UCP Editora is presenting the book "O domínio decrescente do MPLA no sistema partidário em Angola (2008-2022)" by Carlos Pacatolo on 10 April at 17h30.

The event will be opened by Anabela Antunes and the book will be presented by Manuel Braga da Cruz.

The closing speech will be given by Augusto Aguiar-Branco and the author of the book, Carlos Pacatolo, will be thanked.

The book "Lições da Pandemia, Aprender com uma experiência limite" (Lessons of the Pandemic, Learning from a boundary experience) of the collection Povos e Culturas, coordinated by Américo Pereira and Fernando Ilharco, is launched on May 4, at 5:30 p.m. at the headquarters of Universidade Católica.

Isabel Capeloa Gil, Isabel Capeloa Gil, President of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, will present the book published by UCP Press. 

The event will also feature a round table with Admiral Gouveia e Melo, Head of the Navy, Ema Paulino, President of the National Association of Pharmacies, and Germano de Sousa, Director and Founder of the Germano de Sousa Clinical Pathology Laboratories Group.

UCP Editora is organising the launch of the latest book in the CECC's Communication and Culture Studies Collection, ‘A Rádio Ecclesia e a Relação com os Poderes Políticos’, by António Estêvão, on 14 November at 6.30pm.

This event will feature a presentation by Anabela Antunes, Director of UCP Editora and the participation of Nelson Ribeiro, Director of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University, as well as the presence of the author, Frei António Estêvão.

The book "O culto de Nossa Senhora da Nazaré: perspetiva multidisciplinar" (The cult of Our Lady of Nazaré: a multidisciplinary perspective), published by Universidade Católica Editora (UCE) and coordinated by Pedro Penteado, researcher at the Centre of Religious History Studies (CEHR), Universidade Católica, will be presented on 28 January 2023, at the Nazaré Municipal Library.

This initiative is co-organised by the CEHR, the Research Centre on Peoples and Cultures and the UCE.

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On 23rd and 24th May a Seminar will take place, within the scope of the Chair of Biblical, Jewish and Christian Studies, entitled "Envision Together the Subject of the Feminine (From a Jewish and Christian Approach)".

This seminar will be led by Prof. Tova Forti of Ben-Gurion University of Negev (Beersheba - Israel) and Prof. Luisa Almendra (CITER - Portuguese Catholic University) who will make a presentation of the Jewish and Christian perspective of the feminine in the Jewish Scriptures, opening a space for reading and dialogue on the theme with the participants.

The seminar is open to the entire academic community and to the general public interested in deepening how Judaism and Christianity read the theme of the feminine in the Jewish Scriptures (OT); and how the possibility of a diversity and complementarity of readings enriches and deepens the debate.

Universidade Católica Editora will launch the book Smarter Cities Portugal on September 21, at 6:00 pm.

The event will be attended by Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector of the UCP, and the Secretary of State for Digitization and Administrative Modernization Mário Campolargo and will take place in the exhibition room of the Library Building.

On 11 March, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa is hosting a special event to celebrate the life and legacy of Manuel Sérgio, Portugal's most influential sports philosopher. The philosopher who never gave up thinking about sports humanism will be honoured at a session attended by the Secretary of State for Sport, Pedro Dias, and the President of UCP, Isabel Capeloa Gil.

The session is the result of a collaborative project between the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ) and the Manuel Sérgio Chair - Sport, Ethics and Transcendence (UCP-CITER).

The event starts at 4pm and will feature a screening of the documentary ‘Manuel Sérgio: Biography and Dictionary of Ethics and Sport’, curated by the writer Gonçalo M. Tavares. Afterwards, journalist Paulo Sérgio will moderate a round table bringing together Gonçalo M. Tavares (Professor, author), José Carlos Lima (Coordinator of the National Plan for Ethics in Sport) and Alfredo Teixeira (Coordinator of the Manuel Sérgio Chair). The panel discussion includes the presentation of the latest volume in the Chair's collection, entitled ‘Sport, Freedom and Democracy’, published by UCP Editora.

This will be a privileged opportunity to celebrate Manuel Sérgio's innovative vision, which has inspired athletes, coaches, politicians and researchers over the last few decades.

Free entry, subject to registration.

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