The Department of History, Political and International Studies (DHEPI), founded in May 2005, corresponds to the current configuration of the former History Group (4th Group), created with the reopening of FLUP (1961). Operating uninterruptedly since 1962/63, the DHEPI completed fifty years of existence in 2012.
Most of the Department's teaching staff carry out research in research units based in the Faculty - the Centre for Transdisciplinary Research on Culture, Space and Memory (CITCEM) and the Institute of Sociology (IS), as well as in units outside FLUP.
The Department also publishes the journal História - Revista da Faculdade de Letras, now in its fourth series. In 2017 it began to be published biannually and exclusively online. Published since 1970, this journal has been published annually since 1984.
DHEPI has a Library, located in the Department's office, which is available for reading. Its service is assured by the volunteering of undergraduate and master's students.
The following FLUP undergraduate and postgraduate academic programmes are the responsibility of the DHEPI: