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To celebrate its fifth year of existence, the IUS ILLUMINATUM Research Team, organizes on September 20th, 2023, in collaboration with the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM) of NOVA /FCSH, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Lisbon, the Lisbon Pharmacy Museum and the Portuguese Institute of Heraldry its 4th International Workshop entitled The Illuminated Legal Manuscript: Results Achieved and Future Research Objectives. The event, which will take place in […]

Tapado das Casas is an archaeological site located in the lands of Lafões, more specifically in the territory of the parish of Carvalhal de Vermilhas, municipality of Vouzela. It is located in Serra do Caramulho, at around 950 m altitude, and was founded around 1,000 years ago. It is a village that was used seasonally during the […]

As part of IEM's participation in the European Heritage Days, an activity will be carried out by historians, veterinarians, and biologists, at Tapada de Mafra. With the participation of Tiago Viúla de Faria, Sónia Pires, Maria Ribeiro, and Afonso Soares de Sousa, this is a partnership between the Institute of Medieval Studies at Universidade Nova, Falcões no Oeste and Tapada Nacional […]

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 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 […]

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 […]