On January 15, at 11:00 a.m., online (via Zoom), another session of the Forum organized by the IEM Research Group Images, Texts and Representations (ITR) will take place. This session will feature a paper by IEM integrated researcher Ana Beatriz Fernandes Mestre, entitled Medieval Illuminations and Their Representation in Video Games as Means of Creating Historical Memory.

About the Paper

The presentation will focus on a survey of the research carried out to date by the speaker in the context of the development of her doctoral thesis on the role of the representation of medieval illuminations in video games in the creation of historical memory.

About the Speaker

Ana Beatriz Fernandes Mestre is an integrated researcher at IEM and a PhD candidate in Medieval Studies at NOVA FCSH, in partnership with Universidade Aberta. A multidisciplinary collaborator, she has participated in independent artistic projects as a creative assistant, illustrator, and editorial designer. Her current main research interests are the reception of the medieval past and imaginary through digital culture—particularly video games—and visual representations, areas she intends to address in her doctoral thesis on medieval illuminations and their representation in video games as means of creating historical memory.