RELATED PROJECTS
ERC-REArq.IB
2021 — 2026
European Research Council Starting Grant (GA949686)
ReARQ.IB - Built Environment Knowledge for Resilient, Sustainable Communities: Understanding Everyday Modern Architecture and Urban Design in the Iberian Peninsula (1939-1985)
Nuno Grancho - Scientific Employment Stimulus Individual Project
2019 — 2025
Asia on the move: two-way Processes, Data and Legacy of Architecture and Urbanism from former Portuguese Colonial Territories in South Asia
Patrícia Bento d'Almeida - Pós-Doc
2017 — 2023
The Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) and the History of Research in Architecture
Inês Lima Rodrigues - Pós-Doc
2017 — 2023
Monographic Modern Trilogy: Vieira da Costa, Simões de Carvalho, Castro Rodrigues
RECON
2016 — 2019
The making of economics in Portugal: a study of Portuguese recent economic research (1980 to the present)
COAST TO COAST
2016 — 2019
Late Portuguese Infrastructural Development in Continental Africa (Angola and Mozambique): Critical and Historical Analysis and Postcolonial Assessment
RELATED NEWS
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A chapter by Beatriz Serrazina: Building the Fringes of Empire - Mining Companies, Transnational Experts, Race and Space in Colonial Africa
12/01/2026
Beatriz Serrazina, Integrated Researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, has published the chapter ‘Building the Fringes of Empire. Mining Companies, Transnational Experts, Race and Space in Colonial Africa' in the Routledge Critical Companion to Race and Architecture.
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Conference Do Alto das Picoas à Casa do Prego - Viagens do Olhar em Torno de uma Resistência, by Paula André
09/01/2026
The conference Do Alto das Picoas à Casa Prego: viagens do olhar em torno de uma resistência [From the Alto das Picoas to Casa Prego: visual journeys around a resistance], delivered by Paula André (researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte), will take place on 28 January at 6:30 PM, at El Corte Inglés in Lisbon.
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Nuno Grancho examines colonial urbanism under Portuguese, French, and Danish rule in India, offering a critical decolonial approach to architecture through material and spatial analysis
28/11/2025
Nuno Grancho, Integrated Researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, has published the chapter 'Public Shared Places and Private Absent Divides. Identity and Space of Colonial Urbanism under Portuguese, French, and Danish Rules: Diu, Pondicherry and Tranquebar' in The Routledge Companion to Art and Challenges to Empire.
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Comparative Approaches of Fast 360-degree Video-Based Survey of Inaccessible Heritage, by Rolando Volzone and Francesca Galasso
17/10/2025
In this work, the authors explored innovative 360-degree video-based survey methods for documenting fragile and inaccessible heritage sites, aiming to test how different camera paths (from simple perimeter walks to more complex trajectories) can influence the balance between speed, accuracy, and detail in 3D reconstructions.
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Mulheres, Terra, Revolução, by Rita Calvário and Cecília Honório at the Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival
14.10.2025
The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório will be screened at the Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival on 28 October at 6 P.M., at the Aljube Museum, in Lisbon.
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Asian (post)colonial works, labour and gender through the camera lens
04/09/2025
On September 18th, the session 'Asian (post)colonial works, labour and gender through the camera lens' will be held at the SAH Virtual conference. The session examines how photography intersects the histories of work, architecture, and gender in Asian (post)colonial contexts, particularly in Macau.
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Rita Calvário at the International Conference Rural History 2025
03/09/2025
Rita Calvário, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, will present the paper 'We women fought hard in the fields: rural women and the Portuguese Revolution' at the International Conference Rural History 2025. The event will be hosted by University of Coimbra from September 9th to 12th, 2025, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the Faculty of Economics.
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Inaugural Lecture: Comunicar Arquitetura! Sínteses da Cultura Arquitetônica
25/08/2025
The Inaugural Lecture Comunicar Arquitetura! Sínteses da Cultura Arquitetônica (Communicate Architecture! Syntheses of Architectural Culture) will be presented by Paula André (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) on August 27th, at 7 PM. The event will take place at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at Mackenzie University (São Paulo).
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Public Defense of the Doctoral Thesis by Filipe Nassauer Mónica
16/07/2025
Public defense of the Doctoral Thesis by Filipe Nassauer Mónica
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Conference: Do Alto das Picoas à Casa Prego: viagens do olhar em torno de uma resistência, by Paula André.
08/07/2025
The conference Do Alto das Picoas à Casa Prego: Viagens do olhar em torno de uma Resistência (From Alto das Picoas to Casa Prego: An observer's journeys around Resistance), by Paula André, will be presented on July 15th at 6 PM in the PLMJ auditorium.
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CfP III International Congress Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes
06/05/2025
The 3rd International Congress on Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes will take place in Lisbon, from 11 to 13 February 2026.
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Book Launch, Roundtable, and ArchLabour Exhibition
01/04/2025
An event that is part of the ERC-ArchLabour project, 'Architecture, Colonialism and Labour. The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule'.