INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
21-23 of May 2026, NOVA FCSH, Lisbon
Coinciding with the centenary of the coup d’état of 28 May 1926, which initiated the Military Dictatorship in Portugal and the longest-lasting authoritarian regime in Europe, this international conference aims to contribute to mapping current research on the subject, across different chronologies and geographies, and to propose a multidisciplinary outlook that highlights the diversity of experiences of exiled, emigrated, or refugee musicians on an international scale.
The conference, to be held in multiple languages. (Portuguese, English, Spanish and French), will gather 31 researchers based in eleven different countries. It will host as keynote speakers Anthony Seeger ( University of California, Los Angeles) and Florian Scheding (School of Arts, University of Bristol). Additionally, the program will feature two musical performances and the presentation of the project EXIMUS.
The event is of free entrance.
Scientific Committee
- Cristina Clímaco (Université Paris 8/Vincennes Saint Denis)
- Graça dos Santos (Université Paris Nanterre)
- João Madeira (IHC/NOVA FCSH)
- Manuel Deniz Silva (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Mário Vieira de Carvalho (CESEM/NOVA FCSH)
- Miguel Cardina (CES/UC)
- Salwa Castelo-Branco (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Victor Pereira (IHC/NOVA FCSH)
- Ricardo Andrade (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Hugo Castro (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Agnès Pellerin (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
Scientific Committee
- Agnès Pellerin (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Hugo Castro (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- João Madeira (IHC/NOVA FCSH)
- Manuel Deniz Silva (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Patrícia Lopes (NOVA FCSH)
- Ricardo Andrade (INET-md/NOVA FCSH)
- Victor Pereira (IHC/NOVA FCSH)
This event is financed by national funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the project EXIMUS – “We must warn everyone”: Music and Portuguese exile in France during the Estado Novo regime (1933-1974) (2022.05129.PTDC, DOI 10.54499/2022.05129.PTDC), and INET-md, Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance (UID/00472/2025, DOI: 10.54499/UID/00472/2025).