This year, from October 8th to the 10th, the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM | NOVA-FCSH) and the municipality of Castelo de Vide are organizing the V International Conference on the Middle Ages, under the theme:  The Governance of Medieval European Towns. 

The importance of this theme justified its selection for the International Conference on the Middle Ages that will take place in Castelo de Vide in 2020. Taking Christian and Muslim medieval Europe as the stage for reflexion, we wish to analyse the different issues generated by urban governance, drawing on diverse information sources and looking for ways to bring together perspectives from History, Archaeology, Art History, Literature, Law, among others. 

The meeting will have 3 plenary conferences carried out by researchers invited by the organization and thematic sessions. Each session will integrate three paper presentations and will be 60 minutes long. Researchers who interested in participating can submit organized sessions or individual papers which will be gathered by the organizing committee in coherent panels. It will also be possible to submit poster proposals within the conference’s thematic panels. The meeting will also have a cultural program with guided tours and the Conference Dinner. It will also be launched the book which resulted from de IV International Conference on the Middle Ages (Castelo de Vide, October 2019). 

The conference languages are Portuguese, Spanish, French and English. 

Cientific Committee:
Adelaide Millán Costa (U. Aberta)
Alberto García Porras (U. Granada)
Antonio Collantes de Terán (U. de Sevilha)
Antonio Malpica Cuello (U. de Granada)
Beatriz Arizaga Bolumburu (U. de Cantábria)
Catarina Tente (U. Nova de Lisboa)
Denis Menjot (U. Lyon 2)
Emilio Martín Gutiérrez (U. de Cadiz)
Hermenegildo Fernandes (U. Lisboa)
Hermínia Vilar (U. Évora)
Iria Gonçalves (U. Nova de Lisboa)
Isabel del Val Valdivieso (U. de Valladolid)
Jean Passini (EHESS-Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales)
Jean-Luc Fray (U. Clermont Auvergne)
Jesús Solórzano Telechea (U. de Cantábria)
José Avelino Gutiérrez González (U. de Oviedo)
Luísa Trindade (U. de Coimbra)
María Asenjo González (U. Complutense de Madrid)
Maria Filomena Barros (U. de Évora)
Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho (U. de Coimbra)
Mário Barroca (U. do Porto)
Michel Bochaca (U. de La Rochelle)
Peter Clark (U. de Helsínquia)
Raphaella Averkorn (U. Siegen)
Sara Prata (U. Nova de Lisboa)
Sauro Gelichi (U. Ca ‘Foscari de Veneza)
Wim Blockmans (U. de Leiden)

Organizing Commitee:
Amélia Aguiar Andrade (IEM – NOVA FCSH)
Gonçalo Melo da Silva (IEM – NOVA FCSH)
Patrícia Martins (CMCV)

Secretariat:
Mariana Pereira (IEM – NOVA FCSH)

Supporters: IEM – NOVA FCSH; CMCV; FCT; NOVA FCSH