Lab2PT is a R&D unit of the University of Minho that integrates researchers from the School of Architecture, Art and Design and from the Institute of Social Sciences. Established at the end of 2013, Lab2PT began its first funding period supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in 2015 and it is currently comprised by 69 PhD researchers, 32 collaborating researchers, and 70 doctoral students, conducting research in the Arts and Humanities domains, covering Architecture, Urbanism, History, Archaeology, Design, Visual Arts, Geography and Geology. The unit’s guiding principle is to foster knowledge convergence towards establishing its prominence in the fields of Landscape, Territory, Heritage, alongside Society, Technology, and Representation.

21 April 2026 | 11 am–1 pm | ICS Sala dos Atos

With: Odilon Caldeira Neto (UFJF)

 

Organised by: ICS Department of History, Lab2PT/IN2PAST

For senior and junior researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.

23 April 2026 | 11 am–1 pm | Room 2.04 of CP3 (Gualtar Campus, University of Minho)

With: José Saldaña Fernández (University of Seville)

 

Organised by: ICS Department of History, Lab2PT/IN2PAST

For senior and junior researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.

April 24, 2026 | 6.30 pm | D. Diogo de Sousa Archaeological Museum

 

Free admission.

April 24, 2026 | 2 pm | Room 1.01 of CP2 (Gualtar Campus, University of Minho)

 

Free admission.

April 22-25, 2026 | Academic Conference Center, Husova 4a, Prague

Organized by: Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences; Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS; Lab2PT/IN2PAST

 

Program available soon.

April 29, 2026 | 9 am | Guimarães Design Institute and Landscape Laboratory, Guimarães

 

Promoting institutions: EAAD; IDEGUI; Landscape Laboratory; Guimarães Mission Unit 26 – European Green Capital; Lab2PT/IN2PAST; Lab2PT/IN2PAST

 

Free entrance.

November 6th and 7th, 2026 | University of Minho (Gualtar Campus)

 

Organization: Institute of Social Sciences | Department of History | Lab2PT/IN2PAST

 

 

Submissions of proposals for individual presentations or panels: until May 15th, 2026

May 15, 2026 | 2 pm – 5 pm | UMinho Knowledge House – B-Lounge Space of the General Library, Gualtar Campus

Organized by: Cláudia Novais, Fátima Silva, and Diana Mendes

 

 

If you are a doctoral student in the Lab2PT program in the areas of Archaeology, History, and Geography, present your research topic, learn about the work of your colleagues, and contribute to an afternoon of genuine exchange among researchers.

November 25th to 27th, 2026 | Jordão Theatre and Vila Flor Cultural Centre , Guimarães

 

Lab2PT Coordination: Marta Labastida e Rebeca Blanco-Rotea

 

 

Submissions of work proposals: until May 31st, 2026

14 May to 31 July 2026 | Porto District Archives

 

Organised by: Arquivo Distrital do Porto, Associação de Amigos do Arquivo Distrital do Porto, Lab2PT/IN2PAST

 

Free entry Monday to Friday, from 9.30 am to 4 pm