Newsletter I January 2026
The January 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!
CESEM researchers sign FCT Tenure contracts
CESEM congratulates the six researchers whose FCT Tenure contracts have already been signed. FCT Tenure (Research): Alberto Medina de Seiça: Musical Heritage, sacred and liturgical music, vocal (including Gregorian chant) and/or instrumental (between the 11th and 17th centuries) – areas of preservation and dissemination and/or musical performance; Ana Filipa Magalhães: Documentation and Preservation, in the... Read More
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2026
Peça a Peça Itinerante (PaPI) in Vila Nova de Famalicão
The PaPI artistic-educational constellation brings together a set of small musical-theatrical pieces designed from scratch to be easily circulated in kindergartens, museums, libraries, social centres and other institutions interested in promoting access to culture. The first PaPIs were created in multidisciplinary and intergenerational artistic residencies held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as part of the... Read More
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2026
Entre Brasis Study Day
On 11 February, the Research Cluster in Thought and Music is organising the Entre Brasis Study Day in Auditorium B2, Tower B, NOVA FCSH (Avenida de Berna). The programme will feature Clara Rowland (IELT – NOVA FCSH), Joana Matos Frias (Director of Colóquio / Letras magazine | CEComp – FLUL), Ruy Filho (Centro de Estudos... Read More
CESEM closed from December 22 to January 2
The management team will be on holiday from December 22 to January 2. See you soon!
NOVA FCSH Libraries I Academic Break and Closure
The NOVA FCSH facilities will be closed until 4 January 2026. During this period, all current loans will be extended. From January 5 to February 17, 2026, the Mário Sottomayor Cardia Library (Av. de Berna) will reopen with reduced hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. The Vitorino Magalhães Godinho Library (CAN)... Read More
Carlos Azevedo (CM) wins DSCH – Schostakovich Ensemble Composition Prize
Carlos Azevedo is the winner of the DSCH – Schostakovich Ensemble 2025 Composition Prize, an award given by one of today’s most prestigious chamber music ensembles. In addition to being a composer and professor at the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), Carlos Azevedo is a collaborator in the Research Group on Contemporary Music.
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Album release with research and musical editing by Alberto Pacheco (MMP)
Between 1792 and 1796, Jornal de Modinhas, the first Portuguese periodical dedicated to publishing sheet music, was published in Lisbon. This journal ended up publishing a collection of Portuguese and Brazilian songs that is representative of what was being heard in Portugal at that time. After extensive research and musical editing by Alberto Pacheco (Music... Read More
CESEM PhD Students Meeting – Second Edition I Proposals until January 30
The call for papers for the CESEM PhD Students Meeting is open until January 30. Click here to find out more about the formats for participation and presentation at the event scheduled for February 2026. The organisation accepts registrations in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. In case of any questions, please contact doutorandoscesem@fcsh.unl.pt.
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Contributions by Joana Freitas (CTC) to the Journal of Popular Music Studies
A special issue entitled “Popular Music and Online Cultures” is now available in the Journal of Popular Music Studies, featuring several articles written collaboratively by colleagues and members of the Music and Online Cultures Networks. Its introduction and the article “K-pop Stars at Your Fingertips: BTS Mobile Games, Musical Personae, and Transmedial Networks” were co-authored... Read More
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