DIFFRACTIONS is an online, peer reviewed and open access graduate journal for the study of culture. The journal is published bi-annually under the editorial direction of graduate students in the doctoral program in Culture Studies of the Lisbon Consortium, at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Check the call for papers for the upcoming issue, Nostalgia here.

XIII Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture  FUTURE/FUTURES Lisbon, July 3 – July 8, 2023 [extended] Deadline for submissions: February 28 March 17, 2023 For centuries thinking about the future was basically an optimist and progress driven endeavor, aimed at advancing towards the best of possible worlds through the improvement of science and technology.  Throughout the… Read More

On February 28, at 5:30 pm (WET), the FCH OpenSession in Culture Studies will take place online. The OpenSession consists of a session in which the Master’s and PhD programs in the area of Culture Studies, starting in September 2023, will be presented. Those interested should register for this session where they can clarify all their doubts.  Applications for 2023/2024 Master’s and PhD… Read More

April 27 and 28, 2023 | University of Algarve (deadline for proposals: January 30, 2023) The II congress of the Rede Nacional de Estudos Culturais invites the Portuguese and the international scientific community to submit papers on Digital Citizenship and Contemporary Cultures. Mediated by technology, contemporary society offers an unprecedented environment for people to express themselves, to come… Read More

FUTURE/FUTURES Lisbon, July 3 – July 8, 2023 Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2023 For centuries thinking about the future was basically an optimist and progress driven endeavor, aimed at advancing towards the best of possible worlds through the improvement of science and technology. Throughout the 20th century, euphoria about progress slowly but steadily turned into… Read More

Applications close today!

Tenders for Research Grants (MA and PhD) funded by Fundação Amélia de Mello. Deadline for applications: July 15, 2022 (5pm Lisbon time). For further information, eligibility, requirements and application, go to: https://cados.ucp.pt/news/novas-bolsas-cados-fundacao-amelia-de-mello-2022-23-6701

Tuesday | May 10 | 5.00pm | Room 133

Thursday, April 21 | 5.00pm | Online Get to know the Lisbon Consortium and the MA & PhD Programs in Culture Studies (in English). Register here https://fch.lisboa.ucp.pt/openweek-2022.

XII Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture MASQUERADES Lisbon, June 27 – July 2, 2022Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2022 March 22, 2022 Masks connote an ontology linked to identity and the possibility of being. But they are also shaped by human to human interaction, i.e. they are socially driven and shaped by… Read More

ESSCS ‘Thinking (with) Care’ Call for Papers: European Summer School for Cultural Studies (ESSCS) – ‘Thinking (with) Care’Location: University of Amsterdam / Leiden UniversityDates: 5-8 July 2022Organizers: Pepita Hesselberth (LUCAS/ NICA), Esther Peeren (UvA/ ASCA), Kim Sommer (ResMA, UU/ NICA), and Ilios Willemars (LUCAS). Deadline – EXTENDED: February 14th, 2022 (nica@hum.leidenuniv.nl) NICA-CfP In many practices, care practices included, time is not… Read More

XII Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture   MASQUERADES   Lisbon, June 27 – July 2, 2022 Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2022     Masks connote an ontology linked to identity and the possibility of being. But they are also shaped by human to human interaction, i.e. they are socially driven and… Read More

One 3-year PhD Scholarship in Culture Studies Open applications. July 12-23, at 5 p.m. For further information:https://fch.lisboa.ucp.pt/cecc See the full text of the call here (1st in Portuguese; 2nd in English): https://fch.lisboa.ucp.pt/asset/18696/file

Notice of the Opening of a Tender for the Award of Doctoral Research Scholarships  Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP hereafter) hereby opens a tender for the award of two research scholarships, hereafter referred to as Doctoral Research Scholarships, in the area of Culture Studies, under the FCT Research Grant Regulations and the Research Grant Holder Statute… Read More

XI  Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture CONVIVIAL CULTURES June 28-July 3, 2021 The 11th Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture “Convivial Cultures” will be held by The Lisbon Consortium and the European Cooperation Project 4Cs – From Conflict to Conviviality through Creativity and Culture, between June 28th and July 3rd, 2021. The Summer School will be a hybrid… Read More

The quality of Master’s Program in Culture Studies (Lisbon Consortium/Faculty of Human Sciences) was recognized once again by the prestigious Eduniversal ranking. The Master in Culture Studies now ranks #3 in the “Cultural Management / Creative Industries Management” category. The international agency Eduniversal, which annually evaluates thousands of programs in 30 fields of knowledge, prepares the ranking based… Read More

The Fold(s) Adopting the Deleuzian idea of the fold as a desire of change (1993), The Fold(s) is a curatorial project composed of four books operating as four individual exhibitions by Carolina Grilo Santos, Joana Patrão, Mónica de Miranda, and Rouzbeh Akhbari. Under the artistic direction of Luísa Santos, The Fold(s) was developed in the context of the Seminar in… Read More

THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF HOPE December 2-4, 2021 Call for Papers  The 11th Graduate Conference in Culture Studies will focus on the concept of hope, its politics, poetics, and temporalities, and how it emerges, impinges and circulates. The conference will take place in Lisbon on the 2nd, 3rd of December and the morning of the… Read More

 Series 2 – Issue 5   CALL FOR PAPERS  Latin American Digitalities  Main Editors: Patrícia Anzini & Eduardo Prado Cardoso  The next issue of Diffractions pursues an interdisciplinary reflection on the relationship(s) between digitalized identities, arts, and politics in Latin America. Digitalities became famous with Nicholas Negroponte’s 1995 bestseller Being Digital. Used to refer to the… Read More

XI  Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture CONVIVIAL CULTURES June 28-July 3, 2021 Deadline for submissions: February 21st, 2021  March 21, 2021 The XI Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture, under the topic “Convivial Cultures”, is the final public activity of the 4Cs: From Conflict to Conviviality through Creativity and Culture. The 4Cs is a European Cooperation… Read More

XI  Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture CONVIVIAL CULTURES June 28-July 3, 2021 Deadline for submissions: February 21st, 2021  The XI Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture, under the topic “Convivial Cultures”, is the final public activity of the 4Cs: From Conflict to Conviviality through Creativity and Culture. The 4Cs is a European Cooperation Project co-funded by… Read More

Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP hereafter) hereby opens a tender for the awarding of 1 (one) research grant, subsequently referred to as Doctoral Research Grant, in the field of Culture Studies, under the auspices of the FCT Research Grant Regulation and the Research Grant Holder Statute (RBI and EBI respectively hereafter). These grants are financed by… Read More

Two alumni of the MA program in Culture Studies, Raquel Pinhão and Teresa Pinheiro, have come together for a new project, #garanteolugar, that will bridge venues and brands with the aim of ensuring the sustainability of regular cultural programming and maintaining income levels for the artistic community. The idea is to create contracts through which… Read More

Notification of the Opening of a Tender for the Awarding of Doctoral Degree Research Grants Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP hereafter) hereby opens a tender for the awarding of 2 (two) research grants, subsequently referred to as Doctoral Research Grants, in the Culture Studies field, under the auspices of the FCT Research Grant Regulation and the… Read More

Applications to MA and PhD Programs in Culture Studies at the Lisbon Consortium are open! The 1st phase of applications will run from April 21 until May 22. The 2nd phase of application will run from June 4 until July 10. Last Round> Applications: August 31 (starting at 00:00:00) to September 4 (until 23:59:59) > Interviews: on… Read More

With approximately one-fifth of the world’s population currently in lockdown, the novel coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic has drastically changed many of our lives. According to official statistics, the virus has now infected over 700,000 individuals across 192 countries, and such draconian measures are likely to have saved countless lives. But, the effects of the virus reach… Read More

X Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture ECOCULTURE http://www.ecoculturesummer.school.blog Lisbon, July 6-11, 2020 Deadline for submissions: February 20, 2020 March 5, 2020 Recent years have been marked by an alarming escalation of environmental crises, turning climate change, pollution, the depletion of natural resources and mass extinction into some of the most urgent concerns… Read More

February 20-21, 2020 Universidade Católica Portuguesa https://filmresearchworkshop.squarespace.com/ Keynotes: Adriana Martins, Alice Dusapin, Daniel Ribas, Giovanbattista Tusa, Margarida Mendes, Sérgio Dias Branco The workshop is a student-led event organized by PhD students in Culture Studies  The workshop is divided in 4 working sessions with paper presentations and time for discussion afterwards. The topics of the sessions are Memory and Dreams, Systems… Read More

FACE OF(F) Lisbon, April 2-3, 2020 http://thefaceoffconference2020.home.blog Call for Papers The X Lisbon Consortium Graduate Conference in Culture Studies will focus on the concept of FACE as an object of artistic, cultural, biological and technological interest. During a two-day Face off in Lisbon participants will be able to confront their ideas about the subject, take part in… Read More