About Joe Williams

I'm a PhD student from the UK, doing my research at the Department of Contemporary History University of Coimbra. My thesis deals with censorship of Portuguese print media during the Spanish Civil War, focusing on the ideological dimensions of censorship and discourse in the context of an authoritarian dictatorship.

I also work with the online literary journal and podcast channel Trafika Europe, where I host interviews with authors about new works of literature from the Council of Europe countries, as well as aspects of European culture more generally:

https://www.trafikaeurope.org/...

NBN Episodes hosted by Joe:

Duncan Simpson, "I am pleased to inform the director: letters from Portuguese people to PIDE (1958-1968)" (Silveira, BookBuilders, 2022)

September 5, 2024

I am pleased to inform the director

Duncan Simpson
Hosted by Joe Williams

Today I talked to Duncan Simpson about his book Tenho o prazer de informar o senhor director: cartas de portugueses à PIDE (1958-1968) ("I am please…