Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses

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Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses (born October 20, 1969 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese historian and university professor in Ireland . In Portugal he is known to a wider audience as an author of historical non-fiction books , especially his biographical works (especially on Salazar ) and his treatises on Portugal's momentous path into the First World War .

Life

Meneses comes from a diplomatic family, his father is the diplomat Pedro José Ribeiro de Menezes , his brother is the ambassador Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes . As a teenager he changed his surname from Menezes to the modern spelling Meneses.

Meneses graduated from college when his father was the Portuguese ambassador to Ireland . So he began his studies in the Irish capital Dublin , where he also received his doctorate at Trinity College Dublin at the age of 26 . Since 1997 he has taught history at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth and Dublin.

As one of the main reasons for staying in Ireland, Meneses gives, in addition to the good academic environment and the quality of life in Ireland, the integration of Ireland into the Anglo-Saxon-speaking area and its scientific institutions, which increase the possibilities for research and its recognition. Meneses always remained connected to Portugal, both privately through his family and regular visits there, as well as through his work, in which he often deals with the history of Portugal .

His extensive biography , written in English in 2009 and then published in Portugal in 2010, of the longstanding and contradictory discussion of the Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar attracted particular attention in Portugal. Their merit was seen above all in new knowledge not so much of historical facts, but rather in a more comprehensive understanding of the development of the dictator from an anchored Christian democrat to a ruthless autocrat. Meneses was able to clarify a number of unclear questions of understanding, which is why the renowned Portuguese daily Público counted him among the ten most prominent personalities of 2010.

In 2017 Meneses was inducted into the Royal Irish Academy .

Meneses is married to a British academic and the couple live with their two children on the outskirts of Dublin. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

Works (selection)

  • União Sagrada e Sidonismo: Portugal em Guerra, 1916–1918 (Edições Cosmos, 2000)
  • Franco and the Spanish Civil War (Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2001)
  • 1914–1926: From the First World War to Military Dictatorship (2004)
  • Salazar: A Political Biography (2009)
  • Afonso Costa (House Publishing 2010, Texto Editores 2010)
  • Salazar (Dom Quixote, 2010)
  • Paiva Couceiro (Dom Quixote, 2011)
  • A Grande Guerra de Afonso Costa (Dom Quixote, 2015)
  • De Lisboa a La Lys (Dom Quixote, 2018)
  • The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960-1980 (with Robert McNamara, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018)

Web links

Commons : Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Francisco O chefe de gabinete Filipe O reservado Pedro O rigoroso - "Francisco the office manager, Filipe the reserved, Pedro the strict" , article of November 22, 2011 about the two sons of Menezes and their father Pedro of the Portuguese newspaper Público , accessed on February 25, 2020
  2. ↑ a b Profile of Filipe Ribeiro de Meses at wook.pt, the online retailer of the Porto Editora publishing group , accessed on February 25, 2020
  3. ↑ Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, o historiador desapaixonado - "Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, the dispassionate historian" , article of December 21, 2010 on the ten selected personalities of the year of the Portuguese newspaper Público, accessed on February 25, 2020
  4. ↑ Profile of Professor Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses at Maynooth University, accessed February 25, 2020
  5. Jump up ↑ Professor Meneses ' Qualifications Summary , Maynooth University Profile, accessed February 25, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Ribeiro de Meneses, Filipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 20th October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal