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 […]
Professor Peter Clark (Univ. Helsinki) will be in Lisbon to give a lecture with the theme "Urban Vacant Land and Wasteland 1000-2010". This is a joint organization between the IEM - Institute of Medieval Studies and CHAM - Humanities Center, which will take place on October 9, 17:30, at the Faculty of Social Sciences and […]
The Interdisciplinary Conference on Iberian Manuscripts brings together scholars with a long-standing record of research on Iberian manuscripts, and experts from institutions such as libraries, archives and museums where the manuscripts are currently kept and their preservation, conservation and eventual restoration usually take place. The Conference’s main goal is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on Iberian manuscripts among […]
Initiated by Prof. Luís Krus in 2002, these Colloquia are intended to be a space for discussion and interdisciplinary reflection on the study of the city of Lisbon during the medieval centuries. The commemorative evocation of the conquests of Lisbon in 1147 and of Alcácer do Sal in 1217 is the pretext for a wider […]
Space has established itself as a useful analytical category for understanding mentalities from a historical, cultural, aesthetic and political perspective. 'Space' can be real or imagined. It can indicate a specific physical location or embody abstract issues of cosmology, cosmogaphy, politics, linguistics, art, and religion. From all these perspectives, 'space' is not just a geographical […]
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Professor Pierre-Vincent Claverie will be in Lisbon to present a conference entitled "Un exemple de l'expansion catalane au Maghreb: l'attaque de Ceuta par les Roussillonnais et Majorquins en 1234". Designated as Calcurini by the annals of the Genoese Bartolomeo Scriba, the identification of these attackers has been the subject of debate for five centuries. Using […]
The international meetings at Nájera seek to provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of medieval studies. Each congress has an interdisciplinary thematic strand that aims to contribute to the understanding, revision and updating of knowledge about the Middle Ages, through discussion led annually by different specialists. The XIV International Meeting will take […]
The aim of the 2nd International Workshop “Dialogues in Late Medieval Mediterranean: Between East and West”, which will take place at Alhambra of Granada (Spain), 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: […]
The 1st International Seminar “Arquitecturas da Alma: a Construção do Ermo dentro e fora da Cidade” aims to promote the scientific study and discussion of architecture associated with spiritual practices centered on the search for the wilderness and the experience of solitude. It will privilege both a multidisciplinary approach, at the crossroads between different fields […]
The 620 years since the death of D. Lourenço Vicente are the pretext for revisiting the itinerary and figure of this intriguing and energetic Archbishop of Braga. Born in Lourinhã, he was one of the first and most loyal supporters of King D. João I. In times of dynastic change and great political and military […]