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