The first edition of the PEREGRINATIO Meetings – Colloquium Series will launch in 2026. This initiative is dedicated to the study of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages and is promoted by the research network PEREGRINATIO – Research Network for the Study of Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages, in partnership with the Institute for Medieval Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University Lisbon (IEM – NOVA FCSH) and the Centre for the Study of Religious History of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP-CEHR), under the coordination of Maria Filomena Andrade, João Luís Fontes and Paulo Catarino Lopes.
Structured around two annual meetings (one per semester), this series aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on the multiple dimensions of the phenomenon of pilgrimage.
The inaugural meeting, to be held on 28 May 2026 (Thursday), from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm, will be dedicated to the theme “Narratives”, bringing together the researchers Elvira Fidalgo Francisco (University of Santiago de Compostela), Carlos Clamote Carreto (NOVA FCSH) and Paulo Catarino Lopes (NOVA FCSH). This first session aims to reflect on the narrative forms associated with the practice of pilgrimage in the medieval context.
The colloquium will take place in a hybrid format (in person and online), with the venue and access link for each session to be announced in due course.