The medieval chronicles and the boundaries between history and literature, their pragmatic functions and forms, meanings and the way they represent the past are some of the working themes that will be under discussion at the VIII International Congress The Medieval Chronicle, which will take place in Lisbon, at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon (FCSH/NOVA), during July 10-14, 2017.
The plenary lectures will be held by Georges Martin (Université Paris-Sorbonne), Hermengildo Fernandes (University of Lisbon), Inés Fernández-Ordóñez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), José Carlos Miranda (University of Porto) and Maria do Rosário Ferreira (University of Coimbra). During the meeting there will be several parallel sessions and round tables, which will bring together researchers from very diverse origins, from Russia to Cyprus, from the United States to the Czech Republic, passing through Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Austria, United Kingdom, Sweden, Turkey, Iran and, of course, Portugal.
These international meetings, promoted every three years by The Medieval Chronicle Society (MCS), are already a reference for the fruitful meeting between researchers dedicated to the study of different aspects of the medieval chronicles, providing the privileged space for the announcement of new testimonies, debate of methodologies, presentation of new projects and to discuss perspectives of collaborative research.
The eighth edition results from the joint organization between the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM-FCSH/NOVA) and the Institute of Literature and Tradition Studies (IELT-FCSH/NOVA), in collaboration with the Universidade Aberta and the Center for Classical Studies of the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, and is supported by Tap Portugal.
Organization: Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM-FCSH/NOVA); Instituto de Estudos de Literatura e Tradição (IELT-FCSH/NOVA); Universidade Aberta; Centro de Estudos Clássicos (CEC-FLUL)
Organizers: Isabel de Barros Dias, Maria João Branco, Carlos Clamote Carreto, Ana Paiva Morais, Margarida Alpalhão, Rodrigo Furtado