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)