RULES

PEDRO LAINS AWARD 2024

Awarded paper:

The Jury of the APHES 2024 Prize has decided to award the prize to the paper entitled “The denomination-terroir link: Portugal’s interests in international conferences for the protection of industrial property (1883-1934)” by Pedro Almeida Leitão.

Pedro Almeida Leitão is a collaborating researcher at CITCEM and holds a PhD in History from FLUP, with the thesis Trademarks in Portugal (1883-1933). He has studied the relationship between brands, advertising and the press. At the same time, he is researching the commercial dynamics of the Port wine sector in the 19th and 20th centuries. She also has an academic background in Economics and Marketing.

Report of the jury:

The grounds for the award were as follows:

• This is a very well framed analysis in the international literature relevant to the study of the protection of industrial property and protected designations of origin in the context of the explosive growth of international trade in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century;
• It is a highly relevant topic for the economic history of the 19th and 20th centuries;
• It is a text that demonstrates the weaknesses of that literature and puts forward an alternative interpretation that is suggestive and promising for new developments;
• It is a text that manages to highlight the possibilities of using non-primary sources for the study of Economic History, placing, in this case, a greater emphasis on theoretical interpretation in comparison with more empirically based analyses;
• It is a very well-structured paper that is presented with great clarity and makes an undoubted contribution to the field.–

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PEDRO LAINS AWARD 2023 – Not awarded due to lack of applications

PEDRO LAINS AWARD 2022 – Not awarded due to lack of applications–

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PEDRO LAINS AWARD 2020

Awarded paper:

The Jury of the APHES 2020 Award has decided to grant the Prize to the paper titled “Historical Wage Phillips Curves” by Ricardo Duque Gabriel.

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PEDRO LAINS AWARD 2019

Awarded paper:

The Jury of the APHES Prize 2019 decided to award the Prize to the paper entitled “Mestizo Freedoms: the (co)existence of indigenous and African slavery in the Portuguese Amazon (18th century)”, by André Luís Ferreira.

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PEDRO LAINS AWARD 2018

Awarded paper:

The jury of the APHES award 2018 has unanimously decided to award the paper “Viuvez, género e família no Porto (1750-1820)”, by Ana Mafalda Lopes.

Report of the jury:

The decision was taken using as criteria, on the one hand, the scientific quality of the texts eligible for the award, the capacity for problematization, the familiarity with the state of the art, the empirical evidence used and the corresponding mastery of the primary sources, and on the other hand, the quality of the presentation and of the public discussion.

SUPPORT AWARDED IN 2017

Two projects proposed to the Board were awarded:

• “Origins, implementation and funding of European policies: from the Schuman Plan to Maastricht” (Alice Cunha) – 300 euros
• “The military revolution in Portugal and its empire (XVth-XVIIIth centuries)” (Helder Carvalhal) – 300 euros

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 2017

Quintino Lopes, “The National Education Board (1929/36) and Scientific Research in Portugal”, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 16(1), 2017, pp. 71-85.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN 2016

M. Luísa Sousa, “Roads for the 1940 Portuguese Nationality Commemorations: Modernising by excess in a context of scarcity”, The Journal of Transport History, 37, 2 (2016): 175-193.

AWARDED PAPER:

The jury of the APHES award 2017 has decided to attribute the award to the paper “Un récit historique alternatif sur l’indépendance des banques centrales: la doctrine et les pratiques avant la théorie ou l’art avant la science”, by Adriano do Vale.

REPORT OF THE JURY: 

The reasons for awarding the paper were the following:

• The analysis in the paper is very well grounded in the international literature relevant for the study of the independence of central banks in the twentieth century
• The topic of the paper is highly relevant for twentieth century Economic History
• The text demonstrates the weaknesses of that literature and puts forth an alternative interpretation that is suggestive and promising of new developments
• The text shows how it is possible to use non-primary sources to study Economic History, putting greater emphasis on a theoretical interpretation in opposition to approaches of a more empirically-based kind
• The paper is very well structured and presented with great clarity, resulting in an important contribution to the field in which it is inserted

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

The Scientific Committee decided unanimously to attribute the 2016 APHES Award to the paper presented by Hélder Carvalhal (CIDEHUS, U- Évora), entitled “Exércitos privados em Portugal na primeira metade de quinhentos: o caso de estudo da hoste senhorial do Infante D. Luís (c. 1530-1555)”.

JURY’S REPORT:

The Scientific Committee made this decision highlighting the following aspects:

• The rigour and originality in the manipulation of an empirical basis difficult to manage and the use of which was time-consuming;
• The attempt at quantification of the dimension of an army of a noble household (Prince Dom Luís) and of the number of pieces of weaponry;
• The relevance of the study to the substantiated understanding of the sixteenth-century military revolution, and its contribution to the opening of interpretative paths that allow us to place Portugal within the international historiographical map, through the comparison with processes of military revolution that occurred in other states or political units;
• The originality and pertinence of the topic, the quality of the theoretical and problematizing foundations presented, as well as the quality of the narrative. These are made clear in the way in which the paper weaves the threads together, by the attention it gives to the questions of the readers, and by the way in which the attention to details enriches the arguments and foundations of the conclusions.

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

Torsten Arnold, “The Indo-Portuguese commerce in the sixteenth century: revision of the copper-pepper trade and the Carreira da Índia”.

JURY PANEL REPORT:

The jury panel justifies its decision on the attribution of the prize by the originality and relevancy of the work, the quality of the theoretical argumentation, as well as the narrative presented. The work is well written and structured, with a high degree of attention paid to details, such as the interrogations that the reader might have, demonstrating an attention to detail that enriches its conclusions.

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

Nuno Pedro Gonçalves Palma (UNL-FE), “Spending a Windfall: American Precious Metals and Euro-Asian Trade 1492-1807”

JURY PANEL REPORT:

“The winning conference paper went the farthest in its choice of a wide-ranging theme, based on a study in which we can find many surprises, structured in an exemplary way, and with a high degree of methodological innovation. (…) This conference paper argues that monetary injections recurring from exploring silver and gold from South America were the main driving forces of the development of commerce between Europe and Asia during Modern Age (1492-1807). This conclusion is based on a model that translates monetary shocks in the international commercial system, allowing the measure of the real impact as well as the counterfactual possibility of not having that same monetary impact.”

PANEL:

Pedro Lains (ICS-UL, Presidente)
Mário Viana (U. dos Açores)
Mafalda Soares da Cunha (U. Évora)
Pedro Neves (ISEG-UTL)
Fátima Sá (ISCTE-IUL)
Maria João Vaz (ISCTE-IUL).

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

“A endogamia nas relações de cooperação em redes mercantis da ‘Primeira Idade Global’. O caso da rede de Simon Ruiz (1553-1597)”, Ana Sofia Ribeiro

JURY PANEL REPORT:

“The APHES/BES Award aims to distinguish research that can be pinpointed as exemplary. In 8 to 12 thousand words, as stipulated in its regulations, it is expected that the work presents a clear problematisation, the correct methodological development, state-of-the-art bibliography as well as being a formally well-written work. Originality, creativity in the themes’ choice, methodology and the arguments presented are all distinguishing factors that will be recognised and stimulated. With this in mind, the panel has awarded the prize to the above-mentioned conference paper.”

PANEL:

David Justino (FCSH – UNL)
Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro (ICS – UL)
Ana Rodrigues (FL – UL)
Amélia Polónia (FL – UP)
Álvaro Garrido (FE – UC)
António Amaro (FE – UC)

CONFERENCE PAPERS AWARDED EX AEQUO:

“El Santo Oficio luso y la Restauración de Portugal. Inquisición y régimen braganza en tiempos de guerra (1640-1668)”, Ana Isabel López-Salazar Codes

“A configuração organizacional dos Auditórios Eclesiásticos: perfis, competências e funções dos oficiais da justiça. O caso de Coimbra”, Jaime Ricardo Gouveia

PANEL:

Jorge Alves (FL / UP) – presidente
Nuno Valério (ISEG / UTL)
Carlos Bastien (ISEG / UTL)
Hermínia Vilar (ECS / UE)
Cristina Moreira (EEG / UMinho)
Jorge Pedreira (FCSH / UNL)

CONFERENCE PAPERS AWARDED:

“Administrar e fiscalizar – mecanismos relacionais centro/ periferia: as despesas municipais do Porto (1668-1696)”, Patrícia Costa 

“Os rituais e a articulação de poderes no Portugal Moderno: o exemplo dos cabidos catedralícios”, Hugo Ribeiro da Silva 

JURY PANEL REPORT:

“The evaluation of the accepted papers had in mind their scientific quality, namely the clarity of the problemation of their respective themes, their methodological consistency and adequacy, their results and conclusions transparency and systematisation, as well as their creativity and academic clarity. In addition, the quality of the conference presentations as well as their abbility to argue during the conference discussions was a further evaluation point.” 

PANEL:

Anabela Nunes (ISEG/UTL) – presidente 
Luís Carvalho Homem (FL / UP) 
Fátima Nunes (UE) 
Inês Amorim (FL / UP) 
Rui Santos (FCSH / UNL) 
Álvaro Garrido (FE /UC)

SPONSORED BES/AWARD 2008

The jury has decided not to recognise any of the proposed conference papers (point 5 of its regulations).

JURY PANEL REPORT:

“The APHES/BES Award aims to distinguish research that can be pinpointed as exemplary. In 8 to 12 thousand words, as stipulated in its regulations, it is expected that the work presents a clear problematisation, the correct methodological development, state-of-the-art bibliography as well as being a formally well-written work. Originality, creativity in the themes’ choice, methodology and the arguments presented are all distinguishing factors that will be recognised and stimulated. With this in mind, the panel has awarded the prize to the above-mentioned conference paper.”

The conference papers proposed, while completely acceptable as conference papers, and with further research potential, are not, presently, in a stage in which they can be awarded the APHES Award.

PANEL:

Joaquim da Costa Leite (Univ. de Aveiro) – Presidente
José Viriato Capela (Univ. do Minho)
Fátima Brandão (FE / Univ. Porto)
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá (Univ. do Minho)
Leonor Freire Costa (ISEG/UTL)
Hermenegildo Fernandes (FL – Univ. Lisboa)

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

“A fantastic rain of gold: European migrants’ remittances and balance of payments adjustment during the Gold Standard period”, da autoria conjunta de Rui Pedro Esteves e David Khoudour-Castéras.

JURY PANEL REPORT:

The panel has decided to award the APHES prize to a conference paper which combines a solid theoretical and methodological framework with an elegant presentation of its arguments. It is a work that analyses and discusses the economic and financial impact of money sent by emigrants, namely in how it is translated into consumption and investment, as well as its positive impact in financial fluxes in the economic development at the regional and national levels. Through an innovative empirical analysis, the paper concludes that the existence of adjustment effects in peripherical countries of the gold-standard, in particular with regards to the role that money sent by emigrants has in mediating financial crisis. In other words, the importance of this money to obtain financial and political stability.

PANEL:

Álvaro Ferreira da Silva
Ângela Barreto Xavier
José Luís Cardoso
José Vicente Serrão
Maria Eugénia Mata
Pedro Pita Barros

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

“ Os Capitulares da Sé de Coimbra (1620-1670)”, Hugo Daniel Ribeiro da Silva da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto.

JURY PANEL REPORT:

The award-winning paper is a well researched and structured work that brings new insights regarding its topic.
It is clearly written, as well as being precise.
The documentation that is the subject of analysis is not only the correct one, but it is also clear that an attempt was made to diversify its sources, triangulating elements from different sources.
The work meets the objectives proposed, with the additional merit of being able to work on a theme that has been neglected by recent historiography in the period researched.
The author questions in an exemplary fashion its own results, contextualising them and showcasing maturity in the critical evaluation of the data, a particularly important attitude in an early career researcher and demonstrating the potentialities of its work.

PANEL:

Fernanda Olival (Presidente, U Évora)
Maria João Branco (U Aberta)
Fernanda Olival (Presidente, U Évora)
Maria João Branco (U Aberta)
Maria Manuela Rocha (ISEG/UTL)
José Vicente Serrão (ISCTE)
Santiago Zapata (U Extremadura, Espanha)

CONFERENCE PAPERS AWARDED:

Ana Paula Soares Pires, “A Indústria de Moagem de Cereais. Sua Organização e Reflexos Políticos do seu Desenvolvimento durante a I República, 1899-1929”

JURY PANEL REPORT:

The work by Ana Paula Soares Pires, “A Indústria de Moagem de Cereais. Sua Organização e Reflexos Políticos do seu Desenvolvimento durante a I República, 1899-1929”, makes an important contribution to the knowledge of the evolution of the sector, of the policies, as well as the conflicts and alliances related to bread between the end of the XIX century and the beginning of the 30’s in the XX century. The work is well presented, with the correct structure, taking care to clearly define the object of analysis and problematise it. It further benefits from the adequacy of its sources and bibliography. To the author, it must be recognised the time spent in documenting information, duly accompanied by an excellent analysis as well as interpretation. Finally, the importance of the annexes at the end of the work should be highlighted, constituting, in their own right, important research instruments.

João de Figueirôa Rêgo, “Reflexos de um Poder Discreto. Discurso Académico, Saberes e Práticas Sociais no Portugal Setecentista a Propósito dos Códices de Dom Flamínio.”

JURY PANEL REPORT:

The work by João de Figueirôa Rêgo, “Reflexos de um Poder Discreto. Discurso Académico, Saberes e Práticas Sociais no Portugal Setecentista a Propósito dos Códices de Dom Flamínio”, has as its objective the contextualisation of genealogy knowledge and its articulation with the discourses and social mores of the XVIII century. It analysis a number of texts on genealogy by D. Flamínio, a Saint Augustine Canon. 
The work is able to problematise its topic in a mature and reflective way, taking into consideration the available academic contributions, enumerating the existing gaps, without hesitating to correct or propose new interpretations in light of new found documents. A well-structured dissertation, anchored in the relevant documentation, revealing a solid knowledge of the concepts in the social history academic field. It compiles and works with new information in an innovative way, reflecting the problems that might arise from this new information, and adds something of importance to the Portuguese historiography of the topic’s work.

PANEL

Antonio Almodôvar (FE/UP, Presidente)
Jaime Ferreira (FE/UC)
Gaspar Martins Pereira (FL/UP)
Isabel Guimarães Sá (UM)
Mafalda Soares da Cunha (UE)

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

Maria Inês Versos, “Os Cavaleiros da Ordem de S. João de Malta em Portugal em Portugal de Finais do Antigo Regime ao Liberalismo”, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

JURY PANEL REPORT:

We awarded the thesis by Maria Inês Versos on Os Cavaleiros da Ordem de S. João de Malta em Portugal de Finais do Antigo Regime ao Liberalismo. We aimed to highlight the methodological clarity, the scientific relevance of the academic work, the bibliographic knowledge and the wide perspective in addressing this theme.

PANEL

Joaquim Costa Leite (U Aveiro, Presidente)
Leonor Freire Costa (ISEG/UTL)
Fátima Sequeira Dias (U Açores)
Luís Miguel Duarte (FL/UP)
Jorge Pedreira (FCSH/UNL)

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

Nuno Miguel da Silva Campos, “Redes sociais: D. Pedro de Meneses e a construção da Casa de Vila Real (1415-1437)”, Universidade de Évora.

JURY PANEL REPORT:

This thesis has as its object of analysis the political and social life of D. Pedro de Menezes, founder of the Vila Real House.
It can be considered part of the field of the History of Social Power, and it is built on the basis of the analysis of social networks, following the anglo-saxon anthropological model. 
The structure of the work is built on top of the analysis on the strategies of conquest and consolidation of political power and social status used by D. Pedro de Meneses and which made it possible for him the become captain and regent of Ceuta and Count of Vila Real.
Regarding the construction of the thesis itself, it is important to highlight the global quality of the work presented, justifying the award:

• A rigorous definition of the topic, and structuring the work in relation to a well-defined investigation programme.
• Clear presentation of the methodological and theoretical models used.
• Elaboration of a state-of-the-art in the academic field on the topic of the work, as well as the integration of critical bibliography.
• The innovation in the treatment of a topic traditionally confined to Political History.

PANEL

José Luís Cardoso (ISEG/UTL), Presidente
Margarida Sobral Neto (FL/UC)
Maria de Fátima Brandão (FEP/UP)
Benedita Câmara (U. Madeira)
Álvaro Ferreira da Silva (FE/UNL)

CONFERENCE PAPER AWARDED:

Rui Pedro Esteves, “Finanças Públicas e Crescimento Económico. O crowding out em Portugal da Regeneração ao final da Monarquia”, Universidade do Porto.

PANEL

Jaime Reis (ICS/UL, Presidente)
Maria Ioannis Baganha (FE/UC)
Ana Maria Rodrigues (FCSH/UNL)
Nuno Madureira (ISCTE)
Hélder Adegar da Fonseca (U. Évora)