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Feb
2026
CESEM PhD Students Meeting – Second Edition
The CESEM Second PhD Students Meeting (February 26-27, 2026) is promoted by the PhD Students Committee of CESEM, a research unit of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University Lisbon, and it will be hosted at the University of Évora (CESEM – Évora Section), Casa Cordovil, Room 125. The CESEM PhD Students Meeting aims... Read More
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Otto Mayer-Serra Prize 2025 I Luís M. Santos (CTC) wins 2nd Prize
Luís M. Santos (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) won the 2nd prize in the Otto Mayer-Serra 2025 competition with “‘Deutschland über alles… na música‘: o discurso sobre a música sinfónica em Lisboa no tempo da Primeira República”. The Otto Mayer-Serra Award is an annual distinction promoted by the Center... Read More
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16
Feb
2026
Conference of the José Mário Branco Studies and Documentation Centre – Music and Freedom
This conference will present various aspects of the activities of the José Mário Branco Studies and Documentation Centre – Music and Freedom (CEDJMB-ML), established in 2021 following the deposit of José Mário Branco’s documentary archive at NOVA FCSH. Operating as a collaborative platform between CESEM, INET-md, and subsequently IHC, the CEDJMB-ML has as its core... Read More
Article by Vinícius de Aguiar (CTC) published by Oxford University Press
Vinícius de Aguiar, from the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication (CTC), published the article “AI Augments Musical Creativity: But Does the Music Swing?” in The Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, from Oxford University Press. The article is available on the journal’s website and will also be included in... Read More
Newsletter I February 2026
The February edition is now available. Subscribing to the CESEM newsletter is the most convenient way to receive, directly in your email, the latest news and essential information about events, projects, and other opportunities. Staying connected to the CESEM community has never been easier!
4
Feb
2026
RESONANCE project reading club session
The second session of the RESONANCE project reading club will take place on February 9 and, this time, it will be virtual. One of the chapters of André Lepecki’s book ‘Exhausting Dance: Performance and the Politics of Movement’ will be discussed. The project seeks to reflect on the documentation and patrimonialisation of historical performative works... Read More
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Visit by Tiago Viana de Freitas, visiting researcher at CESEM, to the Sociedade Filarmónica União e Capricho Olivalense
On January 16, the visiting researcher from CESEM – NOVA FCSH, Tiago Viana de Freitas (Early Music Studies Group), visited the Sociedade Filarmónica União e Capricho Olivalense (SFUCO), the oldest civil band in the city of Lisbon in uninterrupted activity, founded on June 1, 1886, and based in the parish of Olivais. In addition to... Read More
28
Jan
2026
Music and dancers: movements, mobility, resistance
This research seminar series is organized by Kristin Hoefener (CESEM – NOVA University of Lisbon) and Raphaëlle Legrand (IReMus). Hosted by the GeMM and held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Salle Colette, 14:00 – 16:00), the series explores the movements, constraints, and forms of agency shaping the lives and practices of women musicians and... Read More
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27
Jan
2026
Presentation of the book “Mozart’s Requiem: A Cultural History”
To better understand Mozart’s music today, two historiographical tasks seem essential: first, to situate the composer’s work in the culture of his time, that is, at the end of the Enlightenment; second, to consider the relationship between certain aspects of his compositions and the aesthetics of early German Romanticism. This approach is particularly relevant in... Read More
27
Jan
2026
Workshop – The Art of Programming: Towards a Curatorial Theory for Classical Music
In the classical music scene, there is an urgent need to think about innovative concert formats, but surprisingly, the heavy legacy of 19th-century concert structures continues to predominate. This paradox can be attributed, in part, to the lack of inspiring models for change. At the invitation of the Tagus-Atlanticus Cultural Association, Spanish musicologist and programmer... Read More