Josefina Planas Badenas is Professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Lleida. She has dedicated much of her scientific career to the study and dissemination of illuminated manuscripts, with particular emphasis on the Books of Hours, establishing herself as one of the most notable specialists. Recently she published a monograph dedicated to the […]
This seminar focuses on the recognition of interdisciplinary work, namely between History of Art and Conservation and Restoration, regarding the recovery project of medieval manuscripts belonging to the District Archive of Braga - among them a Diurnal and a Livro de Horas. Developed at the National Archive of Torre do Tombo (ANTT), this interdisciplinary partnership […]
5ª Session
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 […]
The Institute for Medieval Studies has as one of its main goals that of internationalization, increasing scientific and academic exchange and networking with national and international research centers of scientific excellence that share similar goals as IEM in the field of Medieval Studies. In fulfilling this mission, the Institute annually welcomes several foreign researchers who […]
IEM - Institute of Medieval Studies, CHAM - Humanities Center, IHC - Institute of Contemporary History join to organize the cycle "Family Archives & Research in History". Focusing on the potentialities and challenges that archives represent for the writing of History, both from the perspective of historians and archivists, this cycle is divided in three […]
The Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) promotes the organization of the International Meeting "Ecclesia in Chronicis: The geopolitics of ecclesiastics through the chronicles in the context of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)", which will take place on September 11, 2017, at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon (NOVA […]
Following the 2014 and 2015 editions, the Institute for Medieval Studies, the Center of History of Aquém and Além Mar, the Institute of Contemporary History and the Institute of History of Art are now coming together to organize the III International Workshop Changes and Continuities (MeC3). This initiative, which encompasses these four research units of […]
This International conference will be devoted to Medieval Pantheons. The main aim is to promote a broad and innovative debate on the concept of “pantheon” throughout the Middle Ages, as well as their underlying intentions. It is also intended to address the specificity of themes that are intertwined with the construction, ornamentation and everyday uses […]
After visiting Bath, Budapest, Florence, Prague and Warsaw, the Splendid Encounters conference series marks its sixth edition in Lisbon. IEM and CHAM are thus associated with the Premodern Diplomats Network, an international network of undisputed expression in the panorama of interdisciplinary studies on diplomacy, its practices and players. For the first time embracing the pre-modern […]
The Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM – NOVA FCSH) promotes, with the Municipality of Castelo de Vide an Autumn School for Master’s and Ph.D. students in medieval studies, that will take place during the 2nd and the 3rd of October 2017 in Castelo de Vide. It is intended that students can enhance their knowledge and skills […]
The Institute for Medieval Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH) and the City Council of Castelo de Vide are organizing on October 5-7, 2017, the II International Medieval Days of the Middle Ages, this year under the theme of "Space and Power in Medieval […]