Luzia Aurora Rocha appointed to the Steering Committee of the IMS Study Group “Musical Iconography”

Luzia Aurora Rocha has been appointed to the Steering Committee of the Study Group “Musical Iconography” of the International Musicological Society (IMS), replacing Gabriela Currie (University of Minnesota). The CESEM researcher will join Nicoletta Guidobaldi (co-chair, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Italy) and Björn R. Tammen (chair, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria). The...
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5 Sep 2024

What a Man is Capable of — José Mário Branco’s Collection

This exhibition focuses on the physical and digital documentary collection of José Mário Branco (1942-2019), a composer, lyricist, performer, arranger, and record producer who profoundly influenced the Portuguese musical landscape. During his exile in France (1963-1974), he began organizing folders in which he stored documentation related to the various activities he was involved in, maintaining...
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Article by Andrew Woolley in Music & Letters

An article written by Andrew Woolley examining the acquisition of Italian music manuscripts by the Portuguese crown between ca. 1770 and ca. 1820 was published in issue 105/3 of the journal Music & Letters (Oxford University Press). Click here to find out more.
2 Sep 2024

12th Meeting ‘Music, Critical Theory and Communication’

The 12th Meeting ‘Music, Critical Theory and Communication’ will be held at NOVA FCSH (Auditorium B2) on September 27 and 28. The programme is organised into five thematic panels: I – Music in the digital era; II – Imaginaries of Brazilian popular music; III – Musical folds; IV – Music, culture and society in twentieth-century Portugal;...
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IV Nova Contemporary Music Meeting (NCMM) I Proposals until November 20

The NCMM invites contributions focusing on the wide-ranging theme of ‘Today’s Music Memory’ and its related aspects. Memory is a fundamental element in the processes of music creation, performance, reception, and study. As the musical landscape evolves quickly, the methods of remembering and engaging with music from both past and present eras become increasingly significant....
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28 Aug 2024

IX Workshop CysMus – Glocal Perspectives on Music and Media

In the 21st century, music is intrinsically tied to digital media and the Internet. From streaming platforms and online communities to generative AI, the boundaries between offline and online are growing ever more tenuous. Although it was once widely held that these technological mediations would give rise to global cultural tendencies, today scholarly attention is...
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Call FCT-Tenure I Provisional results

The provisional results of the FCT-Tenure Call were published on August 14. FCT opened the first edition of the FCT-Tenure Call to co-fund the hiring of up to 1000 (one thousand) PhD researchers, exclusively for permanent positions. CESEM obtained the six positions requested. Two of them are for teaching and are therefore articulated with the Department...
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