In addition to the optional curricular units offered within the framework of the course, the student can choose to take a UC from among those provided in the doctoral courses of NOVA FCSH and UAb, or of foreign universities with which protocols have been established under the Erasmus+ programme, or within the framework of seminars and projects developed in the Research Units associated with the course (IEM, IELT, CESEM, CLUNL, IHA).

Curricular units offered as part of the course in the 2025-2026 academic year (2nd Semester):

- Literatura Portuguesa Medieval / Portuguese medieval Literature

- Medievalismos e Neo-medievalismos / Medievalisms and Neo-Medievalisms

– Paleografia e Diplomática / Paleography and Diplomatics

Synopsis:

The ‘Medieval Portuguese Literature’ seminar proposes an in-depth research programme on a topic of the student's choice, within the scope of Medieval Portuguese Literature. This choice can focus on a variety of areas, such as lyric poetry, narrative fiction or texts ‘of Authority’ (historiographical, didactic, moralising). The doctoral student is accompanied in his/her investigation, from the research of primary and secondary sources to the preparation of a work illustrating the knowledge and skills acquired, desirably a publishable study.

Teacher: Isabel Barros Dias - https://paginapessoal.uab.pt/isabelbd

The seminar ‘Medievalisms and Neo-Medievalisms’ proposes to students a reflection on the responses to the Middle Ages that can be identified in a chronological period that goes from the end of the medieval period to the current society, on a global scale and in a wide range of contexts. The discussion will be promoted around three main axes. First, the theory that has been produced in the field of study known as Medievalism. Secondly, the presence of the “Middle Ages” in various areas of artistic creation, including literature, visual arts, cinematography, music, video games. Additionally, students address the different ways in which events, processes, episodes and characters from the medieval period are used in other contexts, including the public sphere and political debate.

Teacher: Alicia Miguélez Cavero - https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/faculdade/docentes/amiguelez/

The Curricular Unit ‘Paleography and Diplomatics’ aims to provide students with the fundamental concepts of palaeography and diplomacy and give them the tools to: (i) begin and develop the practice of reading palaeographs of manuscripts from different periods of the Middle Ages; (ii) practice interpreting texts; (iii) prepare summaries of content; (iv) master basic knowledge of diplomacy and demonstrate its application.

Teacher: Adelaide Millán Costa - https://paginapessoal.uab.pt/acosta