The goal of these Meetings is to create a gathering place for the lead researchers on rural archaeology; an opportunity to debate the state of the research, incorporate and discuss new data and to reflect on future common strategies. The 2019 EMCAM edition will take place at Castelo de Vide (Alentejo, Portugal) during May, 2nd-4th, […]
More than three decades after the death of Gilberto Freyre, the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM), the Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) and the Práticas da História journal have opened this space for academic discussion on the uses of the Middle Ages in the construction of Luso-Brazilian identity(ies) in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Following […]
The relationships and exchanges between entities (political, economic and military) can advantageously be clarified from their actors. Flamengo Maarten Lem is a good example of this, although numerous questions remain regarding him. Its origins are little known. He came to settle in Portugal in the 1430s (?) and established himself here as a merchant, becoming […]
19th session of the Medieval Studies Seminar
On 30th May, as part of the exhibition "Pão, Carne e Àgua. Memórias de Lisboa Medieval" (Bread, Meat and Water. Memories of medieval Lisbon), a Conference on the same theme will take place at the Torre do Tombo. This occasion also includes the launch of the bilingual exhibition catalogue. Come and join us! Location: National […]
The International Congress: “Historiographical Narrative, the Great Schism and the Hundred Years War (1337-1453): Discourse, Religiosity and Reality”, to be held in Lisboa at NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, during the 30th-31st May, 2019, is dedicated to the study of medieval chronicles as historical sources, both through analysis […]
Promoted by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage / Monastery of Alcobaça in partnership with the Institute of Medieval Studies, the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University, within the context of effectively pursuing the strategic goal of positioning the Monastery of Alcobaça as a centre for the study and dissemination of the history […]
The next session of the Medieval Studies Seminar will be held by Professor Mercedes Pérez Vidal (Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf). About this session:From the beginning of the 90s the multiplication of studies on women religious, in particular cloistered nuns, and the book have changed the traditional view of nuns poor literacy, and low education. They have […]
The second "IEM Ph.D. Student’s Day" will have similar objectives to the first edition, last year, but with a different dynamic. Although it is also intended that, around the summary exhibition of ongoing projects, a space can be built where doctoral students can make their work known, and discuss it, among themselves and with younger […]
Established by Luís Krus in 2004, the José Mattoso Seminars were from the outset intended as a forum for scientific debate and productive and innovative dialogue, valuing the historiographical development of the issues and concepts proposed by this historian. Krus deployed this approach in the belief this represented the most stimulating and fruitful way of […]
By the end of the Middle Ages, the Bay of Cadiz had become one of the most important passages for international maritime traffic. Its strategic location between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic led to different foreign communities settling in the area, which was then encouraged. Among them, the Portuguese represent one of the most important […]
For the official launch of the IUS ILLUMINATUM Research Team, the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM) of FCSH is hosting an international Workshop on the theme: "The Illuminated Legal Manuscript: Production, Circulation and Usage in Medieval Europe" on Friday 20 September 2019. The Workshop aims to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in research on […]