Duncan Alastair Simpson

Duncan Simpson gained his BA in European Studies from the London School of Economics, and his MA and PhD (2011) in Portuguese Studies from King’s College London. His doctoral research, funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, focused on the relations between the Catholic Church and the Salazar regime between 1928 and 1968. He has taught various courses in contemporary history at the Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal) and at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale (France). As a Marie Curie Fellow, he is currently working on a history of the PIDE ‘from below’, combining the methodologies of opinion surveying, oral history and archival research.

Keywords: Salazar Regime, PIDE, Accusatory Practices, History ‘From Below’, Oral History.

Groups

Membro
Power, Society and Globalization
Regimes and Political Institutions

Jounal Article

Simpson, D. (2018)The “sad grandmother”, the “simple but honest Portuguese” and the “good son of the Fatherland”: letters of denunciation in the final decade of the Salazar regimeAnálise Social Vol. LIII, 226, pp.6-27Online[Jounal Article]

Simpson, D. (2012)A Igreja Católica e o Estado Novo de SalazarLocus: Revista de História Vol. 18, 1, pp.89-110[Jounal Article]

Simpson, D. (2009)“Salazar’s Patriarch: Political Aspects in the Nomination of Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira to the Patriarchate of Lisbon (April 1928 - January 1930)Portuguese Studies Vol. 25, 2, pp.131-150[Jounal Article]

Simpson, D. (2008)The Catholic Church and the Portuguese Dictatorial Regime: the Case of Paul VI’s Visit to FátimaLusitania Sacra Vol. 19-20, pp.329-378[Jounal Article]

Author Book

Simpson, D. (2014)A Igreja Católica e o Estado Novo SalazaristaEdições 70[Author Book]

Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries

Simpson, D. (2013)PortugalDictionnaire Historique du Vatican et du Saint-SiègeEditions Robert Laffont[Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries]

Simpson, D. (2013)SalazarDictionnaire Historique du Vatican et du Saint-SiègeEditions Robert Laffont[Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries]

Review

Simpson, D. (2018)Cardeal Cerejeira - Um Patriarca de Lisboa no Século XX Português, Gradiva, 2018 by Luís Salgado de MatosAnálise Social Vol. LIII, 229, pp.1089-1096Online[Review]

Simpson, D. (2018)Plínio Salgado: Um Católico Integralista entre Portugal e o Brasil, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2017, by Leandro Gonçalvese-journal of Portuguese History, 16, pp.62-67Online[Review]

Simpson, D. (2017)Histoire du Portugal Contemporain - de 1890 à nos jours, Paris, Chandeigne, 2016, by Yves LénoardAnálise Social Vol. LII, 224, pp.700-704Online[Review]

Minutes

Simpson, D. (2012)Anticlericalismo e Laicismo Na Formulação da Política Religiosa de Salazar. Atas I Congresso de História Contemporânea, pp.403-410Online[Minutes]

Duncan Alastair Simpson

Assistant Researcher