27^e année, 16 juillet2026.

Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference 2026

22–23 October 2026, Viana do Castelo

We are pleased to invite submissions for the Performativity(ies) of Memory(ies) Interdisciplinary Conference 2026, which will take place on 22–23 October 2026 at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

The conference aims to explore the intersections between performativity and memory in contemporary artistic, cultural, and research practices, bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Keynote speakers: Paloma G. Diaz (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain), Alison Matthews (University of Salford, UK), André Barata (University of Beira Interior, Portugal) and Ana Cristina Pereira a.k.a. Kitty Furtado (Communication and Society Research Centre – CECS, Portugal).

Performers: Inês Amorim (Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto), Carlos Tejo (Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Vigo, Spain) and João Gigante (Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Shared memory and collective identities

Participatory practices and testimony

Artistic research and memory work

(Auto)biographies and life writing

Artificial and digital memory

Processes of re-creation and re-contextualization

Memory, narrative and identity

Intermediality and ephemerality