Ac\u00edlio da Silva Estanqueiro Rocha, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minho (since 2014), was a full professor (since 1995). He holds a degree in Philosophy (1973, Faculty of Philosophy of Braga, UCP, with a final exam \u201cDe Universa\u201d and dissertation), a diploma in Political Science (Paris, Sorbonne, 1975), a postgraduate degree in \u201cHistoire des Syst\u00e8mes de Pens\u00e9e\u201d (Paris, Sorbonne, 1976), a PhD in Philosophy (Paris, Sorbonne, 1982), a PhD in Letters (University of Minho, 1984), and aggregation in Philosophy (University of Minho, 1994).
He was Director of the Philosophy Department (1984-1992) and of the International Relations Degree (1992-1996), Vice-President (1990-1994) and President (1994-2000) of the Institute of Letters and Human Sciences, and Vice-Rector of the University of Minho (2002-2009). He was a member of the \u2018Ethics Council\u2019 (2018-2023), chairing the \u2018Ethics Committee for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities\u2019.
He collaborated on the Encyclopedia of Luso-Brazilian Culture, LOGOS Encyclopedia, POLIS Encyclopedia, by Editorial Verbo; on Dicion\u00e1rio dos Antis: a cultura portuguesa em negativo; on Dignip\u00e9dia Global: Dicion\u00e1rio dos Direitos Humanos. In addition to the books Problem\u00e1tica do Estruturalismo: l\u00edngua, estrutura e conhecimento (1988), Justi\u00e7a e Direitos Humanos (coord., 2001), Europa, Cidadania e Multiculturalismo (coord. 2004), he is the author of publications on \u2018structuralism\u2019, \u2018post-structuralism\u2019, on \u2018ethics\u2019 and \u2018political philosophy\u2019, \u2018human rights\u2019, \u2018democracy\u2019, \u2018European studies\u2019, and \u2018philosophy in Portugal\u2019 (partly included in the RepositoriUM, 140 references). As a researcher, he is member of the \u201cCentro de \u00c9tica, Pol\u00edtica e Sociedade\u201d (CEPS).
He has been awarded the following prizes: \u201cScience and Education\u201d Award (\u201cOur Land\u201d Awards, Braga, Gala 8th edition (2005); \u201cSapientia\u201d Award (from the Interuniversity Society of Philosophy, based in Santiago de Compostela, 2019). The following works were dedicated to him: Pensar radicalmente a Humanidade: ensaios em homenagem a Ac\u00edlio da Silva Estanqueiro Rocha, Jo\u00e3o Rosas and V\u00edtor Moura (eds.), (Edi\u00e7\u00f5es H\u00famus, 2011) and Ac\u00edlio da Silva Estanqueiro Rocha: Filosofia e Utopia, coordinated by Marcelino Ag\u00eds Villaverde et al. (Santiago de Compostela, 2021).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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