Calendar

Taking place on May 29, at 4 pm, via Zoom, the conference addresses issues related to the European economic history of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The focus is on the economic ties resulting from the long tradition and consequent continuity of buying and selling “national” products with a view to the trade and business of […]

On the 1st of June, at 4:00 pm, the IEM conference will take place, with the communication "Fortificación y militarización social. Arqueología de las micropoliticas altomedievales (siglos VIII-X)", presented by Professor Juan Quirós Castillo. Biographical note:Professor of Archeology at the Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archeology at the Universidad del País Vasco, at the Faculty of Letters. […]

On the 22nd of June, at 4:00 pm, will take place the Seminar in Medieval Studies :"¿En busca del Preste Juan? Tradiciones, expectativas y experiencias en la exploración occidental del Atlántico y el África occidental (s. XIV- princ. s. XVI)", by Professor Víctor Muñoz Gómez (Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. University of La Laguna), […]

The exploratory project FALCO - Hypothesising Human-Animal Relations in Medieval Portugal, which began in January 2022 and lasted for a year and a half with a grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology (EXPL/HAR-HIS/1135/2021), will hold the third and final project seminar next Thursday, June 29th. In the seminar, under the theme "Advances in human-animal relations […]

The International Congress "O Mosteiro de Lorvão no tempo de Catarina de Eça (1471-1521)" will take place at the Monastery of Lorvão (Penacova, Coimbra) on June 29th and 30th. Today we know better the succession of important women who, during the medieval centuries, governed the main and richest Portuguese Cistercian monasteries, with particular focus on […]

The 2nd Webinars Cycle “Dialogues of Art, History and Law” is organized by the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM- NOVA/FCSH), together with the IUS ILLUMINATUM research team and in partnership with the Portuguese Heraldry Institute (IPH), the Capitular Library of Verona and the Capitular Library of Vercelli.  This initiative, organized by a scientific and organizational […]

On the 7th of July, at 5 pm, another IEM Spin-Off Session will take place, dedicated to the theme: "A arqueologia empresarial e universidades. Um affair necessário? O Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira como case study.". This session will be in charge of Pedro Sobral de Carvalho (Eon, Indústrias Criativas). The third session of the Spin-Off of the Institute of […]

Another Vinculum Project Day will take place on the 8th of July, this time in Ponte de Lima. This initiative is part of the VINCULUM project, based at NOVA FCSH and funded by the European Research Council. The project aims to conceptualize and explain the bonding phenomenon in medieval and modern societies in Southern Europe. The communication of the […]

On the 26th of July, at 4:00 pm, the Seminar on Medieval Studies will take place:"‘Até que a morte nos separe’ – Os monumentos fúnebres de Dinis de Portugal e Isabel de Aragão: entre a história e a arte", by Professor Giulia Rossi Vairo, via Zoom.   The civil war that ravaged the kingdom of Portugal from 1319 […]

On September 12, at 4:15 pm, will take place the Seminar in Medieval Studies: "Remembering Jimena(s): One Woman's Journey through Different Media (11th-21st centuries)", by Dr. Marija Blašković, in mixed modality (presencial and via Zoom). The presencial session will take place at Colégio Almada Negreiros, Sala SD (floor 0).   At a societal level, the […]

The project Pensa em Grande sobre as Pequenas Cidades de Fronteira (FRONTOWNS) organizes, at Colégio Almada Negreiros, between the 18th and 19th of September, the 1st International Colloquium FRONTOWNS – Small border towns and mobility in Portugal and Castile at the end of the Middle Ages This meeting aims to deepen the comparative study of the role of […]