I International Congress on the History of Dioceses: Territories and Communities in Contemporary History

The Centre for Religious History Studies is organising the I International Congress on the History of Dioceses, between 22 and 24 October.

The I International Congress on the History of Dioceses, benefiting from the ongoing historiographical renewal, aims at presenting the state of the art on the study of dioceses, the transformation of the notion of “diocese” over time, and the relationship between dioceses, territories, and communities in contemporary history (20th-21st centuries). The present initiative has three main objectives. First, it aims at widening the historiographical reflection on the history of dioceses. Second, the congress will try to open a debate among scholars focused on discussing and sharing research experiences and methodologies concerning this type of study.

Third, the congress aims at making known to a larger public the ongoing or recently concluded projects on the history of dioceses in Portugal through a comparative perspective with other geographies, and in particular, those European countries that shared with Portugal similar historical paths and cultural features, such as Spain, Italy, and France.

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