RESEARCH PROJECTS IN HUMANITIES
Find here a selection of projects that showcase the breadth of research activities and resources developed at the School of Arts and Humanities. From initiatives promoting accessibility, open access, and language learning, such as Accessibility in Portugal, Bibliotrónica Portuguesa, and COPLE2, to platforms preserving cultural heritage like Az INFINITUM and CETbase, this list highlights the faculty’s role in safeguarding memory while fostering innovation. At the same time, collaborations such as Bridge AI and PORTULAN CLARIN demonstrate active involvement in technological regulation and scientific infrastructure, while projects like DUNES, HISTARC, Messengers from the Stars, and the Medical Humanities Project expand research into environmental history, submerged heritage, speculative fiction, and health communication. Together, these initiatives illustrate the faculty’s vision of the humanities as a dynamic field that bridges tradition and innovation, contributing to ethical reflection and global dialogue.
Accessibility in Portugal - ULICES
Project focussing on accessibility practices in public and private broadcasting, industry and reception, training, and inclusion in Portugal
ADLOT - Arquivo Digital de Literatura Oral Tradicional - ARTIS
An online archive of Portuguese traditional oral literature. This project is a colaboration with the National Tiles Museum.
Az INFINITUM - ARTIS
Online platform for the indexation and referencing of azulejos (Portuguese tiles). This project is a colaboration with the National Tiles Museum.
Bibliotrónica Portuguesa - CLUL
Online platform promoting free and open access to books in Portuguese.
A tool to provide decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders with the best insights for the effective implementation of the Artificial Intelligence Act. This project is a colaboration between the School of Arts and Humanities, INESC and several other institutions.
CETbase: Teatro em Portugal - CET
Online database of information about theatre in Portugal (people, companies, festivals, venues, texts, etc.).
COPLE2 - Learner corpus of Portuguese L2 - CLUL
Database of written and oral texts produced by students of Portuguese as Foreign/Second Language, supporting research in second-language language teaching and learning. This project is a colaboration with the Portuguese Culture and Language Institute (ICLP) and the Assessment Center for Portuguese as a Foreign Language (CAPLE).
CRPC - Corpus de Referência do Português Contemporâneo - CLUL
Electronic corpus of European Portuguese and other varieties (Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, S. Tome and Principe, Goa, Macao and East-Timor).
DUNES - Sea, Sand and People - CLUL
ERC-funded project for na environmental history of coastal dunes, conatining a database of historical sources and other resources.
ENTRIB: Entremezes ibéricos: inventariação, edição e estudo - CET
Catalogue of short theatre plays produces in Iberian languages between the 16th and 18th c.
HISTARC - História e Arqueologia do Conflito - CHUL
Project and platform aimed at preserving the memory of conflict by safeguarding submerged nautical and aeronautical cultural heritage.
Messengers from the Stars - ULICES
An international open-access publication exploring science fiction, fantasy, and their cultural, literary, and media connections.
PORTULAN CLARIN - CLUL
Research infrastructure dedicated to supplying resources and support for the Science and Technology of Language. This project is a partnership with the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and Ulisboa School of Sciences.
Project in Medical Humanities - ULICES
Project to mobilise methods from the arts and humanities to reflect on health, illness, care, clinical communication, and the “power of words.”
P.S. Post Scriptum - CLUL
ERC-funded archive of ordinary writing in Early Modern Portugal and Spain.
Teatro de Autores Portugueses do século XVI - CET
Digital library of Portuguese theatre plays produces in the 16th c.