Newsletter n.º 164 – June 2024


João Sarmento at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences

Nominated by the effective members of the 8th section of the Class of Letters, researcher João Sarmento was approved by the Assembly of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences for the group of national corresponding members for Geography and Spatial Planning. Founded in 1779, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences is one of the oldest national scientific institutions in continuous existence.

João Sarmento is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Minho and an integrated member of the CECS in the Culture, Arts and Communities group. He takes up his post on 4 July and is the first CECS researcher at the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.

Intervention
Ibero-American Conversations with Observatories: fourth session

Ibero-American Conversations with Observatories: fourth session

The fourth session of the Ibero-American Conversations with Observatories will be held on July 15 at 5pm. It will be held online via Zoom.

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Research
Call for research fellowship in Communication

Call for research fellowship in Communication

A call for applications for a research fellowship for a master's degree holder enrolled in a non-degree course is open until July 5.

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PolObs Seminar: “The Commons Paradigm and the Transformation of Museums”

PolObs Seminar: “The Commons Paradigm and the Transformation of Museums”

The seminar "The Commons Paradigm and the Transformation of Museums" will be held on July 9 at 3 pm as part of the PolObs Culture 2024 Seminar Cycle - Connecting Doctoral Projects with Cultural Policies. The event will take place via Zoom.

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Call for papers for Physical Geography meeting

Call for papers for Physical Geography meeting

The call for papers for the XX Brazilian Symposium on Applied Physical Geography (SBGFA) and IV Luso-Afro-American Meeting on Physical Geography and the Environment (ELAAGFA) is open until 15 July. The event will be held between 21 and 27 October at the Federal University of Paraíba in Brazil.

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Optimization and Wildfire Conference: early bird registration period now open

Optimization and Wildfire Conference: early bird registration period now open

The Optimization and Wildfire Conference will be held between October 1 and 4 at the Grande Hotel do Luso. The early registration period will be held until July 22.

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Available: the scientific programme for the IX International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict

Available: the scientific programme for the IX International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict

The scientific programme for the IX International Congress for the Study of Mediation and Conflict is now available. With the theme "Mediation and the Construction of Coexistence and Peace", the congress will be held on October 16 and 17 at the University of Minho (Braga) and on October 18 at the Lusófona University (Porto).

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Call for papers for the 10th International Congress on Cultures: Inclusion, Sensitivity and Development

Call for papers for the 10th International Congress on Cultures: Inclusion, Sensitivity and Development

The call for papers for the 10th International Congress on Cultures: Inclusion, Sensitivity and Development is open until August 15. With the theme ‘Inclusion, Sensitivity and Development’, the tenth meeting will be held in a hybrid format, with face-to-face and online sessions.

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Publication
New issue of Vista: “Repairing (the) Irreparable”

New issue of Vista: “Repairing (the) Irreparable”

The new issue of Vista journal on "Repairing (the) Irreparable" has just been launched, edited by Ana Cristina Pereira, Gessica Correia Borges and Marta Lança.

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New Comunicação e Sociedade on “Advertising and Sustainable Development”

New Comunicação e Sociedade on “Advertising and Sustainable Development”

The new volume of the journal Comunicação e Sociedade on “Advertising and Sustainable Development”, edited by Sara Balonas, Sónia Silva and Isabel Ruiz-Mora, has just been launched.

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RLEC published on “Climate Change: Social and Cultural Challenges”

RLEC published on “Climate Change: Social and Cultural Challenges”

The new Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies (RLEC) on “Climate Change: Social and Cultural Challenges”, edited by Alice Balbé, Edson Capoano and Alejandro Barranquero, has just been published.

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New publication: Communication Policies: Hybridisms and Opacities

New publication: Communication Policies: Hybridisms and Opacities

The book Communication Policies: Hybridisms and Opacities, edited by Mariana Lameiras, has just been released.

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Education
Sílvia Fernandes: new PhD in Communication Sciences

Sílvia Fernandes: new PhD in Communication Sciences

The PhD viva of Sílvia Fernandes in Communication Sciences was held on June 13 at 2.30 pm, at Sala de Atos of the Institute of Social Sciences. The thesis, supervised by Daniel Brandão, is entitled Design para a Interação Periférica no Contexto Móvel [Design for Peripheral Interaction in the Mobile Context].

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Call for Training School: COMICSNeT – Climate, Outreach, Migration, Intersectionality, New Technologies in/through Comics Studies

Call for Training School: COMICSNeT – Climate, Outreach, Migration, Intersectionality, New Technologies in/through Comics Studies

The iCOn-MICs research project ‘Investigation on Comics and Graphic Novels from the Iberian Cultural Area’ is pleased to organise the Training School at Universidade do Minho, titled ‘COMICSNeT – Climate, Outreach, Migration, Intersectionality, New Technologies in/through Comics Studies’, which will be held on September 9 and 10.

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