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Entitled “Between Duty and Power: From the Leal Conselheiro to Contemporary Political Discourse”, this session will offer an interdisciplinary reflection on the evolution of political discourse and on the role of texts in shaping and transmitting ideas, values, and systems of governance across time.

Bringing together experts from the fields of Linguistics, History, Philology, and Political Communication, the discussion will explore how texts contribute to our understanding of political thought, social change, and public debate, from the medieval period to the present day.

The invited speakers are:

• João Dionísio, Full Professor at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (FLUL) and researcher at the Centre of Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (CLUL), specialising in Philology, Textual Criticism, and Scholarly Editing;
• João Paulo Oliveira e Costa, Full Professor at NOVA FCSH and researcher at CHAM, whose work focuses on the History of the Portuguese Expansion, Early Modern Europe, and Asia;
• Susana Salgado, Principal Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa), specialising in Political Communication, Populism, Polarisation, Disinformation, and Democracy;
• Ana Guilherme, Invited Assistant Professor at the School of Education of the Polytechnic University of Santarém and researcher at CLUNL, whose research interests include Historical Linguistics, Historical Morphology, Historical Pragmatics, and Language Variation and Change.

The series “Conversations with Text: The History of Texts and Texts in History” was created to foster dialogue between Linguistics and other fields within the social sciences, humanities, and technology. Across a range of topics and historical periods, the series examines Portuguese texts from multiple perspectives, highlighting their significance both in the past and in today’s digital age.

The event will take place at Auditorium B3 (Tower B, 3rd Floor), NOVA FCSH. Admission is free, but prior registration is required.

Date: 16 September
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Venue: Auditorium B3, Tower B, 3rd Floor, NOVA FCSH

Registration: https://forms.gle/brgk7fweXpdNo7WJ6

Students, researchers, faculty members, and all those interested in language, texts, history, and society are warmly invited to attend.