From the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, European monarchies saw a gradual centralisation of power. This was accompanied by the dissemination of political ideas that contributed to the making of a new image of the prince, which relied on visual instruments to assert and construct the prince’s sovereign power. Royal and princely residences were at […]
6th Session of the Seminar Cycle “Arquivos & História: estado(s) da(s) arte(s)"(2016-17)
1th Session
The "3rd Workshop on Juridical Culture in Portugal – Dispute Settlement and Judicial Systems (9th-13th centuries): Procedure and Proof" aims to continue in the footsteps of the previous workshops, which have been conceived as opportunities for informal debate of topics which have seen some progress in Portugal in recent years, but whose specificities have been […]
This session will be dedicated to the potentialities, specificities, fragilities and challenges that emerge from a particular, unwritten type of archives, the photographic archives. First, it will address broader issues related to formal problems that emerge from the description of images, the line that separates artistic and non-artistic photographs, or the attempt to recover the […]
At a time when the fragilities of the European Union are being debated, evoking the origins of the very idea of Europe (as well as the inherent feelings and identities), perceiving obstacles and limitations, but also continuities and permanences, can be of decisive importance for the years ahead. In this context, this meeting aims to […]
The international workshop "Maritime Conflicts and their Resolution in Atlantic Europe (13th-17th Centuries)" will be held at the University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain), on April 21-22, 2017. This workshop is part of the international project "Maritime Conflict Management in Atlantic Europe, 1200-1600", of which IEM is part.
2nd Session
This session, held as part of the "Seminar Series "Arquivos & História: estado(s) da(s) arte(s)"(2016-17)", unlike the others, will extend throughout the day to discuss community archives, community archives, and is divided into two parts: The first part is made up of a series of talks headed by the presentation of independent community archives in […]
The Biblioteca Pública snt the Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada, in partnership with the Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM), Centro de História d'Aquém e d'Além-Mar (CHAM), o Instituto Cultural de Ponta Delgada (ICPDL), and the Delegação Açores da Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Documentalistas (APBAD), , promotes on May 11, from 9:30 a.m. to […]
The fact that 2017 marks the VIIIth centenary of the conquest of Alcácer do Sal and the 870th anniversary of the conquest of Lisbon by the Portuguese and Crusader forces, gave the organizers the motto to propose the realization of an International Colloquium in which a diverse set of researchers could reassess and discuss how […]
3.ª Session