Newsletter I December 2025
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Portuguese Journal of Musicology I Call for articles
The Portuguese Journal of Musicology (RPM) new series is a peer-reviewed academic journal open to all areas of music research. It is published jointly by SPIM (Portuguese Society for Music Research), INET-md (Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance), and CESEM (Centre for the Study of Sociology and Aesthetics of Music).... Read More
Communication by Julia Durand (CTC) on the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement
December 12, 2015 marks the adoption of the Paris Agreement — a treaty that seeks to guide states in their actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Ten years later, the Paris Agreement has become a part of everyday political discourse, embodying narratives of hope, but also of fear; of instinctive trust in knowledge,... Read More
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24
Nov
2025
Reading and discussion session about Noise: The Political Economy of Music by Jacques Attali
On 5th December at 6:30 pm, at Galeria Verso, the Research Cluster in Thought and Music (NPM) will hold a reading and discussion session on the preface and first chapter of Noise: The Political Economy of Music by Jacques Attali. The session will be led by Professor Filipe Campello (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) and is open to all interested colleagues.... Read More
19
Nov
2025
Presentation of the website I Tribute to Manuel Emílio Porto
On December 6, at 8:30 p.m., the Municipality of Lajes do Pico will hold in the Municipal Auditorium, a tribute to Maestro Manuel Emílio Porto (1935-2012), on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of his birth, and the public presentation of the internet portal with the Maestro’s estate, resulting from the cooperation protocol between Dr.... Read More
19
Nov
2025
Presentation of the catalog “Arquivo Musical da Casa de Bragança, Núcleos A, C e D”
As a result of in-depth research into the Music Archive of the Casa de Bragança Foundation, the corresponding catalog has now been published, under the technical and scientific coordination of CESEM researchers Alberto Medina de Seiça and Zuelma Duarte Chaves, accompanied by Vicente Fino, from the Casa de Bragança Foundation. The presentation of the catalog... Read More
Brepols publishes book coordinated by João Pedro d’Alvarenga, Manuel Pedro Ferreira and Alberto Medina de Seiça (Lost & Found)
Brepols has just published the work “Fragmenta Musicae. Contemporary Perspectives”. The book is one of the most significant results of the Lost & Found research project carried out by CESEM between 2021 and 2024 with funding from FCT (PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020; https://doi.org/10.54499/PTDC/ART-PER/0902/2020). Coordinated by João Pedro d’Alvarenga, Manuel Pedro Ferreira and Alberto Medina de Seiça, the work... Read More
17
Nov
2025
CESEM Annual Meeting
CESEM’s Annual Meeting, 2025 edition, has already been scheduled! 10 December will be a day full of interventions and lots of conversation that you will not want to miss. The event is free. 09h00 | Welcome session 09h15 | Linha Temática "Música e Interpretação" Fernando Fontes: A emoção das dissonâncias: Fernando Lopes-graça, con rabbia 09h45 | Linha Temática "Estudos... Read More
New article by Filipa Magalhães, coordinator of Research Group on Contemporary Music
Filipa Magalhães (Research Group on Contemporary Music) published the article “Digital Technologies as Musical Sources: Documenting Live Electronics in Adriano Guarnieri’s Work” in the compilation “Music, New Media and the Archive”, edited by Sarah Kirby. More information here.
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Presentation by Tiago Viana (EMS) at a conference in Lyon, France
Tiago Viana de Freitas, visiting researcher at CESEM, will present a paper on November 21 at the Historic Brass Society conference, which will take place in Lyon, France. Tiago Viana is associated with the Early Music Studies Group. More information here.
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