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Inspired by Fernando Pessoa, the poet that he so much appreciated, I've entitled this short reflection "João Lobo Antunes –Science and Art", because the renowned surgeon, whose memory I want to evoke, was a prominent voice both in the area of Science and of the Humanities. One can even say that he was a real humanist who combined the subjectivity of the art with scientific objectivity, being, maybe therefore, one of the most dazzling spirits of his time. Aftersome references to his biography, it is mentioned that he is the author of six books and of more that one hundred and fifty scientific articles, and among them I distinguishthe one in which – with his usual originality – he spoke of the medical profession. Because it is a less well-known aspect, references are also made to his relationship to "Fulbrighters Portugal – Alumni Association" and to the fact that the characteristics of that institution also revealfeatures of his way of "listening with other eyes". Consequently, among otheractivities, he accepted to collaborate in the Fulbright Alumni,Conferences,presenting, with the usual virtuosity, a paper entitled "A New University in Lisbon", on the theme of the unionof the University of Lisbon with the Technical University, a very impressive projectof educational reorganization in which he was involved with his customary accomplishment.

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Western medicine inherited from medieval Islam a vision of integrated science and art. A lesson in humanism, or, if you will, of applied philosophy, that this article, developed in the context of a colloquium on health and architecture, aims to demonstrate. Medieval Islamic medicine developed within a highly sophisticated, cosmopolitan civilization, where, based on the study and deepening of the Greco-Latin tradition, art and science were reconnected. It was this heritage that made possible, from the sixteenth century, the revival of Hippocratic medicine in the Christian West. Like the ancients, doctors in medieval Islam advocated a salutogenic model of a city, that is, oriented towards the promotion of healthy lifestyles through art, architecture, environment and urban planning. In this way, medieval Islam became a pioneer of the movement, now known as 'healthy cities', which only very recently (from the 1980s onwards) has acquired global expression.

The work of Andrés Queiruga is here presented as a new approach to theological problems, in a way that brings to our life and religious experience the dimensions of Philosophy and Ethics as they appear throughout the times, when we problematize the essential questions pertaining to our understanding.

Roy Campbell was a South African poet whose literary production was mostly published between the First and the Second World Wars. According to T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Edith Sitwell, Campbell was one of the best British poets of the 20th century but his strong character, his original South-African condition and, above all, his Spanish Catholic conversion in 1935 and support to Nationalists´ Spanish moral and values during the Spanish Civil War led him to collect a wide range of detractors and literary enemies in those countries he chose to live despite his efforts to get used to the local or national customs by going native. His poetic collections are a good example that can undoubtedly prove how literature can be defined by politics or religion rather than by any writer´s praised talent. Roy Campbell did not write for or from the Left and, so, he was blacklisted from present anthologies in English. Though a physically tough man, he was one of the humblest and kindest literary figures who loved any artistic expression of his highly varied surroundings he always tried to portray through impressive and vigorous verses in a poetry full of prodigious images.

In the wake of the American examples provided, in and since the 1950s, by Bill Haley (1925-1981), Little Richard (1932-), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-) and Elvis Presley (1935-1977), among others, the association of the British Sixties with emerging and expanding youth (sub- and counter-) cultures and pop music in particular needs no special demonstration. I therefore decided to narrow down my selection to songs whose lyrics focus explicitly on the overall chosen topic - youth - and I ended up with three, for us to listen to, remember and hopefully comment upon, if only in the privacy of our own images and memories of the Sixties.

The question of cultural communication, in the absence of a clear idea of what a person is risks to remain a pure question and as problematic as all metaphysics—which does not exempt us from searching the answer. It seems necessary to dig up some of the roots at the source of this perplexity and extend the scope of our horizon. Therefore, we begin by recalling how the issue arises with modernity and the urge to turn philosophy into a rigorous science, an effort that brought with it the seeds of its "postmodern" dissolution. In this essay, we argue: that the concepts of "nature" and "person" cannot be easily discarded in the exploration of this question; and that the preferred route is the examination of the "opinions" or ideas and a philosophy that preserves the noetic heterogeneity of beings. Indeed, the scientist's 'straightjacket' impoverished a question that can only be recovered by means of the history of ideas.

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In Portugal, migrations constitute a phenomenon that, due to its permanence and dimension, is one of the fundamental elements to comprehend the country’s social history. Because of its relevance, it becomes indispensable to consider it not only in a demographic but also economic framework, as well as the cultural changes it introduces. It is crucial to consider the time and the space as determinant variables of the migratory route. A diachronic perspective enables the articulation between national and international conjunctures, which are necessarily associated and produce different configurations in each epoch. The alterations that occur in the meantime aren’t always immediately detected and only a retrospective look consents the understanding of many of the situations responsible for mobility. The title, which refers to migrations in a museological perspective, implies the consideration of various aspects (even if succinctly), which are specific of each and every theme and the way they interrelate. Their treatment in a museum space enables the transmission of essential knowledge to a wider audience.

The Círio of Our Lady of the Cabo, also known as Círio dos Saloios, has beena pilgrimage since the XV century,far from the sanctuary at cap Espichel to the far away rural communities of the neighbouring diocese of Lisbon. It is intended to analysehow this religious practice, associated with profane activities, has been evolving through timeand pilgrims are experiencing it, identifying their motivations, between devotion and leisure. An attempt is made to understand the effects of tourism in the place perception, considering the projected reconversion of the old pilgrims’ inns into ahotel unit. The qualitative descriptive research is based on a review of the literature, including historical resources, complemented with unstructured interviews and participant observations. Recognizing the religious cult’s revival, which had been recovering abandoned traditions, while others are lost or modified, it is concluded that the transformation of the cult can be understood as a factor that contributes to itscontinuity.

Whenever we encounter an uncommon problem, we are forced to think of a solution using parts of our brain we do not normally train in our daily life. However, so far, very few papers have been written on how our intellectual abilities are improved by solving puzzles. The goal of this monograph is to analyse a group of puzzles included in the "Professor Layton" series. While strategy guides may provide direct, easy answers, I shall endeavour to show how people process mentally the information required to solve puzzles and how this benefits the brain. The genres of the aforementioned puzzles range from logic and arithmetic to mental rotation and pattern recognition. Ultimately, I submit that puzzle solving is an extremely effective method of improving our intellectual abilities. Thus, its study may yet help neuroscientists progress in their investigation of mental processes.

The paper's main aim is to introduce Janusz Korczak's pedagogical legacy to Portuguese readers. His pedagogical narratives are analysed through a lens of international contextuality of his times and of modern times, trying to identify both the universal and the controversial concepts. Korczak's contribution to the development of children's rights and his understanding of childhood and of being a child are discussed along directives for parents and teachers that may be found in his writings. This theoretical paper is meant to promote Korczak's works and to open a discussion with academics and practitioners, who are unfamiliar with his legacy. Moreover, it may also provoke Korczakians to re-read his intellectual heritage in multiple contexts and multiple ways, demonstrating that his concepts are still open to interpretation and therefore forever up to date.

In 2012, ULICES/CEAUL organized a conference entitled "Changing Times: Performances and Identities on Screen". The paper I presented then - "'Captain Hood' or 'The Forest Hawk': Robin Hood (dis)played by Errol Flynn (1938)" - focused on Michael Curtiz’s and William Keighley’s film, produced on the eve of the Second World War. I shall ramble now around "Sherwood", a poem originally published in 1904 and reissued in 1914 by Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), an almost forgotten author, though a prolific writer in his own day and age.

The present article attempts to prove that Margaret Atwood remediates the cultural memory of Grace Marks, thus producing, preserving and renewing a site of memory. In 1843, Thomas Kinnear, the employer of Marks and of James McDermott, and Nancy Montgomery, the housekeeper and lover of Kinnear, were found murdered in Upper Canada. The Irish immigrants Marks, sixteen years old, and McDermott, twenty years old, quickly quit Kinnear's estate with Kinnear's and Montgomery's personal possessions. The fugitives were later located and imprisoned in Lewiston, New York. McDermot was charged with murder and Marks was accused of aiding McDermott. Because of the crimes committed, both of the accused were sentenced to death. While McDermott was hanged, Marks was later sentenced to life imprisonment, probably because of her tender age. Marks spent twenty-nine years in prison, which includes the short period she spent at an asylum in 1854 and which lasted for fifteen months. In 1872, Marks was pardoned. Atwood became bewitched by Marks, which led her to write Alias Grace in 1996. Attempting to address the remediation of the cultural memory of Marks, the present paper is divided into four parts. Following the introduction, which is the first part of the text, the concepts of cultural memory and of remediation will be approached with the aid of the works written by Astrid Erll and Ann Rigney. The remediation of the cultural memory of Marks will then be considered. Finally, some concluding remarks connected to the relevance of the remediation previously referred to will be presented.

When we think about Walter Scott there are unavoidable questions, such as if he is still present among us, is "the great unknown" or if we have already forgotten him. In this article, besides some references to his biography and to the reception of his work, focusing the poem The Lady of the Lake, we attempt to answer those queries while being conscious that the works remain even when their authors are gone. The narrative poem The Lady of the Lake was published in 1810, when Scott was at the top of his career as a poet. It contains ballads, cantos, romances and a prayer, which inspired the famous Ave Maria to Schubert. It reports funereal ceremonies, an archery scene and references to a prophet and to a dream. Besides this epic facet, there is still the essential element of the love idylll. After our reflexion, we concluded that Scott's work should not be seen as a fad from the past and that we need not regret the vanishing of interest for this writer for we determined that he is still with us, but in a different way, and that now we have a more problematizing vision of his work that makes us understand that he was reacting to changes in his society and expressing his opposition to the dominant culture, themes that, after all, are post-modern.

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