Debate the future of Heritage in Porto: Open Applications
From 16 to 20 March 2026, Universidade Católica Portuguesa will host the T4EU Common European Heritage Week in Porto, Portugal. Under the topic HERITAGE FUTURE(S) / FUTURE HERITAGE(S): ON THE THRESHOLD OF CHANGE, the Transform4Europe Common European Heritage Week will bring together scholars, practitioners and students for an intensive programme of formative activities, including workshops, public lectures, a roundtable and a scientific conference.
The central theme invites us to consider the future(s) of heritage and the heritage(s) of the future: How will our actions today shape our shared tomorrow? What new responsibilities arise as we face rapid ecological, technological, and social transformations? Are our decisions ensuring the sustainability of heritage ecosystems?
The programme, to be announced shortly, includes a T4EU Transformative Heritage Workshop, T4EU Regional Sustainable Heritage Workshops, an Artist Talk, Public Events with Regional Stakeholders and a enriching social and cultural programme, with a networking dinner with regional stakeholders, city walks, and guided museum visits.
Cornelius Holtorf, from the Linnaeus University (UNESCO), Paulo Lourenço, from University of Minho, and Roberta Altin, from University of Trieste are the keynote speakers.
Integrated in this week, the Annual T4EU Sustainable Heritage Conference will also take place, from March 18 to 20. This important conference will be jointly organized with EPoCH2026 - the third edition of the international annual conference of the Heritage and Conservation-Restoration research area of CITAR, Católica, offering a unique platform to explore critical reflections and experimental practices in conservation-restoration and heritage studies within the European context.
From material care to digital memory, from endangered traditions to emerging sustainable solutions and cultural forms, we will be challenged to critically reflect on the evolving landscapes and to imagine new configurations of practice, ethics, and responsibility – on the threshold of change.
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The call for papers in closed.
The programme also includes the EPoCH 2026 Closing Visit and Talk – Museu das Convergências, on 20 March, Friday, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Registration required
Collaboration: Museu das Convergências (C.M. Porto), Direção das Convergências, Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto, E.M. Museu das Convergências is a new cultural facility in the city of Porto, located in the former municipal slaughterhouse, which is currently being rehabilitated for cultural purposes.
It is an art museum dedicated to the study and exhibition of cultural and artistic objects related to processes of transculturality in art and connected art histories, emerging from human mobility and the exchange of knowledge between cultures.
The first temporary exhibition, “Flux – Objects. People. Places”, will take place outside the museum space, at the former Porto Customs House – Alfândega do Porto.
The visit will conclude with a conversation between Rui Oliveira Lopes, Director of the museum, and Roberta Altin, from the Department of Humanities at the University of Trieste, moderated by Laura Castro.
For further information, please contact t4eu@ucp.pt