International Congress “NO MEIO. Recriar a Idade Média na cultura popular”
21.11.2019 - 22.11.2019
NOVA FCSH, Lisboa
Enrollements open
Highlighting the continuous dialogue between the Middle Ages and the post-medieval world, In the Middle is an international interdisciplinary conference that seeks to explore the ways, methods and motivations in which the medieval period has been imagined, evoked, re-lived, and refashioned in contemporary popular culture.
Hosted by the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM-NOVA FCSH), the conference will take place in Lisbon, at the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, on November 21-22, 2019.
Topics on Medievalism and popular culture for individual papers might include the following:
• Medievalism in the arts
• Contemporary literature in the Middle Ages
• Medieval representations in festivals and fairs
• Use of Middle Ages in film and television
• Medievalism and contemporary music
• Medieval imagery in the gaming industry and community
The conference will end with a round table on “Reconstructing the Middle Ages: writing in the middle (between History and fiction)”
Registration fee: 10€ for speakers.
Organisation: Instituto de Estudos Medievais da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Organizers: Ana Rita Gonçalves Soares (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Diogo Cardoso Gomes (IEM-NOVA FCSH), Paulo Dias (CHAM-NOVA FCSH-UAç)
Scientific committee:
Alba Rozas Arceo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Alicia Miguélez Cavero (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Bernardo Vasconcelos e Sousa (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Christoph Witt (Freie Universität Berlin)
Covadonga Valdaliso Casanova (CH-UL)
Juan Manuel Lacalle (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Laura Pereira Domínguez (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Manuel Pedro Ferreira (CESEM-NOVA FCSH)
María Aboal López (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja)
Maria Angélica Varandas (CEA-UL)
María de la Paz Ferreiro Cendán (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Maria João Branco (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Miguel Gomes Martins (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Mitzi Eunice Martínez Guerrero (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Paulo Catarino Lopes (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Pedro Monteiro (SMELPS/IF-UP)
Simon Doubleday (Hofstra University)
Tiago Viúla de Faria (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Keynote speakers (confirmed):
Antonio Huertas Morales (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Iain MacInnes (University of the Highlands and Islands)
Miguel Metelo de Seixas (IEM-NOVA FCSH)
Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)