Between 31 May and 1 June 2017, the Institute of Medieval Studies is organizing the International Congress URBISMADĪNA, on the theme "The Representation of the Medieval City in the Iberian Peninsula between XII -XIV centuries". This initiative, which will take place in Lisbon, at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University […]
The aim of this International Workshop is to establish an exchange opportunity to analyse the cultural legacy of the Western Islamic societies from different and complementary perspectives. To achieve this aim, a double objective has been proposed: to create a space for dialogue in order to share recent research results, as well as to establish […]
9th Session of the Seminars Cycle “Arquivos & História: estado(s) da(s) arte(s)" (2016-17)
4th Session
The Institute for Medieval Studies of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon and EGEAC (Empresa de Gestão de Equipamentos e Animação Cultural) established in 2014 a scientific and technical cooperation agreement for the research, study and dissemination of the historical and archaeological heritage of the Castelo de São […]
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 […]