Olga Pombo

Organization of scientific meetings

International meetings | Other scientific meetings | Science communication and outreach | Exhibitions

International scientific meetings

• Leituras da Modernidade, international colloquium, “Centre for the History of Culture”, New University of Lisbon, Franco-Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, 1987 (organizing committee).
• A Problemática das Licenciaturas em Ensino, international conference, Department of Education FCUL, Rectorship of the University of Lisbon, 19-20 February 1987 (organizing committee).
• Communication, Meaning and Knowledge, international symposium, “Portuguese Society for Philosophy” & “Portuguese Association for Communication Development (APDC)”, Forum Picoas, Lisbon, 1989 (organizing committee).
• Ethics and Scientific Research, international colloquium, “Associação de Ciência e Tecnologia para o Desenvolvimento (ACTD)”, Forum Picoas, Lisbon, November 1989 (organizing committee).
• Descartes, Leibniz and Modernity, international colloquium, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, 27-29 November 1996 (organizing committee). (program )
• On the idea of University, international colloquium, Department of Education FCUL, Recktorship of the University of Lisbon, November 1999 (co-organizer).
• Encyclopedia and Hypertext, international seminar (13 sessions), FCT research project “Enciclopédia e Hipertexto”, FCUL, 1999-2002 (Coordinator).
• Two philosophers of Science. Franco Selleri and Daniel Andler , international coloquium, CFCUL, FCUL, 8-9 June 2005 (Coordinator).
• Lei, Segurança e Disciplina. Trinta anos depois de Vigiar e Punir de Michel Foucault , international colloquium, CFCUL’s RG “Philosophy in the Human Sciences”, French-Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, 23-25 November 2005 (Scientific committee).
• O Curso Conimbricense e a sua Tradição. Jornadas de Estudo, international colloquium, CFCUL & Center for the History of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon Science Museum, 2006 (Co-organizer).
• Abduction and the Process of Scientific Discovery international colloquium, CFCUL, Lisbon Science Museum, 4-6 May 2006 (Coordinator).
• Como pensar as relações entre a História e a Filosofia das Ciências? , international Workshop, FCUL, 21 June 2006 (Coordinator).
• First Lisbon Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science - Unity of Science. Non-Traditional Approaches (2006), CFCUL in collaboration with Philosophy Department, University of Texas, El Paso, EUA, & Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Trindade Theatre, Lisbon, October 2006 (Coordinator).
• I Colóquio Luso-Brasileiro Leibniz. Linguagem e Metafisica , international colloquium, PUC-Rio de Janeiro, UERJ-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21-23 de November 2007 (Scientific committee).
• Ias Jornadas Ibéricas / Ist Iberic Journeys , international colloquium, “Grupo de Lógica, Lenguaje e Informacíon” of the Sevilla University, Sevilla University, Spain, 19 March 2007 (Coordinator).
• O que é o Diálogo? Introdução à Lógica Dialógica / What is Dialogue? Introduction to the Dialogic Logics, international workshop, CFCUL in collaboration with the research project “Savoirs, Textes, Langage, “La Science et ses Contextes”, University Lille III, FCUL, 27 April 2007 (Coordinator).
• II Jornadas Ibéricas / II Iberic Journeys , international colloquium, research project “Universal Logics and Unity of Science”, FCUL & Sevilla University, FCUL, 8 May 2007 (Coordinator).
• Technoscience: Epistemological and Sociological Approaches , international workshop, CFCUL & Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon (ICS), 21 May 2007 (Co-coordinator).
• Towards a Philosophy of Image, international workshop, research project “A Imagem na Ciência e na Arte”, FCUL, 5-8 November 2007 (Coordinator).
• Visual representation in Art and Science, international workshop, CFCUL, FCUL, 07 November 2007 (Coordinator).
• Visual displays of information and the practice of science, international colloquium, CFCUL, FCUL, 15 January 2008 (Coordinator).
• Diagrams in Logic and Mathematics: Epistemological Questions , international colloquium, CFCUL, FCUL, 14 January 2008 (Coordinator).
• III Iberic Journeys. Logics and Philosophy of Sciences , international colloquium, resarch project “Universal Logics and Unity of Science”, FCUL & Sevilla University, FCUL, Lisbon, February 2008 (Coordinator).
• La Philosophie des Sciences d’Henri Poincaré , international workshop, FCT research project “Poincaré. Philosopher of Science”, held at FCUL, 23-24 April 2008 (Coordinator).
• Diagrammatic Thinking, international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 2-3 June 2008 (Coordinator).
• III Edition of Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation (EPOS), international colloquium, ISCTE, Lisbon, October 2008 (Scientific committee).
• A Ilustração Científica e a Construção do Conhecimento , international workshop, FCT research project A Imagem na Ciência e na Arte, FCUL 4-5 December 2008 (Coordinator)
• IV Iberic Journeys. Philosophy of Sciences, Logics and Language , international colloquium, Research project “Universal Logics and Unity of Science”, University of Lisbon & Sevilla University, FCUL, February 2009 (Coordinator).
• Neuroaesthetics , international workshop, FCT project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 9-10 March 2009 (Coordinator).
• Diagrammatology and Diagrammatic Praxis II , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 23-24 Marh 2009 (Coordinator).
• Illustration in Darwin. The tree as the image of life’s evolution , international colloquium, FCT research project of “Image in Science and Art” in collaboration with Ciência Viva, Science Pavilion, Lisbon, 21-22 April 2009 (Coordinator). programm
• Vesalius, A redescoberta da Anatomia / Vesalius, the rediscovery of Anatomy , international workshop, FCT project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 12 May 2009 (Coordinator).
• Lugares da Ciência / Places of Science , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art”, FCUL, 13 May 2009 (Coordinator).
• Modelos e Metáforas - entre Ciência e Arte /Models and Metaphors between Science and Art , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 14-15 May 2009 (Coordinator).
• O Desenho do Corpo na Arte e na Ciência /The drawing of the body in Art and Science , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 20 May 2009 (Coordinator).
• As Imagens com que a Ciência se Faz , international workshop, FCT resarch project A Imagem na Ciência e na Arte, FCUL, 25 May 2009 (Coordinator).
• The Unity of Science in the Arabic Tradition. Science, Logic, Epistemology, and their Interactions, international colloquium, CFCUL, FCUL, October 2009 (Organization Board).
• Leonardo da Vinci. O esplendor da relação Ciência e Arte” / Leonardo da Vinci. The magnificence of the relation Science and Art , international workshop, FCT resarch project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 26-27 October 2009 (Coordinator).
• Darwin 2009 , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, 4 November 2009 (Coordinator).
• Goethe. A Botânica das cores / Goethe. The Botanic of colors , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, Faculdade de Psicologia, University of Lisbon, 20 November 2009 (Coordinator).
• V Iberic Journeys , international colloquium, research project “Universal Logics and Unity of Science”, University of Lisbon & University Sevilla, Complutense University Madrid, February 2010 (Coordinator).
• From a Writing Society to an Image Society , international colloquium FCT research project “Image in Science and Ar,” Franco-Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, May 2010 (Coordinator).
• Bachelard: Conceitos and Imagens / Bachelard: Concepts and Images , international workshop, FCT research project “Image in Science and Art, FCUL, May 2010 (Coordinator).
• Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science, international workshop, CFCUL, FCUL, 17 September 2010 (Coordinator).
• Reason-Optimism-Theodicy: the heritage of Leibniz in the European Illuminism, international colloquium, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, FLUL, November 2010 (Scientific Committee). (program )
• Poincaré. Problems and Perspectives, international colloquium, CFCUL, FCUL, Lisbon, 26-27 Jan 2011 (Scientific Council).
• International colloquium Image in Science and Art , FCT research project “Image in Science and Art”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 17, 18, 19 February 2011 (Coordinator). (notice ), (see a report of the conference by Olga Pombo Image in Science and Art , Lisboa; Fim de Século, 2017).
• 75 anos de ‘A situação valorativa do positivismo’ de Delfim Santos , international colloquium, CFCUL internal project “Delfim Santos e a Filosofia da Ciência em Portugal - Organização, Reprodução e Estudo do Acervo Documental Inédito”, FCUL, 4-5 November 2011 (Co-coordinator).
• VI Iberic Journeys , international colloquium, Research project “Knowledge Dynamics in the Field of Social Sciences: Abduction, Intuition and Invention”, University of Lisbon & University of Sevilla, Complutense University, Madrid, November 2011.
• Fernando Gil prize. Open International Conference (by the winner Niccolò Guicciardini), Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT),FCUL, 20 March 2012 (Coordinator) video
• Dynamics of Knowledge: Epistemology, Logic and Language , international colloquium, Research Project “Knowledge dynamics in the field of social sciences: abduction, intuition and invention”, FCUL & Universidad de Sevilla & Universidad Complutense de Madrid - “Group of Research in Epistemology and Methodology”, 20 April 2012 (Local coordinator).
• Bachelard 2012, le Surrationalisme 50 ans après international colloquium, “Journées de Synthèse”, École Normale Supérieure and Institut Henri Poincaré, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 21-23 May 2012 (Scientific Council).
• From Grooming to Speaking: Recent trends in Social Primatology and Human Ethology, international colloquium, CFCUL, FCUL, September 2012 (Organization board). notice
• Vida e a Obra de Joaquim de Carvalho /Life and work of Joaquim de Carvalho, international colloquium, CFCUL project “Delfim Santos e a Filosofia da Ciência em Portugal”, Lisbon, FCUL, September 2012 (Co-organizer).
• International Symposium of Epistemology, Logic and Language (ISELL2012) , CFCUL & “Group of Logic, Language and Information (HUM609)” of the University of Sevilla, FCUL, October 2012 (Organization board).
• Rousseau and the Sciences , international colloquium, CFCUL, Palacio Belmonte, Lisbon, November 2012 (Coordinator). (photo )
• 1st Winter and Summer School on Evolution , John Templeton Foundation & Ciência Viva Agency, Knowledge Pavillon, Lisbon, 11-15 March 2013 (Organization board).
• Metamorphoses of Corporeality: Art-Body-Technology, 8th Audio-Visual Arts Festival - Ten Years of AVARTS , international symposium, University Ionian, Corfu, Greece, 16-17 May 2013 (Scientific board).
• Evolutionary Patterns, international conference, CFCUL & John Templeton Foundation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 27-29 May 2013 (Organization board). notice
• SPT2013. Technology in the Age of Information , 18th Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT), ISEG-UTL, SOCIUS-UTL & Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon (ICS), ICS, Lisbon, 4-6 July 2013 (Scientific board).
• Knowledge and Colonial Science , International colloquium, CFCUL & Institute for Scientific Tropical Research, Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon, 26-29 November 2013 (Scientific board).
• Second Lisbon International Conference: Philosophy of Science in the 21st century - Challenges and Tasks , CFCUL, FCUL, 4-6 December 2013 (Coordinator).
• Interdisciplinarity today: Scope and Application, international symposium, CFCUL Thematic line “Unity of Science and Interdisciplinarity”, FCUL, 14 December 2013 (Coordinator)
• VIII Iberic Journeys – Debates of Contemporary Philosophy, CFCUL project “Knowledge dynamics in the field of social sciences: abduction, intuition and invention”, FCUL, 27-29 May 2014 (Coordinator).
• 1st International Portuguese Philosophy Congress, Portuguese Society for Philosophy, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 5-6 September 2014 (Scientific committee). (notice ).
• III Jornadas de Innovación Docente en la Enseñanza de la Filosofia / III Journeys of Innovation in the Teaching of Philosophy , Complutense Faculty of Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid, October 2014 (Scientific board).
• International Colloquium Philosophers and Mathematics , FCT Project “Argumentation and Scientific Change: a Case Study of How Ibn al-Haytham’s al-Shukuk Changed the Course of Astronomy Forever”, FCUL, 29-30 October 2014 (Scientific board). (Book of abstracts
• How to think Interdisciplinarity , international workshop, CFCUL Thematic Line “Unity of Science and Interdisciplinarity”, FCUL, 13 March 2015 (Coordinator).
• 14th International meeting Art and Technology (#14.ART): Art and Human Development, Aveiro University, 7-11 October 2015 (Scientific Board).(information )
• The Methodology of Case Studies. How to think Interdisciplinarity, international workshop, CFCUL Thematic Line “Unity of Science and Interdisciplinarity”, FCUL, 4th December 2015 (Coordinator).
• Interdisciplinarity in Science: Theory and Practice , international workshop, CFCUL Thematic Line “Unity of Science and Interdisciplinarity”, FCUL, 25 January 2016 (Coordinator).
• I international Conference Taboo – Transgression - Transcendence in Art and Science , Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, 20-21 May 2016 (Scientific and artistic committee ).
• Between Truth and Transgression: The shifting nature of the scientific image, international symposium presented at the “International Conference “Taboo – Transgression - Transcendence in Art and Science”, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, 20-21 May 2016 (Coordinator).
• 2th International Philosophy Congress , “Portuguese Society for Philosophy”, University of Oporto, 8-9 September 2016 (Scientific committee).[program ]
• Third Lisbon International Conference on Philosophy of Science , CFCUL, Forum Lisbon, 14-16 December 2016 (Coordinator). program
• Interdisciplinarity today: Scope and Application, international symposium presented at the CFCUL “Third Lisbon International Conference on Philosophy of Science”, FCUL, Lisbon, 14 December 2016 (Organizer).(program: 11am-19pm )
• INTREPID and TINT conference (Lisbon) - Interdisciplinary Futures: Open the Social Sciences 20 Years Later , Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 19-20 January 2017 (Programe committee and Local organizer) here .
• Social Sciences and their Epistemological and Ontological Shifts , international symposium presented to the “IFOSS20 Interdisciplinary Futures: Open the Social Sciences 20 Years Later”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 19-20 January 2017 (Organizer).
• Illustrative Interdisciplinary Cases , international workshopput, CFCUL Thematic Line “Unity of Science and Interdisciplinarity”, FCUL, 23 March 2017 (Coordinator).
• II International conference Taboo – Transgression - Transcendence in Art and Science , Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, 26-28 May 2017 (Scientific and artistic committee).), Ionian University, Corfu, Greece, 26-28 May 2017 (Scientific and artistic committee ).
• IASC International Conference. Crossing borderlines. Controversies and Interdisciplinarity , FCUL, Lisbon, 1-2 June 2017 (Co-organizer). Official Video IASC Lisbon Conference
• Second POND Internatinal Conference Unity/Desunity of Science , “POND - Philosophy of Science Around the Mediterranean Network”, FCUL & Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 20-22 September 2018 (Coordinator).
• IX international conference of the Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (SLMFCE) , University of Sevillha, Faculdad de Filosofia UNED, Madrid, 13-16 November 2018 (Scientific board).
• International Engels Colloquium: on the 200 Years of his Birth , Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, 16-17 November 2020 (Scientific commission).
• Interdisciplinarité(s)”: Ateliers , Réseau National des Maisons des Sciences de L’Homme, Université Aix en Provance, France, 9-10 September, 2021 (Scientific committee).
• Interdisciplinarité(S): Colloquium , Réseau National des Maisons des Sciences de L’Homme, Maison Méditerranée des Sciences de L’Homme, Aix en Provance, 13-14 January 2022 (Scientific committee).
• Photography in-between Science, Art and Philosophy , international colloquium, CFCUL & FBAUL & IST University of Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts (FBAUL), Lisbon, 26 November, 2022 (Organizing committee).
• Biennial International Conference of the ISHPSSB (International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology) , University of Porto, 20-25 July, 2025 (Local Advisor).

Other scientific meetings

• Member of the organizing committee for the First National Encounter of Philosophy Teachers, “Portuguese Society of Philosophy (SPF)”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1978.
• Member of the organizing committee for the Second National Encounter of Philosophy Teachers, “Portuguese Society of Philosophy (SPF)”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1979.
• Member of the organizing committee for the Third National Encounter of Philosophy Teachers, “Portuguese Society of Philosophy (SPF)”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1980.
• Member of the organizing commitee of the workshop Investigação e Ensino, FCUL, 20 February 1986.
• Member of the organizing committee of the Segundo Encontro Filosofia em Contextos Não-Filosóficos, FCUL, June 1987.
• Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Bachelard, FCUL, May 1988.
• Co-Organizer1st Forum on Interdisciplinarity Experiences, Marquês de Pombal High School, January 1991.
• Co-Organizer of the workshop Interdisciplinarity and Environmental Education, FCUL Department of Education, FCUL, March 1991.
• Co-Organizer of the workshop O que é a Interdisciplinaridade?, FCUL, March 1991.
• Co-Organizer 2nd Forum on Interdisciplinarity Experiences, Marquês de Pombal High School, July 1991.
• Co-organizer of the series Seminars of History and Philosophy of Sciences, held at FCUL (2000-2003) (7 sessions)
• Coordinator of the Series Conferences on Philosophy of Science, put forward by the CFCUL, held FCUL (2004-2016).
• Member of the organizing committee of the colloquium Ainda nao doente. Contributos multidisciplinares para uma filosofia da Saude, put forward by the CFCUL in collaboration with the Center for Bioethics of the Faculty of Medicine University of Lisbon and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, held at Instituto de Ciências Sociais of the University of Lisbon (ICS), March 2004.
• Founder and coordinator of the Permanent Seminar on Philosophy of Science , organized by the CFCUL, FCUL (2004 - 2020).

78 sessions

• Permanent Seminar of Philosophy of Science , (2004) (5 sessions).
• Permanent Seminar of Philosophy of Sciences, (2005-2013) (27 sessions).
• Permanent Seminar of Philosophy of Sciences , (2014-2020) (46 sessions)

• Coordinator of the workshop Sobre o Indeterminismo / On Indeterminism, CFCUL, Lisbon Science Museum, 9 March 2005.
• Coordinator of the workshop Como Pensar as Relações entre a História e a Filosofia das Ciências? , CFCUL, FCUL, 21 June 2006.
• Coordinator of the workshop Ciência e Filosofia entre Rómulo de Carvalho e António Gedeão, CFCUL in the context of the “National Science and Technology Week”, FCUL, 24 November 2006.
• Coordinator of the workshop Arte e Ciência como Criação. Em torno de Gaston Bachelard, CFCUL, FCUL, 26 January 2007.
• Organizer of the national colloquium Darwinismo versus Creacionismo: onde começa e acaba uma teoria cientifica? , CFCUL in collaboration with Centro de Biologia Ambiental (CBA), Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências Naturais (SPCN), Central Library of FCUL & Livraria Escolar Editora, FCUL, March 2007.
• Coordinator of the seminar series Aproximações ao Conceito de Imagem, FCT Project “Image in Science and Art”, FCUL, 2007-2011

21 sessions:

• I. Deleuze e a imagem, 7 May 2007
• II. As imagens da arte, 18 June 2007.
• III. As Imagens e as drogas, 16 July 2007.
• IV. Passagens”, 24 September 2007.
• V. Desenho cientifico e pensamento selvagem, 8 October 2007.
• VI. Imagens da Natureza e natureza das imagens, 18 February 2008.
• VII. Peirce e Frege, 10 March 2008.
• VIII. As imagens em geologia e oceanografia, 7 April 2008.
• IX. Arte e Ciência no Século XX. A fotografia, 15 October 2009.
• X. As imagens da arte. Visualização da informação, 16 November 2009
• XI. A imagens e os sistemas evolutivos, 10 December 2009.
• XII. Analogia e metáfora na representação grafica, 18 January 2010.
• XIII. Modelos de razionamento bioinspirados, 18 January 2010.
• XIV. O uso da imagem na Biomecânica Computacional, 18 February 2010.
• XV. O mapa como experiencia perceptiva, 22 March 2010.
• XVI. Observação, 12 April 2010.
• XVII. Corpo e imagem, 26 April 2010.
• XVIII. Indisciplinaridade no desenho, 24 May 2010.
• XIX. Evolução da arte, 7 June 2010.
• XX. Neurobiologia da arte, 14 June 2010.
• XXI. Neuro-imagens, 16 December 2010.

• Coordinator of the workshop Introdução ao processamento e analise de imagem, FCT project “Image in Science and Art”, FCUL, 4 and 8-10 September 2008.
• Coordinator of the workshop A Ilustração Científica e a Construção do Conhecimento , FCT project “Image in Science and Art”, FCUL, 4-5 December 2008.
• Organizer of the Jornadas de Pos-Graduação (postgraduated journeys) Department of History and Philosophy of Science, FCUL, Lisbon, 31 March and 1 April 2011.
• Coordinator of the seminar series Reading Whitehead, FCUL, June-July 2011 (4 sessions).
• Coordinator of the colloquium O Lugar da Filosofia da Ciência na nova Universidade de Lisboa, CFCUL, Rectory of the University of Lisbon, January 2013.
• Coordinator of the workshop Qual é a diferença entre Ciência e Filosofia? / What’s the difference between Science and Philosophy?, CFCUL “AppEEL Lab” & “Ciência Viva Agency Evolution Day”, held at Knowledge Pavilion, Lisbon, March 2013.
• Coordinator of the Jornadas de Doutoramento, Doctoral Program on Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society (PD-FCTAS), FCUL, 7-8 June 2017.
• Coordinator of the Jornadas de Doutoramento, Doctoral Program on Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society (PD-FCTAS), FCUL, 14-21 June 2018.
• Coordinator of the Jornadas de Doutoramento, Doctoral Program on Philosophy of Science, Technology, Art and Society (PD-FCTAS), FCUL, 9, 16, 23, 30 May 2019.

Science communication and outreach

• Coordinator of the conference series Encontros Agostinho da Silva , FCUL (1998-2000) (9 sessions)

• Coordinator of the film cycle Cinema e Educação /Film and Education , FCUL (2000-2003) (5 sessions)

• Coordinator of the theater workshop Giordano Bruno morreu na fogueira em Fevereiro de 1600, CFCUL, FCUL, 14 February 2007. (some info here

• Co-organizer of the theater workshop Os últimos dias de Giordano Bruno, CFCUL in collaboration with the Teatro da Escola Politécnica & “Cátedra A Razão”, Escola Politécnica Theater, Lisbon, 19 February 2008. (see here )

• Co-organizer of the theater workshop Sobre Galileu, put forward by CFCUL in collaboration with Teatro da Escola Politécnica & “Cátedra A Razão”, Escola Politécnica Theater, Lisbon, 18 April 2008.

• Organizer of the monthly talks “Philosophy at the Library”, hosted by the Municipal Library Biblioteca-Espaço Cultural Cinema Europa, Lisbon

2024 - 6 sessions

• 9 January 2024 - “Sobre o conceito de Biblioteca (On the concept of Library)”, by Olga Pombo, Jorge Correia Jesuíno, Nuno Oliveira and Rui Nunes.
• 6 February 2024 - “Envelhecimento e Morte (On Aging and Death)”, by Jorge Correia Jesuino (with the participation of Olga Pombo and Nuno Oliveira).
• 5 March 2024 - “Progressos e Regressos (Progresses and returns)”, by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuino and Nuno Oliveira).
• 2 April 2024 - “Sobre o conceito de Poder (On the concept of Power)”, by Nuno Oliveira (with the participation of Olga Pombo and Jorge Correia Jesuino), .
• 7 May 2024 - “O que é Pensar (On thinking)”, by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuino and Nuno Oliveira).
• 7 June 2024 - “O que é a Filosofia (On Philosophy)”, by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuino and Nuno Oliveira).

2024-2025 - Monumental Texts - 8 sessions

• 1 October 2024 - O “Protágoras” (IV aC) de Platão. Filosofia, Razão, Virtude e Democracia (Plato’s Protagoras” (IV aC). Philosophy, Reason, Virtue and Democracy”), by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuíno).
• 5 November 2024 -“O Discurso do Método” (1637) de Descartes. Filosofia, Ciência, Metafisica e Vontade (Descartes’ Discourse on Method (1637). Philosophy, Science, Metaphysics and Will”), by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuíno).
• 3 December 2024 - “O Discurso sobre a Origem da Desigualdade entre os Homens”” (1754) de Rousseau. Filosofia, Ficção, Política e Direitos Humanos (Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men"(1754), by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuíno and Nuno Oliveira)
• 7 January 2025 - “A Alice no País das Maravilhas” (1865) de Lewis Carroll. Filosofia, Matemática, Verdade e Literatura (Alice in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll (Philosophy, Mathematics, Truth and Literature”), by Olga Pombo.
• 4 February 2025 - “Os Espaços Outros” (1967) de Michel Foucault. Filosofia, Liberdade, Utopia e Heterotopia (The Other Spaces" (1967) by Michel Foucault. Philosophy, Freedom, Utopia and Heterotopia”), by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuíno and Nuno Oliveira).
• 11 March 2025 - “O Princípio Responsabilidade” (1979) de Hans Jonas (filosofia, ética, futuro e ecologia (“The Principle of Responsibility” (1979) by Hans Jonas. Philosophy, Ethics, Future and Ecology”), by Olga Pombo, Jorge Correia Jesuíno and Nuno Oliveira.
• 1 April 2025 - “Tens de mudar a tua vida” (2009) de Peter Sloterdijk. Filosofia, Ética e Estética de Existência (“You have to change your life” (2009) by Peter Sloterdijk. Philosophy, Ethics and Aesthetics of Existence”), by Jorge Correia Jesuíno, Nuno Oliveira and Olga Pombo.
• 6 May 2025 - “Acerca do Novo” (2014) de Boris Groys. Filosofia, Inovação, Criação (“About the New" (2014) by Boris Groys. Philosophy, Innovation, Creation”), by Olga Pombo (with the participation of Jorge Correia Jesuíno and Nuno Oliveira)

2025-2026 – Philosophy and Writing - 8 sessions:

• 7 October 2025: From Oral to Written Civilization Havelock’s The Muse Learns to Write, by Olga Pombo
• 4 November 2025: Poetry, Rhetoric and Dialectics: Homer, Protagoras and Socrates, by Olga Pombo
• 2 December 2025: Dialogue, Argument and Rationality. Truth and Democracy: Plato and Aristotle, by Olga Pombo
• 6 January 2026: Institutions of Writing I: School and University – The Challenge of Knowledge Technologies, by Olga Pombo
• 5 February 2026: Instituições da escrita 2. Livro e biblioteca. A digitalização e o futuro do livro (Institutions of Writing II: Book and Library – Digitization and the Future of the Book), by Olga Pombo
• 3 March 2026: Instituições da escrita 3. Enciclopédia. De Plinio á Internet (Institutions of Writing III: Encyclopedia – From Pliny to the Internet) by Olga Pombo.
• 7 April 2026: S. Weil e H. Arendt. Trabalho e condição humana (Simone Weil and Hannah Arendt – Labour and the Human Condition) by Correia Jesuíno.
• 5 May 2026: Da civilização da palavra a civilização da imagem (From the Civilization of the Word to the Civilization of the Image) by Olga Pombo.

• Organizer of the Seminar A cultura integral do individuo de Bento de Jesus Caraça / The Integral Culture of the Individual by Bento de Jesus Caraça, Associação Bento de Jesus Caraça, Lisbon, October 2025 - May 2026, 8 sessions:

• 9 October 2025 - Objecto e objectivo do texto. Questões metodológicas. Matemática e filosofia (Object and objective of the text. Methodological questions. Mathematics and philosophy, session led by Olga Pombo.
• 13 November 2025 - Contexto e oportunidade do texto. O intelectual e o activista. Compreender e agir (Context and opportunity of the text. The intellectual and the activist. Understanding and acting), session led by Olga Pombo
• 11 December 2025: Procura de um fundamento para os desenvolvimentos argumentativos posteriores. Progresso e contradição (Search for a foundation for subsequent argumentative developments. Progress and contradiction), session led by Olga Pombo
• 8 January 2026: Analise dos argumentos políticos (Analysis of political arguments), session led by Olga Pombo
• 12 February 2026: Analise dos argumentos históricos e económicos (Analysis of historical and economic arguments), session led by Olga Pombo
• 12 March 2026: Tarefa para uma geração. Massas e elites (A task for a generation. Masses and elites), session led by Olga Pombo
• 9 April 2026: Cultura e civilização. “O que é o homem culto?” (Culture and civilization. “What is a cultured person?”), session led by Olga Pombo
• 14 May 2026: As várias dimensões do conceito de “cultura integral do individuo”. O que pode significar hoje o conceito de “cultura integral do individuo”? (Dimensions of the concept of “integral culture of the individual”. What could it mean today?), session led by Olga Pombo

Exhibitions

• Member of the organizing committee of the exhibition Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778, held at the National Central Library, Lisbon, April-May 1979.
• Co-construction of the Centre of Documentation on Interdisciplinary and Disciplinary Integration, Department of Education, FCUL, 1995.
• Co-construction of the exhibition Islands of Utopia, held at Livraria Ler Devagar, Lisbon, October 2004.
• Organizer of an exhibition / video installation, Beta Pictoris I, authored by Rodrigo Vilhena, put forward by the project “Image in Science and Art”, held at Travessa Convento de Jesus 12A e 16A, Lisbon, January 2008.
• Organizer of the exhibition Vesaluis. A redescoberta da Anatomia, curated by Manuel Valente Alves, put forward by the FCT project “Image in Science and Art”, held at Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 12 May 2009. (poster )
• Organizer of the exhibition / video installation Solaris ou a impossibilidade do fim /Solaris or the impossibility of the end, authored by Rodrigo Vilhena, put forward by the FCT project “Image in Science and Art”, held at Travessa Convento de Jesus 12A e 16A, Lisbon, 2009. (video )
• Organizer of the exhibition / video installation Beta Pictoris II, authored by Rodrigo Vilhena, put forward by the FCT project “Image in Science and Art”, held at Travessa Convento de Jesus 12A e 16A, Lisbon, 2009. (video )
• Organizer of the exhibition From Science to Art. Porcelain Garden, authored of Rob Kessler, put forward by the FCT project “Image in Science and Art”, held at Lisbon Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 17-19 February 2011
• Coordinator of the exhibition CorpoIMAGEM’ (BodyIMAGE- Representations of the Body in Science and Art (see also here ), put forward in the context of the research project “Image in Science and Art”, held at Knowledge Pavillon, Ciência Viva Agency, Lisbon, 2 February-30 March 2011. The exhibition was organized and curated together with Catarina Nabais, Cristina Tavares, Manuel V. Alves, Marco Pina, Pedro Silva, Ricardo Reis, Silvia di Marco. (see the catalogue of the exhibition , and part of the RTP televison video (from minutes 5.8 to 8.45) . See also the research gate notice , the review by TV Ciencia and the Ciência Viva press notice .

Through images, video, and original music, the exhibition - put forward in the context of the Research Project “Image in Science and Art ” - brought together a series of images of the human body from the past 150 years, based on the study of the collection of anatomical drawings and scientific photography from the “Museum of Medicine” at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, in parallel with the “Collection of old drawings” from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon.