European Humanities Conference to be held in Portugal

The European Conference on the Humanities (CEH), organized under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will be held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation from 5 to 7 May and online.

This meeting follows the recommendations of the UNESCO World Conference in Liège in 2017, which led to several regional conferences on the various continents and several new international programs being implemented. These programs have resulted in three ongoing thematic projects: the World Humanities Report, the Global History of Humanity and an Arts and Society project.

This conference will discuss four main themes: Multidisciplinary Dynamics as Education and R&D strategies for solving significant problems; Heritage, mobility and identities; Influence and impact of the Humanities on society; and The Humanities in the 21st Century.

The holding of the European Humanities Conference in Portugal is the result of strong coordination between Portuguese academia and the various international unions and federations that make up the CIPSH (Conseil Internatinonal de la Pholosophie et des Sciences Humaines). This event will also encourage the development of national and EU strategies in the humanities.

The organization of the conference is a partnership between FCT, CIPSH and UNESCO, through the Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme.

For a more complete overview of this meeting, see the CEH website and you can register here.

Press presentation session: video.