On May 7th at 4:30 PM, the documentary exhibition “Portuguese Medieval Charters Through History: From Parchment to the Digital Age” will be inaugurated at the National Archive Torre do Tombo. This exhibition aims to showcase how the oldest royal charters, granted to Portuguese communities, have survived to the present day, sparking interest and fascination among […]
The 2nd IEM Conference of 2025 will take place on May 13th and feature Claudia Theune's (Universidade de Viena) contribution with the presentation "The Alps – remote, but not marginal". "The Alps have never been an insurmountable barrier. Rather, the rich and diverse raw materials have always been used and exploited, and various routes connected the […]
The 2nd session of the 2025 Medieval Studies Seminar will feature a presentation by Jesús Lorenzo-Jiménez (University of the Basque Country) titled "Ethnicities and Identities in Al-Andalus: The Muladis" It will take place on May 20th, at 4:00 PM, in online mode (via Zoom). In 711, with the Islamic conquest, Berbers and Arabs entered the […]
On May 22rd, the IEM will have a day entirely dedicated to visiting scholars, who will come to present and debate their research. The event will be held online via Zoom. At our Institute, one of our primary objectives is internationalization, fostering scientific and academic exchange, and establishing collaborative networks with cross-border research centers, a commitment that […]
The 3rd session of the international webinar series "Dialogues of Art, History and Law", coordinated by Gianluca del Monaco, a researcher in medieval art history at the University of Bologna, will take place on Monday, May 26th, at 4:30 PM (Lisbon time zone). The speakers will be Fabio Massaccesi, Professor of Medieval Art History at […]
The Guarda Archaeological Project (GAP) will be presented at the upcoming GIA Research Seminar, to be held on June 4th at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). This multidisciplinary project, coordinated by the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM), focuses on rural settlement dynamics in the Guarda region, with particular emphasis on Iron Age, Roman period, […]
On June 18th, at 10:30 AM (PT) / 11:30 AM (ES), the book “Misticismo Islâmico em al-Andalus" (Islamic Mysticism in al-Andalus) will be launched. This publication is the 36th volume in the IEM Studies series. The presentation will be delivered by Prof. Francisco Franco-Sánchez (University of Alicante). This publication brings together texts from lectures and papers presented […]
The 2nd Medieval Session will take place on June 24th, at 4:00 PM, in online format (via Zoom). We will feature a contribution by Carlos Carpetudo (Coordinator of Morbase – Municipality of Montemor-o-Novo), whose presentation will focus on the topic: “Virtual Heritage in Three Case Studies”. The increasing use of digitization as a complementary tool […]
Living on the Douro Frontier: Towards a Social History of the Border through Archaeology and Legal Sources from al-Andalus A large part of the historiography dedicated to the Douro frontier has focused on the study of fortifications and military campaigns carried out in this territory, which was considered a no-man’s-land until the late 20th century, […]
The 4th session of the international webinar series “Dialogues of Art, History and Law”, coordinated by Maria Alessandra Bilotta (IEM-NOVA/FCSH) and Miguel Metelo de Seixas (IEM-NOVA/FCSH), will take place on Friday, June 27, at 4:30 PM (Lisbon time zone). The session will focus on the theme: “Law and Heraldry in 14th-Century Central Italy: Bartolus of […]
On July 1st, the next issue of Medievalista—the online journal of the IEM (Institute for Medieval Studies)—will be released. Alongside its regular sections dedicated to reviews, news, and research notes, this issue features a thematic dossier on ecclesiastical taxation, coordinated by Amandine Leroux, Ester Tello, and Mário Farelo. Covering a broad geography (Portugal, the remaining […]
At the end of the afternoon on July 8th, at the National Archive Torre do Tombo, the catalog for the exhibition 'José Mattoso: Making History, Rethinking Memory' will be launched. The exhibition is on display from April 22nd to June 17th. Under the scientific coordination of Amélia Aguiar Andrade, Bernardo Vasconcelos e Sousa, João Luís […]