The Centre for Humanistic Studies of the University of Minho (CEHUM) is a scientific structure of the School of Arts and Humanities (ELACH) carrying out research in the areas of Literature, Linguistics, Culture, Arts (Music and Theatre) and Philosophy.
The members of CEHUM integrated in mono- and multidisciplinary research groups, with the central objective of developing fundamental and competitive research with national and international impact in the various fields of the Humanities. Important vectors of their multidisciplinary action are the studies on migrations and marginalization, gender and arts, post-colonial studies and identity issues (human, animal, machine), which articulate with intermedial poetics and inter-arts. The multidisciplinary approach coexists with monodisciplinary research, with a central focus on theoretical and experimental linguistics, including areas of syntax, morphology, phonetics, bilingualism and language acquisition, discourse analysis and pragmatics, as well as lexicography and the history of language. The research group dedicated to Portuguese and Lusophone literature is also a continuation of CEHUM's seminal essence.
Emerging areas of the centre, with new work of national and international impact in recent years, are digital humanities, Asian studies and performance studies, producing research on artistic practice.
In addition to senior researchers, CEHUM includes a significant number of junior researchers, who contribute significantly to the dynamics of the centre. CEHUM also has the external collaboration of a large number of researchers, members of other national and international centres.
The work developed around national and international projects is complemented and disseminated through the regular organization of seminars, colloquia, conferences and summer schools. CEHUM publishes the scientific journal Diacrítica (since 2003, with three issues per year), and two monographic series (the collections Hespérides and Poliedro), as well as a large number of proceedings, namely the Autumn Colloquium proceedings, and anthologies of theoretical texts in Portuguese.
CEHUM has a specialized library that includes a special section for rare books. The library has recently undergone a process of restructuring and enlargement, and is continuously updated in the field of Humanities studies.
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