Newsletter I September 2025
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Film with music by Carlos Caires (CM) receives international recognition
Eduardo Walter and Leonidov, a film by Miguel Pires de Matos with music by Carlos Caires (Research Group on Contemporary Music), received an Honourable Mention at Cinema Urbana – 5th International Architecture Film Festival in Brasilia and was selected for the 17th Seoul International Architecture Film Festival.
Interview with Haig Utidjian (EMS) regarding the book The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the East
The interview is from August 25 and can be consulted here. As it was published in Armenian, a few excerpts have been translated. More information about the book “The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the East” is available here. — “The two-volume work The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts is part of the Musicalia Antiquitatis... Read More
Iberian Ensemble Concerts
The Iberian Ensemble, founded in 2012 by Alexandre Andrade (Music in the Modern Period Group), brings together musicians from diverse musical backgrounds, languages and styles, always within the scope of early music practices. Upcoming concerts: September 12: Dani Barokne Musik, Novi Sad (Serbia); September 25: Athens Baroque Festival (Greece); September 27, 28 and 29: Varaždin... Read More
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“Uncanny Landscapes and Cosy Dungeons”, article by Joana Freitas (CYSMUS/CTC)
The book ‘Music, Sound and Identity in Video Games’, edited by Lidia López Gómez and published by Palgrave Macmillan, includes the article ‘Uncanny Landscapes and Cosy Dungeons: From Sonic Spaces to the Musical Narratives of Elden Ring and Dark Souls’, written by Joana Freitas (CysMus/GTCC). The article was included in the section ‘Fictional Spaces’. In... Read More
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Costa Vicentina Early Music Fest I Lecture by Nuno Raimundo (EMS)
COSTA VICENTINA Early Music Fest is a project promoting historically informed music in the western Algarve, from a dialectical perspective between early music as a catalyst for intercultural and intertemporal dialogue, between Iberia and the world, between the past and the present. August 24 I 4 pm: Lecture ‘The presence and influence of African music... Read More
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CESEM closed from August 11 to September 1
The management team will be on holiday from August 11 to September 1. See you soon!
EHD researchers co-author article in Special Issue of Education Sciences
Helena Rodrigues, Ana Isabel Pereira, Paulo Ferreira Rodrigues (Education and Human Development Group / CESEM), Paulo Maria Rodrigues (INET-md) and Angelita Broock (Pós-Doc at CESEM — Professor at UFMG) have published an article in the journal Education Sciences, in a special issue entitled ‘Teacher Professional Development and Teaching Practices in Early Childhood Education: An International... Read More
Provisional results of the PEX 2024 Call
The Foundation for Science and Technology announced yesterday, August 6, the provisional results of the Call for Exploratory Research Projects in all scientific fields. In the 2024 edition, 400 PEX will be supported, with a duration of 18 months and a maximum funding amount updated to 60,000 euros per project. Of the three applications associated... Read More
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Article by Ana Isabel Pereira and Helena Rodrigues (EHD) in Education Sciences
Ana Isabel Pereira and Helena Rodrigues, coordinators of the Education and Human Development Group, have published an article in the journal Education Sciences, in a special issue entitled “Contemporary Issues in Music Education: International Perspectives”. The article focuses on the influence of singing songs with text or with a neutral syllable on the vocal performance... Read More









