The close collaboration between the Centro de Estudos Históricos and the history section of the Faculdade de Letras at the University of Lisbon was particularly significant, as it embodied the ideal integration of history teaching and research. Many of the Centre's leading researchers also held teaching positions. Furthermore, degree and doctoral theses were often directly tied to the research projects developed at the Centro de Estudos Históricos .

As mentioned, the primary aim of the journal Do Tempo e da História was to present the results of the research conducted at the Centro de Estudos Históricos . Another significant objective was to foster innovative and up-to-date scientific discussions, incorporating the latest contributions from international historiography into the study of Portuguese history. It is important to note that, during the 1960s, the Centre for Historical Studies played a pivotal role in the renewal of Portuguese historiography, particularly in the fields of economic and social history. The decisive contributions of Virgínia Rau and Jorge Borges de Macedo were especially noteworthy in this regard. The centre’s research plan reflected this "new" conception of history, as summarised in the presentation text of the journal’s first volume: "The Centre's research plan has been articulated around three fundamental points: the history of the structures of Portuguese society (from cultural to administrative, official, or private), historical demography, and the history of Portugal's international relations. The first two aim to articulate a history of Portuguese society in truly concrete terms (and not doctrinally concrete, as is often the case), based on a prior study of the real conditions of its evolution. The third point seeks to give international relations the role they have played in national history, thus breaking the isolation in which Portuguese historical research is so often carried out and which so many criticise for the lack of perspective that it inevitably displays" ("Apresentação", Do Tempo e da História , vol. I, pp. 3-4).

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