On March 17, another session of the Advanced Studies Seminar – Conference Series will take place. Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent) will be the guest speaker, presenting on Making the Personal Political: the Role of Narcissism in Political Attitudes and Behaviours. The session will be held in the Maria de Sousa Room at ICS-ULisboa, starting at 10:30 a.m. See the full program of this conference series.

A new session of the Advanced Studies Seminar – Conference Series will take place on February 24, with Ananya Jahanara Kabir (Department of English, King’s College London). The theme will be The Transoceanic Creole Garden as Decolonial Practice. The event will take place in the Maria de Sousa Room at ICS-ULisboa, starting at 10:30 a.m. See the full schedule of this seminar series.

The third session of the Advanced Studies Seminar – Conference Series will take place on December 9, with Vicenzo Cicchelli (Centre Population & Développement - IRD/Université Paris Cité) as the guest speaker. The theme will be A World on Edge: Between Openness and Closure in Global Processes. The event will take place in the Maria de Sousa Room at ICS-ULisboa, starting at 10:30 a.m. See the full schedule of this seminar series.

The fourth session of the Advanced Studies Seminar – Conference Series will take place on January 13, with Anabela Carvalho (University of Minho). The theme will be Communication, Governance and Imaginaries on Climate Change. The event will take place in the Maria de Sousa Room at ICS-ULisboa, starting at 10:30 a.m. See the full schedule of this seminar series.

The second session of the Advanced Studies Seminar – Conference Series will take place on November 25, with Eduardo Viola (University of São Paulo, University of Brasília, and Getúlio Vargas Foundation). The theme will be The International Political Economy of Climate Policy in 2025 and will take place in the Maria de Sousa Room at ICS-ULisboa, starting at 10:30 a.m. See the full schedule for this seminar series.

The first session of the Advanced Studies Seminar – Conference Series will take place on November 11, with Jean Segata (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice). The theme of this opening session will be Genetic taming, subtle extinctions, and the narrowing of Multispecies Futures in Southern Brazil. In the Maria de Sousa Room at ICS-ULisboa, starting at 10:30 a.m. See the full seminar schedule.

On October 27, the I Opensoc Workshop will take place at ICS-ULisboa, a meeting of students from the PhD programme Sociology: Knowledge for Open and Inclusive Societies. The event starts at 10 a.m., in Sala Maria de Sousa.

The seminar Narrativa gráfica e Memória: o potencial do desenho para as ciências sociais will take place

he international seminar Challenging Anthropocentrism in Multi-Species Governance, Law and Policy will take place online on October 16, starting at 11 a.m. Dinesh Wadiwel (University of Sydney) and Kimberley Graham will be the guest speakers at this virtual event, co-organized by the Human-Animal Studies Hub, the ABIDE project, and the University of Oulu. Participation is free.

On October 23, another session of the Asia-Europe 1500–1800 Seminar Series will take place, featuring Susana Miranda and João Paulo Salvado, authors of Reassessing Global Trade: Eurasian Commerce via Lisbon, 1770–1830. The session will begin at 5 p.m. in Room 2.2.12 at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon.