The journal Studium Generale was created within the Centre for Humanistic Studies at the University of Porto. Created in 1947 on the initiative of the Institute of High Culture and the Porto City Council, the Centre for Humanistic Studies had as its main objective the revitalisation of the humanities in the city of Porto or, as Luís de Pina puts it, to fill “a small place at the University of Porto, whose list of faculties does not include those that could enrich it, with unparalleled benefit, its entire cultural panorama as a great Polytechnic School” (Luís de Pina, “Antelóquio”, Stvdivm Generale, year I, nos. 1-2, p. 4). It should be remembered that the Faculdade de Letras [School of Arts and Humanities] of Porto was closed in 1928, despite having operated until 1931, and was only reopened in 1961. This revitalisation of the humanities was achieved both scientifically, with the Centre for Humanistic Studies ( ) encouraging research in the fields of philosophy, history, literature, art and ethnography and publishing the results obtained by the Centre’s researchers, and culturally, with the organisation of educational excursions, conferences, courses, etc. It is essential to mention here the future link between the Centre for Humanistic Studies, the journal and the Faculdade de Letras [School of Arts and Humanities]of Porto, after its restoration. The link is quite evident, as with the restoration of the Faculdade de Letras [School of Arts and Humanities], the Centre for Humanistic Studies naturally came under its supervision. The journal Stvdivm Generale can therefore be considered the immediate predecessor of the journal Cale: Revista da Faculdade de Letras do Porto (1968), which had only one issue and was later split into the Revista da Faculdade de Letras do Porto , divided into three series: History, Philosophy and Philology. The management of these entities, as well as collaboration between them, is another connecting link. Take, for example, the case of António Cruz, who was a researcher at the Centre for Humanistic Studies (where he was also secretary), a lecturer at the Faculdade de Letras [School of Arts and Humanities] of Porto (where he was also director) and who wrote in all three publications.

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