SACRU Summer School in Lisbon started at full speed 

 Classes, cultural visits, debates involving students from different continents and a good mood marked the start of the two-week programme “A New World Order: The Way Ahead between Democracy and Authoritarian Challenges”

SACRU has kicked its first Summer School: “A New World Order: The Way Ahead between Democracy and Authoritarian Challenges.” The initiative occurs from July 1st to July 14th, 2024, at the Lisbon campus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. The two-week program was opened on Monday by Prof. Monica Dias, Director of the Institute for Political Studies at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Scientific Director of the Summer School, and Prof. Francisco Proença Garcia, Associate Dean at the UCP Institute for Political Studies. Classes started shortly after, with the lectures “What is democracy? The ancient and modern concept of understanding” given by Prof. Joao Pereira Coutinho, a columinst in portugal and brazil and commentator on Portuguese television and “The Portuguese Revolution of 1974 and its rolling milestones” by Prof. José Miguel Sardica, Historian and Associate Professor at the UCP Institute for Political Studies. Classes were combined with the cultural visits at Gulbenkian Gardens and the Castle of Sao Jorge.