10
Jul
2026
“Essay Crossings”: Reading and Discussion Seminar
On July 22, at 6.00 pm, the fifth session of the ‘Ensaios Cruzados’ Reading and Discussion Seminar will take place. The seminar runs from March to July at the Edições do Saguão venue. The session will be led by Filipa Cruz (CESEM) and will take Virginia Woolf’s book A Room of One’s Own as its... Read More
10
Jul
2026
New article by Bráulio Vidile, Helena Rodrigues e Ana Isabel Pereira (EHD)
The article “The Use of Verbal Metaphors in the Teaching and Learning of Musical Instruments: A Systematic Literature Review”, written by Bráulio Vidile, Helena Rodrigues, and Ana Isabel Pereira (Education and Human Development Group), is available in open access. Click here to read the article. Abstract: «Verbal metaphors are common in the teaching of musical... Read More
9
Jul
2026
Publication of “Library Music and Imagined Images”, a book by Júlia Durand (CTC)
“Library Music and Imagined Images” is the latest publication in Bloomsbury’s New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media collection. It takes a musicological and sociological lens to the workings of library music – a little-noticed sonic presence that shapes the media of our everyday lives. By teasing out the patterns and peculiarities that distinguish it... Read More
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8
Jul
2026
PRAYTICIPATE – Participation through Prayer in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
For centuries, prayer has played a central role in shaping worldviews, education, and religious experience, as well as structuring communities and everyday life across Europe. Despite the so-called “religious turn” in the humanities, prayer is still often treated as self-evident or ordinary. This has hindered a deeper historical understanding of this powerful and complex phenomenon... Read More
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NCMM – Nova Contemporary Music Meeting I Proposals until October 31
The call for proposals is now open for the international conference NOVA Contemporary Music Meeting (NCMM), which will take place from 5 to 7 May 2027 in Mafra. Under the theme ‘Displaced Sounds: Music and Algorithms’, the conference invites contributions exploring how computational systems transform musical creation, performance, circulation, preservation, listening, and rights. The conference... Read More
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Newsletter I July 2026
The July 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!
Luso-Brazilian Congress on Digital Music Teaching and Learning I Applications accepted until July 13
The Luso-Brazilian Congress on Digital Music Teaching and Learning (6–9 October, online), organised in partnership by the University of Aveiro (UA) and the Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance (INET-md), the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), the University of São Paulo (USP), the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC) and... Read More
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Article by Ernesto Donoso (CM) available in open access
The article “The gaze at the source: Participation and intertextual mediation of a virtual acoustic in Marc-André Dalbavie’s La source d’un regard”, written by researcher from Research Group on Contemporary Music (GIMC/CM) Ernesto Donoso, has been published in Súmula: Revista de teoría y análisis musical. Click here to read the article.
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“Music with Science” I Ep.03 – Mafalda Nejmeddine
“Music with Science” is CESEM’s latest podcast. The guest on the third episode, Mafalda Nejmeddine, presented the project “Portuguese Music Identity: Patterns of the Keyboard Repertoire (1750-1834)” (2023.06709.CEECIND). Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r13v6gXck3g Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r8QyAKdGcC02s1IbBZiKb?si=jWZgwB_UTtO79FznMsiHtA Production and Direction: Ana Sofia Malheiro Editing and Assembly: José Grossinho This work is financed by national funds through FCT – Fundação para... Read More
Recent publications by Nikita Braguinski (CTC)
Nikita Braguinski, a collaborator in CESEM’s Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication, highlights two of his publications released in the first half of 2026: — “Music Streaming as a Mediated Process: Algorithms and Assets”. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 2026: 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/rma.2026.10068: “Online music streaming and the platforms that... Read More