PROGRAMME

PROGRAM
(Final Program: 01/09/2025)

DAY

ACTIVITY

THEMES
08/10 17h00: Welcome and reception at the School of Arts and Crafts of Ovar Identity
18h30: Inaugural lecture “Identity and Circumstance: Considerations Based on Certain Religious Events”
Jean-Yves Durand [Minho University]
09/10 10h00: Lecture “Processions Run Deep: Holy Week and the City”
María Cátedra Tomás [Complutense University of Madrid]		 Cultural Heritage
11h00: Coffee break
11h30/13h00: Panel “Patrimonialization: Protection or Evolution?”
Coordinator: Rui Ferreira [UNESCO Chair – Évora]
13h00: Lunch
15h00: Lecture “Sense of Belonging and Safeguarding of Memory”
(To be confirmed)
16h00: Coffee break

16h30/18h00: Thematic Communications

  • Panel 1: The Ritual and Symbolism of the Passion
  • Panel 2: Religion and Culture in Public Spaces
  • Panel 3: City, Beliefs, and People
18h30: Guided visit of Ovar
10/10 9h30: Transfer of all participants by bus to the Municipal Library of Santa Maria da Feira Tourism
10h00: Panel “Tourism: Risk or Opportunity?”
Coordinator: Juan Ignacio Pulido [Jaén University]
11h30: Coffee break
12h00: Guided visit of Santa Maria da Feira
13h30: Closure lunch
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