The II International Colloquium "Misticismo Islâmico em al-Andalus - Gnose, Símbolo e Metáfora" ("Islamic Mysticism in al-Andalus - Gnosis, Symbol and Metaphor") will take place between the 27th and 29th of September. This colloquium will occur in Valle de Ricote (27th) and at the University of Murcia, Campus de la Merced (28th and 29th). The […]
The Autumn School in Medieval Studies, which takes place between the 3rd and 4th of October in Castelo de Vide, aims to create a space for debate and exchange of experience, aimed at Master's and PhD students in Medieval Studies, where they can present and discuss their projects. Organized by the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM) and Castelo de Vide […]
The seminar cycle “Rethinking the Archive(s)/ Repensar o Arquivo(s)” aims to place archives - understood as social constructs - at the center of the debate, to analyze and characterize their origins, functions, structures, materialities, and long-term (re)uses, as well as to assess the current impact of the digital transition on the construction of Community Memory. […]
Between October 5th and 7th, the VIII International Conference on the Middle Ages: Religions in Medieval Urban Europe will take place in Castelo de Vide. The theme of this edition is “Religions in Medieval Europe”, with three plenary conferences held by renowned national and international experts, such as Maria Filomena Andrade (U. Aberta; CEHR-UCP), Maxime l'Héritier (Université Paris […]
Organized by IEM, the International Meeting: The transfer of knowledge and innovation in Historical Sciences. Challenges and opportunities will take place on the 9th and 10th of October, at Colégio Alamada Negreiros, in room 209 (2nd Floor). Over the last few years, the transfer of knowledge and innovation from research units has led to the creation […]
On October 9th, a conference will take place with Maxime L'Héritier (Université Paris 8 ), on the restoration of the upper parts of the main walls of the choir of Notre Dame Cathedral, with the title "Research carried out in the Notre Dame Dame de Paris scientific project (CNRS/Ministry of Culture) since the 2019 fire and new discoveries about […]
The presentation, in Portugal, of the first full translation of Fernão Lopes' Chronicles into English will take place at the Monastery of Batalha on the 19th of October, at 7 pm, during the International Conference “Architectures of the Soul”, organized by the Institute of Medieval Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The five-volume publication, with the collective title of The Chronicles […]
The "Seminar in Medieval Studies" will take place on the 19th of October, at 4pm: "Servir al señor. Las obligaciones militares de la sociedad portuguesa durante la Edad Media", by Jose Luis Costa Hernández", online (via Zoom). Abstract The Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages experienced its own system regarding the military obligations of urban and rural […]
For centuries, religious heritage has played an essential role in shaping social, economic, environmental and cultural values. Caves, eremitical settlements, chapels, monasteries, convents, churches and cathedrals have dialogued with their surroundings, be them mountainous or solitary places, fertile valleys, peripheral or urban centers. Nowadays, the memory of these places tends to be erased. The secularisation […]
The IX Encontro Internacional sobre Ordens Militares (IX International Meeting on Military Orders) will take place between the 25th and 29th of October in Palmela, with sessions at the Cine-Teatro S. João and the Municipal Library of Palmela. Organized by the Office of Studies on the Order of Santiago (GEsOS) – Municipality of Palmela, and the Institute of Medieval Studies, the […]
The International Conference "Foreigners in Lisbon in the 15th and 16th Centuries" takes place between the 26th and 27th of October, at Colégio Almada Negreiros, room 209 (2nd floor). The presence of foreign communities is a distinctive mark of 15th and 16thcentury Lisbon. They are heterogeneous colonies with a marked identity (they define themselves primarily […]
The 4th RiMS Meeting, co-organized by the Institute fot Medieval Studies (IEM), will be dedicated to the theme Domestic interiors and household consumption in Europe, 1050-1550, and will take place on the 9th and 10th of November, at the University of Minho (Braga), Campus de Gualtar, at the Institute of Social Sciences (Building 15), Sala de Atos. The fourth RiMS meeting takes place […]