ESCHEN, Penny M. Von. Paradoxes of nostalgia. Cold war triumphalism and global disorder since 1989. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2022, 400 pp., 37 ill.: Triumphalism, anxiety and nostalgia: new world order and the end of the Cold War | Triunfalismos, ansiedades e nostalgias: nova ordem mundial e o fim da Guerra Fria

Carlos Vargas is visiting assistant professor at the History Department - Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Earned a PhD in Political Science, at NOVA FCSH, under the supervision of Professor Rui Vieira Nery (NOVA FCSH) and Professor Cristina Montalvão Sarmento (ISCSPUL). Has a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures from the Faculdade de Letras - Universidade de Lisboa, and a degree in Machinery Engineer from the Instituto Militar dos Pupilos do Exército. Among other functions, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of OPART, EPE (2016-2019), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, EPE (2012-2014), Member of the Board of Directors of OPART, E.P.E. (2007-2010), Acting President of the Governing Board of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, IP (2007), Member of the Governing Board of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, IP (2004-2007), Deputy Director of the Companhia Nacional de Bailado, IP (1997-2004), Administrator of the Instituto Português do Bailado e da Dança (1996 -1997).
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