The Graduate Program in History at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - PPGH/UFJF), recommended by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Ministry of Education (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Ministério de Educação - CAPES-MEC), began its activities in August 2004 with a master's program and, in 2011, with a doctoral program. In 2022, PPGH/UFJF celebrated its 18th anniversary and is currently structured around the focus areas of History, Culture and Power, which has two lines of research: Narratives, Images and Sociabilities and Politics, Culture and Labor. The Narratives, Images and Sociabilities line brings together researchers with activities organized around the Center for Studies in the Social History of Politics (Núcleo de Estudos em História Social da Política - NEHSP), the Laboratory of Art History (Laboratório de História da Arte - LAHA), the Laboratory of Cultural Heritage (Laboratório de Patrimônios Culturais - LAPA) and the research group on African studies, AFRIKAS. The Politics, Culture and Labor line includes research connected to the Laboratory of Economic and Social History (Laboratório de História Econômica e Social - LAHES), the Laboratory of Political and Social History (Laboratório de História Política e Social - LAHPS), the Laboratory of Oral History and Image (Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem - LABHOI) and the Audiovisual and Cinema Laboratory (Laboratório de Audiovisual e Cinema - LACA). Over the years of its existence, PPGH/UFJF has established itself as an important reference in the area and has been recognized with distinction with a score of 6 on the CAPES evaluation (2017-2020). Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Leandro Pereira Gonçalves Deputy Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Martinho Alves da Costa Júnior