Scientific Events

Organisation of scientific events

Member of the Organizing Committee of Cultural Encounters and Contested History, Coimbra, 06 to 06 December by 2023 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Leite, Antonieta Reis; Raggi, Giuseppina; Marado, Catarina).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Comentador da Sessão "The Space of Catholicism" na conferência Asian Catholic Materiatilies, Singapura, 30 to 31 August by 2023 (com Chambon, Michel Losa Mendiratta, Sidh).

Organization of Sessão "Building Identity: Religious Architecture and Sacral Landscapes of Christian Minorities in South Asia" VI CHAM International Conference, Lisboa, 12 to 15 July by 2023.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Para uma História Social do Ambiente Construído: Perspectivas de Investigação, Online, 18 to 18 May by 2023 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Lobo, Rui; Marado, Catarina; Santos, Eliana).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Sessão "Port of Call: the Indian Ocean´s Early Modern Landscapes and Heritage" in 76th Annual International Conference Society of Architectural Historians, Montreal, Canada, 12 to 15 April by 2023 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh Peters Oliveira, Marta).

Member of the Organizing Committee of XVII Jovens Cientistas Sociais, Coimbra, 11 to 11 October by 2022 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Carvalho, António; Sotero, Luciana).

Member of the Organizing Committee of XVI Jovens Cientistas Sociais: temáticas atuais de investigação em Ciências Sociais, Online, 25 to 25 October by 2021 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Sotero, Luciana; Carvalho, António).

Organization of Historic Cities and Regions: Built Heritage and Beyond. Panel 4 of Culture for All Conference on Cultural Mapping, Online, 28 to 29 September by 2021.

Organization of 5ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa: redes e fronteiras", Online, 15 to 15 December by 2020.

Member of the Organizing Committee of XV Jovens Cientistas Sociais: envelhecer sem crescer?, Online, 12 to 12 October by 2020 (com Noronha, Susana; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Sotero, Luciana).

Organization of 4ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa: equipamentos e espaço público", Coimbra, 11 December 2019.

Member of the Organizing Committee of 3ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa: modos de habitar", Coimbra, 29 to 29 May by 2019 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Reis Leite, Antonieta ; Marado, Catarina).

Member of the Organizing Committee of 2ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa": Território e Fortificação, Coimbra, 05 to 05 December by 2018 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Reis Leite, Antonieta ; Marado, Catarina).

Member of the Organizing Committee of 1ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa": Cidade e Religião, Coimbra, 14 to 14 June by 2018 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Reis Leite, Antonieta ; Marado, Catarina).

Organization of "Old Goa: the city/port as a place of encounter and cross-cultural exchanges, shaping identities, urban spaces and built-up heritage", Panel in the 3rd International CHAM Conference, Lisboa, 11 to 15 July by 2017.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Membro da Comissão Organizadora de A Arquitetura nas Ciências Sociais e Humanas; VIII Sessão do Ciclo de Conversas Diálogos e Perspetivas sobre o Urbano: Diferentes Olhares, CES., Coimbra, 11 to 15 July by 2017 (com Leite, Antonieta Reis; Carvalho, Cláudia Pato de; Eliana Sousa, Santos; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh).

Organization of Moderador do Painel 4 - História Militar e Arquitetura (séc. XVII-XVIII). V Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em História Moderna, Coimbra, 31 May to 02 June 2017.

Member of the Organizing Committee of i-Mumbai: Heritage of Portuguese Influence in the Fringes of an Indian Metropolis, Mumbai, 09 to 20 February by 2016 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Rossa, Walter; Paul, Aneerudha ; Parmar, Manoj).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Sessão "The eye of the beholder: perceptions on/of the Old City of Goa from the 16th century to the present", Lisboa, 17 August to 20 July 2013 (com Losa Mendiratta, Sidh Santiago Faria, Alice).

Presentations in scientific events

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2023), "Identityscapes: building the early modrn Goan church", paper presented at VI CHAM International Conference, Lisboa, 12 to 15 July.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2023), "Shaping Old Goa: Slavery, Caste and Religion", paper presented at Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lectures, Bonn, 13 to 13 February.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2022), "A Missionary Enterprise: Old Goa's Christian Religious Architecture (!6th to 18th centuries)", paper presented at From Konkan to Coromandel: Deccan Heritage, Art and Culture, Online, 18 to 18 November.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2022), ""Cada hum faça huma torre na sua Aldea": A rede de casas-torre da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia", paper presented at 9th International Congress on Military Monuments, Lisboa, 27 to 30 September.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2022), "Queen Ketevan's Relics in Old Goa: Research and Archaeological Works", paper presented at Queen Saint Ketevan and the Historical and Diplomatic Relations between Georgia and Portugal, Lisboa, 26 to 27 September.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Peters Oliveira, Marta (2022), "Sofala and Chaul: Two (and other) Manueline Fortifications in the Western Indian Ocean as Cultural Landscapes of Encounters and Negotiation", paper presented at Beyond King Manuel I. The Portuguese Empire in a Changing World, Coimbra, 06 to 08 July.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2022), "Searching for Old Goa: The Undioing of and Early Modern Indo-European Port City", paper presented at Open Day - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Bonn, Alemanha, 15 June.

, Marta Peters Oliveira; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2022), "Mapping As-Sufaliyya: African-Asian-European Encounters and Sofala's Early Modern Cultural Landscapes", paper presented at Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions Conference, Online, 24 to 26 February.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2021), "Cultural Heritage of Portuguese Influence in Bombay: Defensive Structures", paper presented at Uncovering Urban Legacies: The Portuguese Heritage of Bombay., Online, 28 to 28 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2020), "Desterro do mundo": Asserim e a fronteira da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia (sécs. XVI-XVIII)", paper presented at 5ª Oficina Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa: Redes e fronteiras, Online, 15 to 15 December.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Velho, Fernando (2020), "Old Goa: notes on architecture and urban history", paper presented at Visit of the International Council of Museum of Modern Art, New York, to Goa., Old Goa, Índia, 25 to 25 January.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2019), "A rede de aldeias e domus-fortis da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia (1534-1739)", paper presented at 3ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa: modos de habitar", Coimbra, 29 to 29 May.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2019), "Contested Heritage: Fifteen years of research and fieldwork in India", paper presented at Seminars of Invited Scholars, Bonn, 06 to 06 May.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2019), "Old Goa: an urban history", paper presented at Invited lecturers at the Goa College of Architecture, Pangim. Goa, Índia, 08 to 08 February.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2019), "Transposing typology: the second life of the Portuguese tower-house in the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia and its impact on the landscape (16th-18th centuries) ", paper presented at Colonial and Postcolonial Landscapes: Architecture, cities, infrastructure., Lisboa, 16 to 18 January.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2018), "Baçaim: cidade e fortificação", paper presented at 2ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa": Território e Foritifcação, Coimbra, 05 to 05 December.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2018), "Uma planta inédita de finais do século XVII da fortificação de São Sebastião, Ilha de Moçambique", paper presented at XV Seminário Internacional de História Indo-portuguesa, Ilha de Moçambique, 30 October 04 November.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2018), "On land, village and privilege: Portuguese understandings of power and tradition in the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia (16th - 18th centuries)", paper presented at 16th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), Coimbra, 04 to 07 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2018), "Construção Identitária: a comunidade dos East-Indians e as igrejas de influência portuguesa em Bombaim", paper presented at 1ª Oficina "Paisagens de Influência Portuguesa": Cidade e Religião, Coimbra, 14 to 14 June.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2018), paper presented at 71st Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, St. Paul MN, 19 to 22 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Velho, Fernando (2017), "Ruined and Disappeared Churches of Old Goa", paper presented at Fundação Oriente Sessions, Pangim, Goa, 15 to 15 December.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2017), "Old Goa's urban development: the first hundred years of Portuguese administration", paper presented at III CHAM International Conference, Lisboa, 12 to 15 July.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Velho, Fernando (2017), "The Church of the Tertiary Carmelites of Goa: sruveying an archaeological site", paper presented at Fundação Oriente Sessions, Pangim, Goa, 27 to 27 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2017), "Religious structures of Portuguese origin in the erstwhile "Estado da Índia": new research results", paper presented at 4th Annual Conference on the Archaeology of Maharashtra, Mumbai, 14 to 15 January.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2017), "Mumbai and its Indo-Portuguese layer", paper presented at L. S. Raheja College Seminars on History, Mumbai, 13 to 13 January.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2016), "Arquitetura Católia de Diu: o Clero Regular", paper presented at Congresso Diu e os Diuenses: Perspetivas multidisciplinares, Lisboa, 27 to 28 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2016), "Seven Island, seven myths: new research results on Mumbai", paper presented at i-Mumbai: Identity and Heritage on the Fringes of an Indian Metropolis, Mumbai, 15 to 20 February.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2016), "Five Misunderstandings in Indo-Portuguese History.", paper presented at Fundação Oriente Sssions, Pangim, 15 January.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2015), "Os "Muros" de Tivim: um documento iconográfico inédito de uma fortificação em Goa", paper presented at VIII Feira do Livro da Fundação Oriente, Lisboa, 20 November.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2015), "Território de Fronteira: a Província do Norte do Estado da Índia (1521-1739)", paper presented at Ciclo de Seminários Novas Perspectivas em História Moderna, Lisboa, 08 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2014), "Framing Identity: cityscapes and architecture of Mumbai's catholic communities (nineteenth and twentieth centuries)", paper presented at Meeting Places: The City as a Space of Cross-cultural Encounter, Liverpool, 12 to 13 September.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2013), "Old Goa's outer fortification wall: new research results.", paper presented at Fundação Oriente Sessions, Pangim, 20 December.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2013), "O "ermamento" de Velha Goa: o abandono e desmantelamento das estruturas conventuais da an ga capital do Estado da Índia, 1759-1910", paper presented at Cidade e Arquitectura Conventual, Coimbra, 10 to 11 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2013), ""Domus Fortis in Æquator: habitação e paisagem nos territórios rurais do Império Português no Oriente", paper presented at Conferência do Vencedor da 8ª Edição do Prémio Fernando Távora, Porto, 07 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2013), "Mendiratta_A evolução urbana de Bombaim e a sua camada Indo-portuguesa, 1774-1928", paper presented at International Conference - Portuguese Network of Urban Morphology, Coimbra, 27 to 28 June.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Santos, Joaquim (2012), "IV Simpósio Ibero-Americano de História da Cartografia", paper presented at [A] milhor cousa que Vossa Alteza tem nestas partes»: Representações não-portuguesas das cidades da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia (séc. XVI-XIX), Lisboa, 11 to 14 September.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2012), ""Aquelle lugar parece desterro do mundo": Duas escaladas às ruínas de Asserim, antiga Província do Norte do Estado da Índia ", paper presented at 1º Seminário: Ideias Acerca do Sul da Ásia, Lisboa, 27 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2012), "The Undoing of Old Goa (seventeenth century to the present)", paper presented at Fundação Oriente Sessions, Pangim, 10 February.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2011), "New and Old ideas for Old Goa: the Gracias / Vassalo e Silva conservation and musealization plan of 1959 and its aftermath.", paper presented at Goa: 1961 and Beyond, Pangim, 18 to 20 December.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Santos, Joaquim (2011), "'A milhor couza que vossa alteza tem nestas partes': cartografia e iconografia da Província do Norte do Estado da Índia", paper presented at Simpósio Luso-Brasileiro de Cartografia Histórica, Porto, 17 to 19 November.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Rodrigues, Joaquim (2011), "Visiono Velha Goa, a Cidade Morta, Reanimar-se »: O Plano de Intenções de 1960 para a Musealização de Velha Goa", paper presented at Goa Passado e Presente, Lisboa, 26 to 28 October.

Rossa, Walter; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2011), "A cerca adormecida: recuperação histórico-cartográfica da muralha de Goa", paper presented at Goa Passado e Presente, Lisboa, 26 to 28 October.

Rossa, Walter; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2010), "Uncovering Portuguese Histories Within Mumbai's Urban History", paper presented at 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago, 21 to 25 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2010), "Mapping the Defensive System of the Northern Province", paper presented at Seminars on History, Goa, 12 to 12 February.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2009), "Mapear a Província do Norte do Estado da Índia - abordagens metodológicas", paper presented at Primeiro Coloquio de Doutorandos do CES , Coimbra, 01 to 02 October.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Santos, Joaquim (2009), "Sistemas Defensivos das Ilhas de Tiswadi e Diu (sec. XVI-XVIII)", paper presented at Seminário "A Fortificação Abaluartada como Património de Valor Universal", Almdeia, 28 to 29 August.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2009), "Was Portuguese Bombay of so little consequence as everyone seems to think?", paper presented at Fundação Oriente Sessions, Pangim, 01 August.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2009), "Goa, Damão e Diu: o que resta da herança colonial", paper presented at As Outras Índias, Curso de Introdução à Cultura e Sociedade da Índia Contemporânea, Lisboa, 20 June.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh ; Rossa, Walter (2009), "Big in Daman. reasons for decline of an Indo-Portuguese colonial settlement", paper presented at 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Pasadena, E.U.A., 01 to 05 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Santos, Joaquim (2008), "Descodificando Barreto de Resende: as vista de Diu, Damão e Goa", paper presented at VIII Congresso dos Monumentos Militares, Faro, 27 to 29 November.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2008), "From Asherigad to Old Goa: Indo-Portuguese Layers in the Western Coast of India", paper presented at Dean D, Goa, 17 June.

Rossa, Walter; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2008), "Ghost Towns. Ruined and disappeared Portuguese colonial settlements in coastal Maharashtra, India: new research results", paper presented at 61st Annual International Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Cincinatti, 23 to 27 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2008), "Two Towns and a Villa: Baçaim, Chaul and Taná - The Defensive Structures of Three Indo-Portuguese Urban Settlements in the Northern Province of the Estado da Índia", paper presented at International Seminar on Cities in Medieval India (1200-1800), New Delhi, 06 to 07 March.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2008), "A Rainha Ketevan e construção da narrativa missionária dos Agostinhos no Oriente", paper presented at Seminário Arte e Império, Centro de História de Além-Mar, Lisboa, 25 to 25 January.

Rossa, Walter; Varela Gomes, Paulo; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2007), "Missão à Antiga Província do Norte: relatório em imagens", paper presented at Projeto Bombaim antes dos Ingleses, Coimbra, 12 to 12 April.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2007), "From Islands to Mainland: Territory policy change and the creation of the Northern Province of the Estado da India", paper presented at Histories from the Sea: Multimedia for Understanding and Teaching Europe-South Asia Maritime Heritage, New Delhi, 30 January 31 December.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2006), "Trabalhos arqueológicos recentes no convento dos Agostinhos de Velha Goa e questão da sepultura da rainha Ketevan", paper presented at XII Seminário Internacional de História Indo-Portuguesa, Lisboa, 23 to 27 October.

Rossa, Walter; Varela Gomes, Paulo; Losa Mendiratta, Sidh (2006), "Aspects of many Bombays", paper presented at Sharing Architecture Cultures Across the Maghreb and India, Departamento de Arquitetura da Universidade de Évora, 06 to 08 September.

Rossa, Walter; Mendiratta, Sidh Losa (2006), "Bombaim antes dos Ingleses: apresentação preliminar de resultados", paper presented at 1º Seminário Internacional da Reabilitação Urbana do Mindelo, Mindelo, Cabo Verde, 01 to 10 August.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Silva, Filipe (2005), "Intervenção em Salvaterra do Extremo", paper presented at I Encontro Internacional 'Território, Memória e Futuro', Idanha-a-Nova, 03 July.

Losa Mendiratta, Sidh; Taher, N. (2004), "Identification of the Chapter Chapel at the Augustinian Convent, Old Goa ", paper presented at Seminar, Goa University, Pangim, Goa, 13 to 13 March.