Giulia Paglia successfully defended the MA internship report “The Role of Alternative Media in Institutional Communication for Young Audiences – Factanza media case study” on 3 December, 2025.
Category: MA
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Congratulations, Mar!
Maria Valentina Vallejo Castro successfully defended the MA thesis “Counterhegemonic Collectivities in the Arts: Reimagining Cultural Production Through Mingas De la Imagen” on May 21, 2025.
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I Ate the Civilization and It Poisoned Me – Galeria Amélia de Mello, UCP, May 19- July 11, 2025
The exhibition I Ate the Civilization and It Poisoned Me, curated by the MA students in Culture Studies under the supervision of Prof. Luísa Santos is ongoing in Galeria Amélia de Mello, UCP (Library building at campus in Palma de Cima).
The exhibition is organized under the collaboration protocol between CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian and The Lisbon Consortium.
‘I Ate Civilization and It Poisoned Me’ presents an introspective and collective exploration of human markings on the landscape through time, and how in turn, the environment imprints itself back on us.
Bringing together thirteen works from the Collection of CAM, ‘I Ate Civilization and It Poisoned Me’ offers a meditative reflection on the ever-evolving relationship between Nature and humans across past, present, and future. Presenting artists from different geographical and temporal locales, this exhibition weaves narratives that evoke our enduring dialogue with the natural world. The displayed works are situated along a spectrum of interconnected ideas: coevolution and coexistence (between the environment, humans, and technology); memory and fragmentation (of spaces, places, and landscapes); fragility (of memories, heritages, times, and humans’ relationships with Nature); alongside transformation and renewal (of natural, human, and emotional processes).
The opening of the exhibition was held in the presence of the Rector of the University and the Director of the Lisbon Consortium, Prof. Isabel Capeloa Gil; Executive Trustee of the Gulbenkian Foundation, Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins; and the Director of CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Benjamin Weil.
Artists: Ana Jotta, Carlos Bunga, Carlos Roque, Cecília Costa, Clara Menéres, Hugo Canoilas, João Louro, Jorge Queiroz, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Maria Capelo, Mónica de Miranda, Sara Bichão and Sara Sadik.
Curators: Csenge Bognár, Camilla Calamai, Carlotta Ceraudo, Elsa Damas, Marie Fassbender, Gaete Ganay, Triniti Goldsmith, Daniel Guedes, Colombe Lecoq-Vallon, Leonor Lisboa, Suzanne Marivoet, Mohamed Nejib Mokaddem, Giulia Paglia, Olga Rogova, César Sarno, Caroline Skäringer, Antonina Stanczuk-Sturgólewska, Elena Suppes, Sofia Talami, Mirian Vanda, Radina Velcheva, Lorena Vest e Anna Zörner.
Exhibition design: Anna Zörner, Camilla Calamai, Marie Fassbender, Mirian Vanda, Radina Velcheva
Coordinator: Luísa Santos
I Ate the Civilization and It Poisoned Me – Galeria Amélia de Mello, UCP (Palma de Cima, 1649-023 Lisbon), May 19- July 11, 2025.
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Opening |I Ate the Civilization and It Poisoned Me – May 19, 18:00
The exhibition I Ate the Civilization and It Poisoned Me, curated by the MA students in Culture Studies, will open on May 19 at 18:00 in Galeria Fundação Amélia de Mello, UCP.
The exhibition is organized under the collaboration protocol between CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian and The Lisbon Consortium.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
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Congratulations, Maria Gabriela!
Maria Gabriela Sinclair Espino successfully defended the MA dissertation “The Re-Imagination of Museums: Towards Decoloniality in Contemporary Art Museums in Central America and the Caribbean” on March 26, 2025.
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Congratulations, Akinyemi!
Akinyemi Abimbola Akinola successfully defended the MA dissertation “Nyam: (Re)claiming African culinary heritage to create an African – American culinary identity and (re)stor(y)ing African diaspora food memories” on March 18, 2025.
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Congratulations, Dela!
Dela Mießen successfully defended the MA internship report “Guardians of the Past, Gatekeepers of the Future? A Study on the Cultural Foundation of German Federal States” on March 18, 2025.
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Congratulations, Giulia!
Giulia Degiorgi successfully defended the MA dissertation “Compromise and Contradiction, Striving in A System One Condemns? A Case Study of The Radical Leftist Bookshop Piena Libreria in Lisbon” on March 10, 2025.
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Congratulations, Benedita!
Benedita Homem de Gouveia successfully defended the MA dissertation “The paradox of print: Salted books and the revival of physical independent bookshops in a digital age” on February 26, 2025.
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Congratulations, Eva!
Eva Cabañas Pinto successfully defended the MA internship report “Subcultural dance in arts institutions: The potential of mutualistic relationship” on February 24, 2025.
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Congratulations, Bruno!
Bruno Castro defended the MA internship report “Intervenção Museológica na Preservação do Artesanato Etíope: Projeto de Estágio ‘Craft Atlas Ethiopia’” on January 27, 2025.
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Congratulations, Katharina!
Katharina Maria Richtsfeld successfully defended the MA dissertation “How projects funded by the European Union address the idea of European identity and culture” on January 23, 2025.
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Congratulations, Francisco!
Francisco Henriques Santos Gomes successfully defended the MA internship report “The pedagogical dimension of film festivals: The L.A. rebellion movement in LEFFEST 22” on January 23, 2025.
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Congratulations, Diana!
Diana Fulvia Maria Danielli successfully defended the MA internship report “‘New’ museums of contemporary art in Lisbon: Crossing borders between art and politics through internationalization” on January 22, 2025.
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Congratulations, Andrea!
Andrea Delle Monache successfully defended the MA internship report “Exploring the synergy between the electronic music industry and dance music culture: The example of Lisbon” on January 22, 2025.
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Congratulations, Filipa!
Filipa Rodrigues successfully defended the MA dissertation “Traveling myths: Reading, rewriting, and receiving the myth of Medusa in contemporary times” on January 21, 2025.
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Congratulations, Emma!
Emma Hallemans successfully defended the MA dissertation “Thinking in, about and through atmospheres: A research on the atmosphere of the camino de Santiago de Compostela” on January 8, 2025.
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Congratulations, Rhian!
Rhian O’Sullivan successfully defended the MA dissertation “Cartographic culture: Mapping relations between the Irish state and it’s ‘Culturescape’ from empire to e-commerce” on January 6, 2025.
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Congratulations, Leonor!
Leonor Terenas successfully defended the MA dissertation “Fiction writing amidst today’s demand for representation: ‘Authenticity’ in young adult (YA) literature” on December 18, 2024.
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InterCECCtions | Maria Valentina Vallejo (MA) presents Arctic Routes, Southern Ways (28 November 2024, 5pm, Timor)
This month’s InterCECCtions will feature Maria Valentina Vallejo, MA student in Culture Studies, who will be discussing her study conducted as part of CECC‘s research project Arctic Routes, Southern Ways.
Arctic Routes, Southern Ways is a joint research project implemented by CECC members which seeks to compare/contrast two different colonial legacies – the Portuguese and the Norwegian – and create alternative narratives and methods of knowledge production in art institutions and academia.
Hegemonic narratives of the search for national unity in Norway, or the view of a “good” colonialism or “lusotropicalism”, in Portugal, bring these otherwise distant countries close in the way that such experiences have prevailed in many instances of public discourse, policies in institutional practices, in academia and in art institutions. The project will include online meetings, listening sessions in Lisbon and in Bergen, and research visits to Portugal and Norway.
The project puts together two academic institutions (CECC-Universidade Católica Portuguesa and UiT-The Arctic University of Norway) and two contemporary art centres (HANGAR, from Portugal, and Bergen Kunsthall, from Norway), and will organize several scientific activities throughout its lifetime.
Arctic routes was officially launched in 16 January 2024, is coordinated by CECC, financed by an EEA grant and supported by a Globus OpStart grant from the Nordisk Kulturfond.
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Marta Alves Silva (MA) receives Honorary Mention of “Estudar a Dança” Award
We would like to congratulate Marta Alves Silva (MA in Culture Studies) who received the Honorary Mention of the Estudar a Dança Award with the dissertation Emotional contagion: the transformative potential of performance art.
At the time of the ceremony, Marta Alves Silva was in an artistic residence and could not be present in person, but accepted the Honorary Mention via videoconference.
The Estudar a Dança Award is an initiative of the National Museum of Theatre and Dance (MNTD) and Museus e Monumentos de Portugal. It celebrates the extraordinary collection of the MNTD and aims to reward academic work of exceptional quality that contributes to the knowledge of this art and stimulates the development of this less studied disciplinary area in our country. The prize is sponsored by the Millenium BCP Foundation, which is associated with the recognition and promotion of academic research in the performing arts, especially in the field of theatrical dance.
The jury is composed of Nuno Costa Moura, José Carlos Alvarez, Luísa Taveira and Rui Vieira Nery. According to the jury, Silva’s work proposes “an original theoretical reflection on the inclusion of the public in performative practices, through strategies of emotional stimulation that enhance collective creativity, based on the case study of Silent Disco (2019), a performance by Alfredo Martins”.
The Estudar a Dança Award was attributed to Laura Rozas Letelier for the thesis Formas Coreográficas de Reflexão Histórica: Para uma Timeline a Haver. Genealogias de Dança enquanto prática artística em Portugal.Congratulations to the winners!
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T(h)eses | Julian F. Massa: Muses and Management — Corporate Cultural Responsibility in Germany
The new publication of the series T(h)eses that celebrates the best dissertations of The Lisbon Consortium is Julian F. Massa’s “Muses and Management — Corporate Cultural Responsibility in Germany”.
This dissertation analyses the concept of Corporate Cultural Responsibility in Germany, considering key aspects of corporate responsibility. As public finances tighten, corporate social engagement, including in the arts and culture, is becoming increasingly important. However, the discourse remains largely national. Hence, two case studies illustrate best practice examples from Germany. Ultimately, the question remains whether business supports culture or vice versa.
Available at:
https://www.uceditora.ucp.pt/pt/the-lisbon-consortium-theses/3382-muses-and-management.html
Indice:
Table of Contents
List of AbbreviationsCHAPTER I
Introduction
1.1 Does it pay to be good?
1.2 Research Methodology
1.3 StructureCHAPTER II
A Tribute to Virtue: Corporate Responsibility
2.1 Manifestations of Corporate Responsibility
2.1.1 Corporate Social Responsibility
2.1.1.1 Corporate Sustainability
2.1.1.2 Corporate Social Responsibility in Germany
2.1.2 Corporate Citizenship
2.1.2.1 Corporations and Citizenship
2.1.2.2 Corporate Philanthropy
2.1.2.3 Modes and Motives for Corporate Citizenship
2.1.2.4 Corporate Citizenship in Germany
2.1.3 Corporate Governance
2.1.3.1 Corporate Governance in Germany
2.1.3.2 The ‘German Corporate Governance Code’
2.2 Corporate Cultural Responsibility
2.2.1 Beyond Cultural Sponsoring
2.2.2 Measures
2.2.3 Benefits
2.2.3.1 Culture & Confidence
2.2.3.2 Strategic DimensionsCHAPTER III
Corporate Cultural Responsibility in Germany
3.1 A Short History of Private Cultural Funding
3.2 Political Framework Conditions
3.3 Quantifying Corporate Cultural Responsibility
3.3.1 The 2010 Kulturkreis Survey
3.3.2 Corporate Cultural Sponsoring
3.3.3 Corporate Foundations
3.4 Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V.
3.4.1 Funding Areas
3.4.2 Working Groups
3.5 The Chemistry of Societal Commitment – BASF SE
3.5.1 “Creating Chemistry for a Sustainable Future”
3.5.2 BASF’s Cultural Engagement
3.5.2.1 Commitment to the Region
3.5.2.2 Best Practice ExamplesCHAPTER IV
Conclusion
Bibliography
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Congratulations, Emma!
Emma Legaye successfully defended the MA dissertation “From Patrimonialisation to Depatrimonialisation: Crafting a New Narrative to Rethink Cultural Heritage Preservation in a Global Context” on October 15, 2024.
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Master’s degree in Culture Studies #2 in the world in Eduniversal ranking
Our Master’s degree in Culture Studies is now the second best program in “Cultural Management/Creative Industries Management” according to the prestigious Eduniversal ranking.
In the words of Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and director of The Lisbon Consortium, “The Master’s degree in Culture Studies is the result of 14 years of fruitful work between the arts sector and academia at national and international levels. From Lisbon to the Venice Biennale, our students are present in the places where the best in art and culture is presented”.
Diana Gonçalves, Coordinator of the Master’s in Culture Studies, says that this “is a singular program and a unique experience because it brings together excellent academic reflection and the vibrant practice of the cultural sector. The second place in the Eduniversal ranking in the area of Cultural Management/Creative Industries Management acknowledges the program’s innovative format and recognizes the merit of the Faculty of Human Sciences at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, the Lisbon Consortium, and its partners. We are very proud of this position, which also brings added responsibility. Following our motto, ‘thinking ahead’, we continue to move towards the future, always doing more and better”.
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AYNI | Igor Jesus: Time Machine (2023) Galeria Antecâmara 28.3. 18h
We would like to invite you to the fifth installation of Ayni: Theorems of Reciprocity, the multi-media installation Time Machine (2023), by Igor Jesus. This installation integrates photography, movement, interactive sound, and radio elements and will premiere at Galeria Antecâmara, on the 28th of March 2024, from 6 p.m. Join us as we watch Time Machine transition from day to night.
Presented at Antecamara starting on the 28th March to 4th May 2024, Igor’s Time Machine explores philosophical perspectives that give priority to human-centric views of reality. Consistent with Igor practice, the exhibition highlights that creativity and artistic expression have the special power to make visible what is invisible.The work, in conversation with the physical space of the here and now, also pulsates with dynamic sound and visual effects, offering a sensory journey that extends beyond the boundaries of the gallery space.
Time Machine builds on Igor Jesus’s previous works, including Poem of Fire (2021), where he blended classical and electronic music together with light and astrological activity. Inspired by the unfinished work of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1871–1915), Poem of Fire explored the modeling of sound after the visual, using a NASA database to translate solar pulses into song. Lastly, by framing the piece’s multisensory elements within Galeria Antecâmara, one can imagine Jesus’s narrative infusing the hollowed spaces of the building’s architecture, while also, due to the space’s exhibitionism-ready windows, extending beyond the confines of the gallery.
Igor Jesus lives and works in Lisbon and has a degree in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. In 2013, he won the first prize in the ICA (Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual) competition for the making of short films. Igor most recent group exhibitions include: HangarOut – EntreLinhas, Palácio Marquês de Abrantes (2017), 2016 Artists’ Film International (at MAAT, Lisbon, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Istanbul Modern, Turkey, GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy, and Projecto 88, Mumbai, India).
Curated by PhD and MA Students in Culture Studies at The Lisbon Consortium, Universidade Católica Portuguesa: Teresa Weinholtz, Aishwarya Kumar, Rosalind Murphy, Ida Svee and Joana Nóbrega. In the framework of the seminar in Curatorial Practices, coordinated by Luísa Santos. Support: República Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes.
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Congratulations, Leonor!
Leonor Loureiro successfully defended the MA dissertation “The Power of Fashion and the Fashioning of Power” on March 1, 2024.
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Congratulations, Samuel!
Samuel Miller successfully defended the MA dissertation “Ordinary Language and the Spirit of Criticism: Reading after Postcritique” on February 23, 2024.
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Congratulations, Beatriz!
Beatriz Varrecoso successfully defended the MA internship report “Immersiveness in Classical Concerts in Historical Sites: The Case of Palácio Nacional de Queluz” on February 9, 2024.
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2024-2025 Applications are open!
The applications for masters and doctoral programs are now open.
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