Sumários

16th-century England - the relevance of the city

27 Outubro 2023, 15:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Rural and urban spaces in 16th-century England. The traditional notions of wealth, property and production associated with rural England and the rise of new perspectives: maritime discoveries, the establishment of the Atlantic routes and thecincrease of trans-atlantic trade; the need to develop manufactures and services; new knowledge.

The impact of the Scientific Revolution. Reading of Francis Bacon, New Atlantis to showcase of the advantagea of scientific knowledge and its application in everyday life.

Oral presentations

20 Outubro 2023, 15:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Oral presentation themes proposals by the students:

The analysis of themes, topics, authors in relation with the aims of the semniar. Basic bibliovraphy.

Imagined cities.

13 Outubro 2023, 15:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Imagined cities

The rise of utopian writing. Reading of Thomas More’s Utopia and Francis Bqcon's New Atlantis.

Definitions of utopia based on the More's proposed strucuture,and  its social,  political, and  philosophical goals.

Bacon's apology of science and the benefits of living in a scientifically and te hnologically based society.

Utopia and utopian studies

6 Outubro 2023, 15:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

Uotpia as a literary genre.

The etymoloby of the word: its creation by Thomas More together with another neologism: eutopia.The   influence of classical rethorical form of serio ludum and its close  connection with speculative fiction. The later creation of uchronia and its realtionship with  ore's concecpt. 

The development of utopianism studies. 

The city: a diachronic perspective

29 Setembro 2023, 15:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras

The city: a diachronic perspective.

Brief characterisation of the  medieval city: the emphasis  on safety, the defense against invaders, and the gathering of the community around/ in religious buildings, namely, churches or cathedrals. The foundation of universities since the eleventh century and its impact on urban life.

The progressive  expansion and opening of European cities in the Renaissancec period. The influence of the Discoveries and the consequent establishment of commercial routes on urban growth.

Readingof excerpts of  Ackroyd, London the Biography, 2000