Helder Adegar Fonseca is a full professor of the Department of History, at the University of Évora. He holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary History and aggregation in European Social History. He is a member of the Portuguese Association of Economical and Social History, of which he was president. He was a professor at several universities and is a member of ESTER (European Graduate School for Training in Economical and Social History Research). His research is focused on History of Agriculture, History of the Elites and History of Social Mobility in Europe and, more recently, on Transnational Social History of Europe and Southern Africa.
Agostinho Neto and Biographical Historiography.
Lambert PT
Publication date: 2020
Type of publication: Book
[With Dallywater, L.ena and Saunders, Chris] (eds). Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War ‘East’: Transnational Activism 1960–1990
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
Publication date: 2019
Type of publication: Edited Book
[With Saunders, Chris and Dallywater, Lena] 2019. “Introduction. Transnational Connections between Activists and the Global Cold War “East”(1960-1990. In: Dallywater, L., Saunders, C. and Fonseca, H.A. eds., Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War “East”. Transnational Activism 1960-1990. pp. 5-25
Oldenbourg, De Gruyter [Coll. Dialectics of the Global Series].
Publication date: 2019
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Angolan Guerrillas and Eastern-European Live Experiences: a Prosopographical Approach (1961-1974). In:In: Dallywater, L., Saunders, C. and Fonseca, H.A. eds., Southern African Liberation Movements and the Global Cold War “East”. Transnational Activism 1960-1990. pp.103-128
Oldenbourg, De Gruyter [Coll. Dialectics of the Global Series]
Publication date: 2019
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Agostinho Neto e a Historiografia Biográfica.
Revista de Teoria da História. Vol. 19 [Ed. Universidade Federal de Góis
Publication date: 2017
Type of publication: Journal Article
[ With Chris Saunders (eds)] Transnational Connections in Southern Africa: The Decolonizing and Post-Colonial Experiences. Book of Abstracts.
University of Évora (CICP), 154 p
Publication date: 2016
Type of publication: Edited Book
Southern African Transnational Lives? An Angolan “Freedom Figthers” prosopography (1961-1974). In H. A. Fonseca and C. Saunders (ed.) Transnational Connections in Southern Africa: The Decolonizing and Post-Colonial Experiences. Book of Abstracts. Évora, University of Évora (CICP), 15-24
Publication date: 2016
Type of publication: Book Chapter
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Pátria (A). Companhia de Seguros (1915-1980). In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, Vol. II, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 306-310 (ISBN: 978-972-27-2222- 4)
Publication date: 2014
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Alentejo (O). Companhia de Seguros (1918-1978). In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, Vol. II, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 33-35 (ISBN: 978-972-27- 2222-4)
Publication date: 2014
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Europa (A). Companhia de Seguros (1917-1926), In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, Vol. II, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 215-6 (ISBN: 978-972-27- 2222-4)
Publication date: 2014
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Banco do Alentejo (1875-1979). In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, I, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 198-204 (ISBN: 978-972-27-2221-6)
Publication date: 2013
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
Ideas of Southern Africanism: Portugal and the Movements of Liberation (1961-1974). In Southern African Historical Society (eds): 24th biennial Conference: All for One , One for All? Lev eraging National Interests with Regional Visions in Southern Africa , 27-29 June; University of Gaborone, pp. 1027-1051
Publication date: 2013
Type of publication: Book Chapter
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Banco Agrícola e Industrial Farense (1873-1901). In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, I, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 45-48 (ISBN: 978-972-27-2221- 6)
Publication date: 2013
Type of publication: Encyclopedia Entry
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Banco Eborense. In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, I, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 232-237 (ISBN: 978-972-27-2221-6)
Publication date: 2013
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
With Paulo Guimarães]. Banco Rural de Serpa. In M. Faria e J A Mendes (coord.) , Dicionário de História Empresarial Portuguesa, I, Lisboa, INCM, pp. 381-386 (ISBN: 978-972-27-2221-6)
Publication date: 2013
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
-“Intergenerational Transfer of Occupational Status in Portugal, 1850-1960: Unravelling Modernization Processes”, 9th European Social Science History Conference Glasgow, Scotland, UK Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 April 2012, Sessão I-6 – SOC06: Social Mobility in Europe’s Boundary Regions
Publication date: 2012
Type of publication: Conference Paper
The Portuguese Sample on Social Mobility (1850-1967), 2nd mosaic conference “Budapest, 6-7 September 2012.
Publication date: 2012
Type of publication: Conference Paper
The Limits of Agricultural Growth in a Fragile Eco-System: Total Factor Productivity in Alentejo, 1750-1850
Olsson, M. & P. Svensson (eds.) Growth and stagnation in European historical agriculture. Turnhout: Brepols publishers, 2011, pp. 37-66
Publication date: 2011
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Portugal e as Sociedades Europeias: Família, Revoluções Sexuais, Homogamia e Fronteiras de Classe (1860-1960)
Perspectivas, Portuguese Journal of Political Science and International Relations, nº 4, pp. 77-113
Publication date: 2010
Type of publication: Journal Article
A Europa, Portugal e os Desafios da Globalização: Perspectivas Transdisciplinares.
Journal of Political Sciences and International Relations , nº 3-4,
Publication date: 2010
Type of publication: Journal Issue
Social mobility in Portugal (1860-1960): Operative issues and trends
Continuity and Change
Publication date: 2009
Type of publication: Journal Article
URL: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-75649152110&partnerID=MN8TOARS
[With Paulo Guimarães]. Mobilidade Social Intergeracional em Portugal 1911-1957. In Serrão, J V, Pinheiro, M.A e Ferreira, M.F.S. (org.): Desenvolvimento Económico e Mudança Social . Portugal nos últimos dois Séculos . Homenagem a Miriam Halpern Pereira, Lisboa, ICS, pp. 349-374
Publication date: 2009
Type of publication: Book Chapter
Ocupação da Terra (1850-1914). In Álvaro Ferreira da Silva and Pedro Lains (org.) : História Económica de Portugal, 1700-1992, Vol. II, Lisboa, ICS, pp. 74-103
Publication date: 2005
Type of publication: Book Chapter
[With Fernando Gameiro]. O liceu de Évora na formação das elites portuguesas. Percursos Escolares e Profissionais 1841-1941. In Escolas, Culturas e Identidades, Vol III, III Congresso Luso-Brasileiro de História da Educação, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Educação, Coimbra, pp.17-36
Publication date: 2004
Type of publication: Book Chapter
[With Fernando Gameiro]. Carvalho, José Perdigão Rosado de. In Dicionário Biográfico de Parlamentares (1834-1910), Porto, Afrontamento, 2004
Publication date: 2004
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
O Perfil social da «elite censitária» no Sul de Portugal: Alentejo , Século XIX. In Benedicta Maria Duque Vieira (Org.): Grupos Sociais e Estratificação Social em Portugal no Século XX, Lisboa, CEHCP-ISCTE, pp. 27-54
Publication date: 2004
Type of publication: Book Chapter
[With Fernando Gameiro]. Monteiro, Adriano Augusto da Silva. In Dicionário Biográfico de Parlamentares (1834-1910), Porto, Afrontamento, 2004
Publication date: 2004
Type of publication: Dictionary Entry
Agrarian elites and economic growth in nineteenth-century Portugal: The example of the Alentejo in the Liberal era (1850-1910)
Social History
Publication date: 2003
Type of publication: Journal Article
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Élites Agrárias en la Península Ibérica (Sig. XIX) .
Ayer,Revista de historia contemporánea, nº 48
Publication date: 2002
Type of publication: Journal Issue
Problèmes de la transmission des explorations agricoles (XVIII-XXe Siècle): le sud du Portugal. In G.Bouchard, J. Goy and A L.Head-Köning, Nécessités Èconomiques et Pratiques Juridiques. Problèmes de la transmission des explorations agricoles (XVIII-XXe Siècle), Rome, École Française de Rome, 1998, pp.389-393
Publication date: 1998
Type of publication: Book Chapter
O Alentejo no Século XIX: Economia e Atitudes Económicas
Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda
Publication date: 1996
Type of publication: Book
As Elites Económicas Alentejanas, 1850-1870: anatomia social e empresarial. O exemplo de Évora”. In Actas do XV Encontro da Asssociação Portuguesa de História Económica Empresarial – Encontro de História Empresarial, Universidade de Évora: Évora, 1995. pp. 593-632
Publication date: 1995
Type of publication: Book Chapter
A Propriedade da Terra em Portugal 1750-1850: Alguns Aspectos para uma Síntese. In F. Marques da Costa et al. (Org.): Do Antigo Regime ao Liberalismo: 1750-1850, Lisboa, Vega, pp. 213-240.
Publication date: 1989
Type of publication: Book Chapter