December, 2025 - February, 2026
DOMINIC McIVER LOPES
Visiting Professor in the Humanities | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Visit Period: 01/12/2025 to 28/02/2026
Responsible Professor: Luís Umbelino
Open Lecture
December 15, 2025
"Shaftesbury on Beauty and the Self." | 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Amphitheatre V (6th floor, FLUC) | HYBRID
Broadcast: www.youtube.com/@centrodeestudosclassicoseh172/streams
Workshops
January 12, 2026
"How to Think About Aesthetic Value in the 21st Century" | 6 p.m.
Debate moderated by Luís António Umbelino (CECH-UC) and José Maçãs de Carvalho (CEIS20-UC)
Chapel of the Department of Architecture, University of Coimbra | IN-PERSON
January 19, 2026
"Aesthetic Injustice and the Case of Cultural Appropriation" | 3 - 5 p.m.
Amph. III (4th floor, FLUC) | HYBRID - STREAMING
January 28, 2026
"Aesthetic Pluralism: a Historical Approach" | 3 - 5 p.m.
Amph. III (4th floor, FLUC) | HYBRID - STREAMING
Reading Group about Pluralism and its Discontents*
*Participation in this activity is subject to prior approval. Interested parties should contact goncalomarcelo@gmail.com.
December 19, 2025
1st Session | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CECH Room (5th floor, FLUC)
January 14, 2026
2nd Session | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CECH Room (5th floor, FLUC)
January 21, 2026
3rd Session | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CECH Room (5th floor, FLUC)
January 26, 2026
4th Session | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
CECH Room (5th floor, FLUC)
Gulbenkian Lecture in the Humanities
February 27, 2026
"AI Art and Artists: What They Are, What They Could Be, What They Should Be"
and Launch of the book Aesthetic Pluralism
Round Table with Dominic McIver Lopes and Vítor Guerreiro
3 - 5 p.m.
Sala São Pedro (1st floor, BGUC) | IN-PERSON & STREAMING