Ler Historia

Aims & Scope

Published since 1983, Ler Historia is a peer-reviewed History journal, primarily focused on the history of Portugal, the Portuguese empire and the Lusophone countries in the early modern and contemporary periods.

Privileging the comparative, transnational and global approaches, the journal’s scope of interests also includes other chronologies and geographies (e.g., the Iberian-American world, Africa, Asia, and others).

Ler Historia is also committed to promoting the debate on historiographical issues and particularly welcomes contributions on the theory and methodology of historical knowledge.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Indigenous Reducciones and Spanish Resettlement: Placing Colonial and European History in Dialogue | O realojamento de indígenas e de espanhóis: pôr a história colonial e europeia em diálogo | La reinstallation des indigenes et des espagnoles: faire dialoguer l’histoire coloniale et l’histoire europeenne

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Tamar

• Direitos de propriedade em terras rebeldes: as sesmarias dos Palmares de Pernambuco, 1678-1775 | Property rights in contested lands: the sesmarias of the Palmares of Pernambuco, 1678-1775 | Droits de propriété en terres rebelles : les sesmarias des Palmares de Pernambuco, 1678-1775

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Felipe Aguiar

• Imigrantes em Portugal: uma síntese histórica | Immigrés au Portugal : une synthèse historique | Immigrants in Portugal: a historical synthesis

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Maria Ioannis, José Carlos, Pedro

• A República no seu estado colonial: combater a escravatura, estabelecer o «indigenato» | République et colonialisme: lutter contre l’esclavage, établir l’Indigénat | Republic in its colonial condition: fighting slavery, establishing «indigenousness»

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Maria da Conceição

• Iluminismo no mundo luso-brasileiro: um olhar sobre a Viagem Filosófica à Amazónia, 1783-1792 | Enlightenment in the Portuguese-Brazilian World: the Philosophical Journey to the Amazonia, 1783-1792 | Lumières dans le monde portugais-brésilien: un regard sur le voyage philosophique en Amazonie, 1783-1792

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Ângela, Patrícia

• As Humanidades Digitais como uma comunidade de práticas dentro do formalismo académico: dos exemplos internacionais ao caso português

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Daniel

• Quarenta anos de imigração africana: um balanço | Quarante années d’immigration africaine: un bilan | Forty years of African immigration: a balance

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Fernando Luís

• O Estado Novo e a repressão da homossexualidade, 1933-1943 | The repression of homosexuality during the Portuguese dictatorship, 1933-1943 | L’Estado Novo et la répression de l’homosexualité, 1933-1943

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Ana Clotilde

• O ciclo de agitação social global de 1917-1920 | The 1917-1920 global agitation cycle | Le cycle de l’agitation sociale globale 1917-1920

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Joana Dias

• A luta contra as invasões epidémicas em Portugal: políticas e agentes, séculos XVI-XIX | Keeping epidemics out: policies and agents in Portugal, 16th-19th centuries | La lutte contre les invasions épidémiques au Portugal: politiques et acteurs, XVIe-XIXe siècles

  Citation: 7

  Authors: Laurinda