Using the Past: the Middle Ages in the Spotlight, 9-12 December 2020, The Monastery of Santa Maria de Vitória, Batalha, Portugal.

 

The conference aims to bring together scholars from all around the world concerned with the uses of the medieval past. Participants will address when, where, how, why and by whom the medieval past has been used, with papers embracing a broad chronological timeline that begins in the medieval period itself and extends to include contemporary politics, society and mass media. Thus, this conference seeks to provide a forum for scholars who are willing to examine and to advance knowledge on the use of the medieval past, contributing to a better assessment of contemporary realities, problems and challenges.

 

Organizing Committee
Maria Barreto Dávila (CHAM – NOVA FCSH – UAç)
Miguel Metelo de Seixas (IEM – NOVA FCSH)
Diogo Cardoso Gomes (IEM – NOVA FCSH)
Pedro Martins (IHC – NOVA FCSH)
Rita Miguel (Mosteiro da Batalha)
Alicia Miguélez (IEM – NOVA FCSH)
Pedro Redol (Mosteiro da Batalha)
Joaquim Ruivo (Mosteiro da Batalha)
Ana Rita Gonçalves Soares (UCM)
Ana Sirgado (IELT – NOVA FCSH)
Covadonga Valdaliso (CH – ULisboa)

 

Scientific Committee
Nadia Altschul (Univ. Glasgow)
Martín Aurell (Univ. Poitiers)
Rebeca Sanmartín Bastida (UCM)
Simon Doubleday (Hofstra Univ.)
Andrew Elliott (Univ. Lincoln)
Tommaso Di Carpegna Falconieri (Univ. Urbino)
Manuel Pedro Ferreira (CESEM - NOVA FCSH)
António Camões Gouveia (CHAM – NOVA FCSH – UAç)
Laurent Hablot (EPHE)
Antonio Huertas Morales (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
Maria de Lurdes Rosa (IEM – NOVA FCSH)