Dissertations (in process)
Orlando Samões, “Adam Smith, Liberty and Virtue”.
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8. MA Supervision
i.
Supervision of MA Dissertations (completed)
June, 2012: De la Borie de la Batut, Ulric (France): “Solidarité pour Solidarnosc en Europe. Un
moment européen? L’exemple français, 1981-1982”. Warsaw, College of Europe.
June, 2012: De Habsbourg-Lorraine, Imre (Luxembourg): “The European Identity. Habermas and
the Paneuropa Union: How do both approaches contribute to reflecting the genuine face of
Europe?”. Warsaw, College of Europe.
June, 2012: Loeser, Jessika (Germany): “The ‘Armenian Question’ and the Second German Empire
– Response and Responsibility of Germany in the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians”.
Warsaw, College of Europe.
June, 2012: Nardi, Agnese (Italy): “Secularism and religion in Europe: state, civil society and
freedom of religion”. Warsaw, College of Europe.
July 27, 2010: Bruno Alves, “A Necessidade da Liberdade: Pluralismo de Valores e Liberdade na
Filosofia Política Contemporânea” [The Necessity of Liberty: Value Pluralism and Liberty in
Contemporary Political Philosophy], classificação de summa cum laude com dezoito valores
(18/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
March, 17, 2010: Rita Seabra de Brito, “A Sociedade Livre e Virtuosa: O Pensamento Social de João
Paulo II" [The Free and Virtuous Society: The Social Thought of John Paul II], classificação de
magna cum laude com dezassete valores (17/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
December 22, 2003: Nuno Peres Monteiro, “No Knights in the Bazaar? The Role of the
Private/Public Distinction in Richard Rorty’s Political Philosophy”, classificação de summa cum
laude, com dezanove valores (19/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
February 18, 2003: Arnaldo Gonçalves, “O Pensamento Político de Norberto Bobbio” [Norberto
Bobbio’s Political Thought], classificação de magna cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20).
Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
November 11, 2002: Tiago Adão Alves Araújo, “A Teoria da Democracia de Karl Popper” [Karl
Popper’s Theory Democracy], classificação de magna cum laude, com dezassete valores
(17/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
December 12, 2001: Maria Luísa de Maia Júlio Teixeira Coelho, “O Federalista” [The Federalist],
classificação de magna cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa.
March 27, 2001: José Tomaz de Gambôa Pinto de Castello Branco, “Liberdade e Pluralismo: O
pensamento político de Isaiah Berlin na génese de um novo conceito de liberdade” [Liberty and
Pluralism: Isaiah Berlin’s Political Thought at the genesis of a new concept of liberty] , classificação
de magna cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
March 12, 2001: Miguel Ferreira Morgado, “Política, Comércio e Modernidade: O ‘espírito do
comércio’ no pensamento de Montesquieu” [Politics Commerce and Modernity: ‘The Spirit of
Commerce’ in the thought of Montesquieu], classificação de magna cum laude, com dezoito
valores (18/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
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January 26, 2001: Bruno Verdial de Castro Maçães, “Um Plano Liberal de Governo: Teoria e Prática
no Regime Americano” [A Liberal Plan of Government: Theory and Practice of the American
Regime], classificação de summa cum laude, com dezanove valores (19/20). Lisboa, Universidade
Católica Portuguesa.
October 26, 2000: Hugo Miguel Mimoso Chelo, “O Problema da Conversação em Alasdair
MacIntyre” [The Problem of Conservatism in Alasdair MacIntyre], classificação de magna cum
laude, com dezoito valores (18/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
May 15, 2000: Maria Eugénia Nobre Gambôa, “Liberdade, Igualdade, Identidade Nacional: Uma
Leitura Liberal do Nacionalismo” [Liberty, Identity, National Independence: A Liberal Reading of
Nationalism], classificação de magna cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20). Lisboa,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
November 26, 1999: Maria João Pereira Vargas Moniz, “Sociedade Civil. Uma (Re)Invenção da
Democracia Contemporânea” [Civil Society: A (Re)Invention of Contemporary Democracy],
classificação final de Bom com Distinção, com quinze valores (15/20). Lisboa, Universidade
Católica Portuguesa.
November 24, 1999: Manuel António Fontaine Campos, “O Direito e a Moral no Pensamento de
Friedrich A. Hayek” [Law and Morals in the Thought of F. A. Hayek], classificaçao de magna cum
laude, com dezoito valores (18/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
July 6, 1999: Mónica Brito Vieira, “O Debate Rawls-Habermas Sobre a Justiça Política” [The RawlsHabermas Debate on Political Justice], classificação de summa cum laude, com dezanove valores
(19/20). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
ii.
Supervision of MA Dissertations (in process)
Filipa do Amparo, “On the Political Philosophy of Winston Churchill”
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9. Boards of Examiners
i.
Board of “Agregação”
June 29 and 30, 2009: José Fernandes Fontes Castelo Branco, “Do Poder da Palavra do Chefe de
Estado” (Vogal). Lisboa, Universidade Aberta de Lisboa.
September 17 and 18, 2008: Francisco Proença Garcia, “Da Guerra e da Estratégia” (Vogal). Lisboa,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
ii.
Board of the competition for “Professor Associado”
April 23 and June 17 2009: Concurso para Professor Associado para o Grupo Disciplinar de Política
Internacional. Braga, Universidade do Minho.
iii.
Board of Examiners (PhD)
July 2, 2012: Paulo Zagalo e Melo, “Political Community Sustainability: The Case of the European
Union” (Vogal). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
May 31, 2012: Sandra Maria de Jesus Pereira, “A Dimensão Cultural da Lusofonia como factor de
relevância económica” (Vogal). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
December 21, 2011: Arnaldo Gonçalves, "A parceria estratégica União Europeia-China" (Vogal).
Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
May 31, 2010: Francisco António Ferreira da Costa Abreu, “Ciência sem Experiência – do
Empirismo ao Falsificacionismo Moderado” (Vogal). Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa.
March 26, 2010: José Gomes André, “Razão e Liberdade. A Filosofia Política de James Madison”
(Arguente). Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa.
May 27, 2008: António Silva Ribeiro, “Elaboração da Estratégia de Defesa Militar: Contributos para
um novo modelo” (Vogal). Lisboa, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas.
Feburary 20, 2008: Francisco Xavier Lopes Arantes, “La idea de associación civil, como
fundamento de uma teoria del Estado: la propuesta de Michael Oakeshott” (Arguente). Madrid,
Universidade San Pablo CEU.
June, 2002: Pedro Manuel Prata Viegas dos Santos, “Acerca das Perversões do Consenso Justificação e Estabilidade no Pensamento de John Rawls” (Vogal). Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa.
February, 2002: Regina Maria da Cruz Queiroz, “Equidade e Pluralismo na Filosofia Política de John
Rawls” (Arguente). Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa.
iv.
Board of Examiners (MA)
March 1, 2010: Joana Reis, “A Ruptura de Francisco Sá Carneiro com Marcelo Caetano: A
Transição Impossível”, classificação de summa cum laude, com dezoito valores (18/20),
(Presidente), Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
May 4, 2009: Orlando Samões, “A Dispersão de Resultados em Hayek”, classificação de summa
cum laude, com dezanove valores (19/20), (Arguente), Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
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March 25, 2009: Sofia Maria Gonçalves Soares Franco, “A transformação da NATO - como poderá
a Aliança de maior êxito da História continuar a proteger o Ocidente e os seus valores?”,
classificação de Muito Bom, magna cum laude, com dezoito valores (Very Good, 18/20),
(Presidente). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
April 30, 2008: Nuno de Azevedo Sampaio, “A reforma do sistema eleitoral: o Debate em Portugal
1974/2007”, classificação de magna cum laude, (Presidente), Lisboa, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa.
December 22, 2003: Nuno Peres Monteiro, “No Knights in the Bazaar? The Role of the
Private/Public Distinction in Richard Rorty’s Political Philosophy”, classificação de summa cum
laude, com dezanove valores (19/20), (Presidente). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
February 18, 2003: Arnaldo Manuel Abrantes Gonçalves, “A Tensão entre Liberdade e Igualdade
no Pensamento Político de Norberto Bobbio”, classificação de magna cum laude, dezassete
valores (17/20), (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
November 11, 2002: Tiago Adão Araújo, “A Teoria da Democracia de Karl Popper”, classificação de
magna cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20), (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa.
December 13, 2001: Maria Luísa de Júlio Teixeira Coelho, “O Federalista”, classificação de magna
cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20), (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
March 27, 2011: José Tomaz Castello Branco, “Liberdade versus Pluralismo: O Pensamento
Político de Isaiah Berlin na Génese de um novo conceito de Liberdade”, classificação de magna
cum laude, com dezassete valores (17/20), (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
March 23, 2001: Ana Paula Santos Gil Garcês, “Michael Walzer e o justo sentido comum democracia, pluralismo e justiça distribuitiva”, classificação de magna cum laude, com dezassete
valores (17/20), (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
March 12, 2011: Miguel Ferreira Morgado, “Política, Comércio e Modernidade. O ‘espírito do
comércio’ no pensamento de Montesquieu”, classificação de magna cum laude, com dezoito
valores (18/20), (Presidente). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
February 21, 2001: Arnaldo Clarete Salabert, “A Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa”,
classificação de magna cum claude (Presidente). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
January 26, 2001: Bruno de Castro Maçães, “Um Plano Liberal de Governo: Teoria e Prática no
Regime Americano”, classificação de summa cum laude (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa.
October 26, 2000: Hugo Miguel Mimoso Chelo, “O Problema de Conversação em Alasdair
MacIntyre”, classificação de magna cum laude, dezoito valores (18/20), (Supervisor). Lisboa,
Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
May 15, 2000: Maria Eugénia Nobre Gamboa, “Liberdade, Igualdade, Identidade Nacional: Uma
leitura liberal do Nacionalismo”, classificação de magna cum laude, dezassete valores (17/20),
(Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
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November 24, 1999: Manuel António Fontaine Campos, “O Direito e a Moral no Pensamento de
Friderich A. Hayek”, classificação de magna cum laude (Presidente). Lisboa, Universidade Católica
Portuguesa.
November 6, 1999: Mónica Brito Vieira, “O Debate Rawls-Habermas sobre Justiça Pública”,
classificação de magna cum laude (Supervisor). Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
v.
Fullbright Scholarship Selection Committees
June, 2010: Interview with Candidates for the Fulbright Scholarship for Master and PhD in the
panel of Political Science and International Relations. Lisbon.
May, 2009: Interview with Candidates for the Fulbright Scholarship for Master and PhD in the
panel of Political Science and International Relations. Lisbon.
May, 2008: Interview with Candidates for the Fulbright Scholarship for Master and PhD in the
panel of Political Science and International Relations. Lisbon.
vi.
Others
2009/2010/2011: Member of the Board of Examiners of the Prize “O Parlamento e a República”
(The Parliament and the Republic) of Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament)
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10. Clubs and Societies
i.
Scholarly
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa (Membro correspondente)
Academia de Marinha, Lisboa (Membro correspondente)
Academia Internacional da Cultura Portuguesa, Lisboa
British Historical Society of Portugal
Michael Oakeshott Association (member of the Executive Committee)
Oxford University Society (Hon. Secretary of the Portuguese Branch)
Portuguese Political Science Association (President in 2002-2006)
Sociedade Científica da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa
St. Antony's College Alumni Network (Liaison Officer in Portugal)
World Academy of Art and Science, Washington, DC
ii. Civic and Political
ACEGE (Christian Association of Entrepreneurs and Managers), Lisboa
American Club of Lisbon
Associação de Amizade Portugal-EUA
European Partnership for Democracy (founder and member of the Board of Directors), The Hague
International Churchill Society of Portugal (President)
Mário Soares Foundation (member of the General Council)
New Atlantic Initiative, Washington, DC
SEDES (Portugal)
World Movement for Democracy, Washington, DC
Fundação Pro Dignitate, Lisboa
iii. Members Clubs
Círculo Eça de Queiroz, Lisboa
Estoril Tennis Club
Estoril Golf Club
Oxford & Cambridge Club, London
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