This year, from October the 11th to the 13th, the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) at Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon and the municipality of Castelo de Vide are organizing the III International Conference on the Middle Ages, under the theme: Inclusion and Exclusion in Medieval Urban Europe. 

We invite researchers from any scientific area interested in the subject of social inclusion and exclusion in the medieval period to submit sessions, papers or poster proposals within the range of the following thematic panels: 

  1. The intervention of powers over social exclusion and inclusion: strategies and tensions. 
  1. Evidences of inclusion and exclusion in medieval urbanism: zonings and constructions. 
  1. Inclusion and exclusion in the material record? An archaeological perspective. 
  1. Processes of social inclusion and exclusion the city. 
  1. Institutions of social exclusion and exclusion in the city: rituals, paths and symbols. 
  1. The faces of social exclusion: multidisciplinary approaches to marginalized collectives. 
  1. To welcome or to shun: foreigners in the city. 
  1. Speeches and representations about social inclusion and exclusion in the city: legislation, literature and iconography. 
  1. Social inclusion and exclusion in Castelo de Vide during the Middle Ages. 

The meeting will have two plenary conferences carried out by researchers invited by the organization and thematic sessions. Each session will integrate three paper presentations and will be 60 minutes long. Researchers who interested in participating can submit organized sessions or individual papers which will be gathered by the organizing committee in coherent panels. It will also be possible to submit poster proposals within the conference’s thematic panels. 

The meeting will also have a cultural program with guided tours and the Conference Dinner. It will also be launched the book which resulted from de II International Conference on the Middle Ages (Castelo de Vide, October 2017). 

The conference languages are Portuguese, Spanish, French and English. 

Scientific committee 
Adelaide Millán Costa (U. Aberta) 
Alberto García Porras (U. Granada) 
Antonio Collantes de Terán (U. de Sevilha) 
Antonio Malpica Cuello (U. de Granada) 
Beatriz Arizaga Bolumburu (U. de Cantábria) 
Denis Menjot (U. Lyon 2) 
Iria Gonçalves (U. Nova de Lisboa) 
Isabel del Val Valdivieso (U. de Valladolid) 
Jean-Luc Fray (U. Clermont Auvergne) 
Jesús Solórzano Telechea (U. de Cantábria) 
José Avelino Gutiérrez González (U. de Oviedo) 
Luísa Trindade (U. de Coimbra) 
María Asenjo González (U. Complutense de Madrid) 
Maria Helena da Cruz Coelho (U. de Coimbra) 
Mário Barroca (U. do Porto) 
Michel Bochaca (U. de La Rochelle) 
Peter Clark (U. de Helsínquia) 

Deadline for session, paper and poster proposals: July 15th, 2018 
Announcement of accepted sessions, papers and posters: July 30th, 2018 
Final program launch: September 10th, 2018 
Assistant’s registration: after September 10th, 2018  

Conference fees: 

  • Speakers (general): 40€ 
  • University students (undergraduates, MA and PhD): 30€ 
  • IEM integrated researchers and students at NOVA FCSH: 20€ 

Transportation 
The organization will offer bus trips for the speakers from Lisbon Airport – Castelo de Vide – Lisbon Airport, before and after the meeting. 
The registration pack for speakers includes the bus trips from Lisbon Airport – Castelo de Vide – Lisbon Airport, lunch during conference days, guided tour to Castelo de Vide and Conference Dinner. 

Data: 11-13 de Outubro, 2018 
Venue: Castelo de Vide 
Organisation: Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM) da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH) e Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide 
Organisers: Amélia Aguiar Andrade (IEM; NOVA FCSH), Catarina Tente (IEM; NOVA FCSH), Gonçalo Melo da Silva (IEM-NOVA FCSH) Patrícia Martins (Câmara Municipal de Castelo de Vide) e Sara Prata (IEM-NOVA FCSH)