The aim of the 3rd Public History Congress in Portugal: Associativism and Social Movements, Collaborative Practices between Science and Citizenship, which will be held at A Voz do Operário in Lisbon on 5 and 6 June, is to bring together contributions that allow us to identify and understand different ways of developing collaborative practices in... Read More

‘The Mask’ presents a fictional and romantic side as well as a historical and musical aspect, involving the worlds of the Scala Opera House in Milan and La Fenice in Venice. The book also includes real 19th-century characters such as soprano Romilda Pantaleoni (1847 – 1917) and conductor Franco Faccio (1840 – 1891) and a... Read More

Geografias Culturais da Música do Som e do Silêncio (in English, Cultural Geographies of Music, Sound and Silence) brings together a group of artists and scientists whose fundamental motivation is their passion for the musical phenomenon in its relationship with the landscape. In this volume it is possible to find a chapter by Carlos Alberto Augusto (Research... Read More

On June 29 at 8.30 p.m., António Jorge Marques (Early Music Studies Group) will lecture at the Igreja Matriz de São Mateus on the island of Graciosa. Da Patriarcal à Matriz de São Mateus: a música sacra na corte de D. João VI precedes an organ concert by organist António Duarte with music by Iberian... Read More

Vinícius de Aguiar, co-coordinator of the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication, will present a paper entitled ‘Music, Artificial Intelligence, and the Crisis of our Aesthetic Categories’ at the Lisbon Meetings on the Philosophy of Music, to be held in Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities of the University of... Read More

For the third year in a row, NOVA University Lisbon is challenging its researchers to communicate the impact of their research, and its direct consequences for society, in a way that is clear and accessible to all, through a narrative writing competition. In the first two editions, this challenge received submissions from various scientific fields.... Read More

The second edition of the Boot Camp will take place again in Évora from May 19 to 25, with the theme ‘Common heritage: Associative ties in the interstices of social life’, once more in partnership with Festival Imaterial and Évora 27 – European Capital of Culture. This edition features the participation of CESEM – UÉvora researcher Caio Priori Santos. Click here to see... Read More

Joana Gama, pianist and member of the Research Group on Contemporary Music, is in Japan preparing her next play for younger audiences. Entitled “E as flores?” (‘What about the flowers?’), the piece will parallel the floral universe in Western and Eastern cultures. Whilst visiting Kanazawa, the pianist gave her book ‘Birds & Mushrooms’, an edition... Read More