XV Music Research Meeting (EnIM) I Proposals until July 20
The Portuguese Society for Music Research (SPIM) invites submissions of proposals for papers for EnIM 26 | XV Music Research Meeting, which will take place at the Royal Palace of Mafra from 4 to 6 November 2026. Given the current complexity of the disciplinary landscape of music studies and research practices, the XV Music Research... Read More
Jelena Novak (GTCC) joins an international team awarded with an SSHRC Destination Horizon Grant
CESEM is pleased to announce that researcher Jelena Novak (a member of the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication and coordinator of the Opera Studies Thematic Line) is part of an international research initiative that has been awarded a prestigious Destination Horizon Grant by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research... Read More
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Jun
2026
Open Studio: Listening, Resonance and Dialogue – Event for CESEM members
As part of the internal engagement activities of CESEM – Centre for Music Studies, we are organising the Open Studio: Listening, Resonance and Dialogue (June 29, 4.00 pm), an initiative designed to foster encounters, reflection and interaction amongst members of the Centre’s academic community. Building on the concepts of listening, resonance and dialogue, this activity... Read More
Essay by Paulo Ferreira de Castro (CTC) published by Brepols
The essay “Virtual Dialogues: Towards a Critical-Historical Approach to the Concepts of Musical Topic, Topos, and Intonation”, written by Paulo Ferreira de Castro, a member of the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication, has been published in the volume Musical Rhetoric Beyond Figures (ed. Joan Grimalt, Brepols). Further information here.
Lecture King João VI and music by António Jorge Marques (EMS)
On June 20 the Paço Ducal de Vila Viçosa will open two new exhibition rooms under the theme ‘D. João VI, Portugal and Brazil’, which will now form part of the palace tour. Admission is free, subject to registration by email at: fcb.comunicacao@fcbraganca.pt. Programme: 3.30 pm – Opening of the ‘King João VI, Portugal and... Read More
New article by Roberto Oliveira-Ogando (CM) about Enrique X. Macías
“Form, Energy and Space: Structural Neoclassicism in the Work of Enrique X. Macías” appears in issue 316 of the journal Tempo: The Quarterly Review of New Music, one of the leading international journals in the field of contemporary music. Founded in the United Kingdom in 1939 and historically linked to Cambridge University Press, the journal... Read More
Publication of a chapter by Paula Gomes-Ribeiro (CTC)
In the chapter ‘Re-signifying Resistance: Platform Drift and the Sonic Afterlives of Bella Ciao and Grândola, Vila Morena’, published in The End of Reality as We Knew It: Disinformation, Artificial Intelligence and the New Era of Fact-Checking, a book edited by Daniel Catalan-Matamoros and Carlos Elías, Paula Gomes-Ribeiro (member of the Research Group for the... Read More
15
Jun
2026
Launch of World New Music Magazine No. 31, 2025, dedicated to Portugal, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Miso Music Portugal and MIC.PT – Portuguese Music Research and Information Centre, in partnership with CESEM – Centre for Music Studies, will present World New Music Magazine #31, 2025, a Portugal-focused edition published by the International Society for Contemporary Music, ISCM, on 19 June 2026, at 18:00, in Auditorium 3 of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,... Read More
15
Jun
2026
3rd Symposium of the Music in the Modern Period Group
The 3rd Symposium of CESEM’s Music in the Modern Period Group – a new series brings together the proceedings of the group’s first two symposia, held in 2025 and 2024, respectively. With the aim of including as many researchers from the group as possible who are based outside Lisbon, the MMP’s annual symposium is held... Read More
Newsletter I June 2026
The June 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!