Association for contemporary iberian studies 47th annual conference. Book of abstracts

Abstract

The Association will hold its 47th Annual Conference at the University of Minho (Universidade do Minho) from 2 to 4 September 2026, under the theme “Iberian Relations, Europeanisation and Transatlantic Exchanges”. The event will be hosted by UMinho Galabra, Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, and coordinated by Dr. Carlos Pazos-Justo and Dr. Ana Bessa Carvalho. The conference will take place in person, with remote participation available for ACIS members residing on other continents. This Book of Abstracts brings together the papers, panels and projects accepted for the conference, organized by day and panel, following the final conference programme. Presenters are grouped according to the thematic panels in which their communications were scheduled. Under the generic title Europeanization and Iberian relations, the conference addresses themes that advance understanding of nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century socio-cultural, economic and political issues and realities relating primarily to Spain and/or Portugal, and to transnational issues and processes relating to the Iberian Peninsula within the wider Lusophone and Hispanic worlds, including: Impacts of European policies on Iberian relations; Politics, Government, International Relations, the EU, Nationalism, Regionalisms, Transnational issues and processes; Economics, Business, Labour, Social and Welfare issues; Cultural Production in all its forms; Social and Cultural Studies; Leisure, Tourism, Sport; Contemporary History; Language, Linguistics, Language Policy; Education and Pedagogy; and the relationships between narratives, communities and territories.