Programme

25 June 2026

09:30 – 10:00 | Opening session

10:00 – 11:00 |Presentation of the project LAWCUS, Ana Oliveira (Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra) and Tiago Ribeiro (Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra / School of Education and Social Sciences of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria)

11:30 – 13:00 | Plenary Session “Inscribing the Witch”, Ian Ward (Newcastle Law School)
Discussant: Joana Aguiar e Silva (School of Law of the University of Minho / Research Centre for Justice and Governance – JusGov)
Chair: Madalena Duarte (Centre for Social Studies / Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra)

13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 | Panel “Law as…”

Law as power, Silvia Rodríguez Maeso (Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra)

Law as knowledge, Giovanni Damele (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon / NOVA Institute of Philosophy)

Law as aesthetics, Brisa Paim Duarte (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)

Law as trauma, Luís Meneses do Vale (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)

Chair: Tiago Ribeiro (Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra / School of Education and Social Sciences of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria)

17:00 – 19:00 | Parallel Sessions I

Chairs:
Andrea Peniche (A Coletiva)
Elisa Lopes da Silva (Institute of Contemporary History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon / IN2PAST)
José Borges Reis (University of Coimbra)

19:00 – 21:30 | Social event: The Living Room

26 de Junho de 2026

09:30 – 11:00 | Parallel Sessions II

Chairs:
Elisa Lopes da Silva (Institute of Contemporary History, School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon / IN2PAST)
Jorge Silva Santos (Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon / Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences)
Vânia Álvares (High Council of the Public Prosecution Service / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon)

11:30 – 13:00 | Plenary Session“Dreams, Authoritarianism, Sex”, Elena Loizidou (Birkbeck Law School)

Discussant: Luís Meneses do Vale (Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)

Chair: Claudino Ferreira (Centre for Social Studies / Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra)

13:00 – 14: 30 | Lunch

14:30 – 16:30 | Panel “Sex as…”

Sex as procreation, Rafael Vale e Reis (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)

Sex as identity, Ana Maria Brandão (Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho / Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences – CICS.NOVA.UMinho)

Sex as fantasy, José Riço Direitinho (Público / Ler)

Sex as violence, Cláudia Cruz Santos (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)

Chair: Ana Oliveira (CES)

17:00 – 19:00 | Round table “Institutional governance as sexual jurisdiction: the codes of conduct” *

Panellists:
Inês Ferreira Leite (Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon / Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences)
João Pena dos Reis (Deputy Prosecutor General, retired)
Mafalda Miranda Barbosa (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)
Pedro Caeiro (Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra / University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research – UCILeR)

Co-chairs: Ana Oliveira (Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra) and Tiago Ribeiro (Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra / School of Education and Social Sciences of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria)

_{* The round table will be conducted in Portuguese.}

19:00 – 19:30 | Closing session, by the theatre company Marionet