The Institute of Medieval Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon in partnership with the Institut de Recerca Històrica of the Universitat de Girona, together with the research group “TEMPLA – Taller d’Estudis Medievals” and the research project Recercaixa “Cathedral cities: memories, landscapes and identitarian heritage of Europe” organize the international conference “Catedrales y mezquitas constructoras de la memoria y el paisaje urbano en la Europa Meridional (s. XII – s. XIV)”, which will take place from 23 to 24 November 2017 at the Facultat de Lletres de la Universitat de Girona.

The aim of this scientific meeting is to propose an interdisciplinary reflection (based on historical and archaeological approaches) on the role of cathedrals and mosques in the definition of memory and urban landscape in the Mediterranean (XII-XIV centuries).

Local: Girona, Facultat de Lletres de la Universitat de Girona
Organization: Instituto de Estudos Medievais, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Institut de Recerca Històrica, Universitat de Girona
Partners: TEMPLA – Taller d’Estudis Medievals; Recercaixa: “Cathedral cities: memories, landscapes and identitarian heritage of Europe”
Support: Officina di Studi Medievali – Palermo
Organizing Committee: Maria Alessandra Bilotta (IEM-FCSH/NOVA); Gerardo Boto Varela (Universitat de Girona); Anabel Moreno García (Universitat de Girona)

Email: memoriaurbanamedieval2017@gmail.com