Communication and Diversity Seminar: Historical memory and Mozambican students’ perceptions of the production and circulation of knowledge
The next ‘Communication and Diversity’ seminar, organised jointly by the Virtual Museum of Lusophony and the CONCILIARE project, will be dedicated to the theme ‘Historical memory and Mozambican students’ perceptions of the production and circulation of knowledge’. The session will take place on 29 June at 3.30 pm in Meeting Room 1 of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho, in Braga.
International Seminar on Research into Brazil- Portugal Mediation and Cultural Policy
Taking place on 23 June – 10.00 am to 12.00 pm (Brazil) | 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm (Portugal) – the Brazil-Portugal International Seminar on Research in Cultural Mediation and Policy, an event bringing together research projects between the Federal University of Pelotas (Brazil) and the University of Minho (Portugal).
Culture, Arts, Communities and Participation series: 3rd Session
The third session of the ‘Culture, Arts, Communities and Participation’ series of meetings will take place on 10 July. This is an initiative of the CECS’s ‘Culture, Arts and Communities’ research group, coordinated by Manuel Gama and Micaela Altamirano.
Save the Date- Final Event GENTEEL- Graphic Novels Against Gender Violence
The GENTEEL project – Graphic Novels Against Gender Violence – is organising a closing event on 13 July, which will run all day (starting at 9.30 am and ending at 6.30 pm) in the ELACH Auditorium (Building 5) on the Gualtar Campus of the University of Minho.
Presentation of the project ‘Mantle of the Annunciation: surrender, chalice (be silent), pour forth the Word made flesh’.
The project “REdesCOBRIMENTOs: body-clothing-environment relationships” by the artist and researcher, Tássia Murad Abreu (Federal University of São João del-Rei – UFSJ), is organising the event “Mantle of the Annunciation: surrender, chalice (be silent), pour forth the incarnate Word”, an interactive art installation comprising an open sculpture and a video mapping projection on the façade of the Braga Cathedral Tower, on Rua do Souto (next to the Capela da Glória), which will run throughout 27 and 28 June (starting at 9.00 am and ending at 11.00 pm).
Nova publicação: “O Rolo Compressor do Jornalismo: Retratos de uma Profissão em Esforço”, de Rita Araújo
A study focusing on journalistic output and the working and living conditions of journalists. The publication *The Steamroller of Journalism: Portraits of a Profession Under Strain* has just been published by CECS and Uminho Editora.
‘They don’t want you to know – The pitfalls of misinformation’
Sylvia Moretzsohn, a retired researcher and CECS contributor, has just published the book *They Don’t Want You to Know: The Traps of Disinformation*, a work that exposes the accelerating spread of disinformation mechanisms and the role of artificial intelligence technologies in today’s communication ecosystem.
2nd Luso-Brazilian Summer School: Culture, Heritage and Territory
The second edition of the Luso-Brazilian Summer School will take place between 1 and 17 July 2026 at the University of Minho (Braga) and at cultural venues in the city, notably the Biscainhos Museum and the Roman Theatre of Braga. The initiative is organised by the Department of History, Lab2PT/IN2PAST, CECS and CIEC at the University of Minho, in partnership with the ATRIVM/RECMA Laboratory at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), under Cooperation Agreement No. 20/2025-UFMS, and also benefits from the collaboration of Braga City Council and the Biscainhos Museum.
New PhD in Communication Sciences : Ana Sofia Gomes
Ana Sofia da Silva Gomes’s PhD Viva in Communication Sciences took place on 22 June 2026, at 2.00 pm, in the Lecture Hall of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. The thesis, supervised by Teresa Ruão and José Gabriel Andrade, is entitled “Personal Brands and the Challenges of Human Communication: How Does Strategic Communication Create ‘Brand People’?”
New PhD in Cultural Studies: Fábio Marques
Fábio Freitas Marques’s PhD Viva in Cultural Studies took place on 17 June 2026 at 9.30 am in the Lecture Theatre of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. The thesis, supervised by Jean Rabot and Helena Pires, is entitled “Meu Coração Se Deixou Levar: The amateur experience of percussion in street groups in Brazil and Portugal”.
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