Global Cultures

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This is a space dedicated to initiatives that promote connections with other countries and cultures through partnerships with embassies, cultural institutes, exhibitions, film series, artist residencies, and exchange programs. Here, we highlight projects that bring communities together, stimulate international cooperation, and value cultural diversity as a driver of knowledge, creativity, and mutual understanding.

Brazil at NOVA

In the year it celebrated its 50th anniversary, NOVA University Lisbon awarded Gilberto Gil an honorary doctorate for his invaluable contribution to culture and citizenship.

In the days leading up to and following the ceremony scheduled for October 31, NOVA’s Culture department presented the Brazil at NOVA cycle—in honor of Gilberto Gil, a series of concerts and initiatives designed to echo Gil’s work and reflect on it and its reverberations from the University as a space for questioning.

ICHI-GO ICHI-E-  one momento, one encounter

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As part of Universidade Nova’s participation in Expo 2025 Osaka and the Osaka in Lisbon program, the NOVA Culture Program presented an exhibition dedicated to the relationship between Portuguese photography and Japan, featuring works by Alice F. Martins, Cláudia Varejão, and Patrícia Almeida, and a film cycle with works made between Portugal and Japan by André Príncipe and Marco Martins, Aya Koretzky, and Cláudia Varejão.

The exhibition “Ichi-go Ichi-e — A moment, an encounter” presents three photographic series developed in Japan by Alice F. Martins, Cláudia Varejão, and Patrícia Almeida, exploring different aspects of Japanese society and territory.

The Great Inca Trail – Peru integration and diversity

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Peru, through the Ministry of Culture and the Qhapaq Ñan Project – National Headquarters, works to study, rescue, value, and keep alive the common history of this Andean heritage. On this occasion, the Embassy of Peru in Portugal and NOVA University Lisbon have joined forces in this effort to spread this history internationally.
The Qhapaq Ñan is one of the most important human creations in the Andean world. The formalization of this complex road system, which aims to take advantage of the Andean landscape and its resources, has not only connected cities in different regions, but also generated an interactive dynamic of social, economic, cultural, technological, and ideological values.

Festival Causa/ Efeito

In its third edition, the Causa Efeito Festival, the new jazz festival of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, welcomed a guest country for the first time in its program, with the support of the Italian Institute: Italy. Once again presenting a careful selection of the most innovative jazz musicians from the Portuguese and international scene, curated by Pedro Costa, Causa Efeito ’25 presented a series of unprecedented concerts, masterclasses, and debates over three days at the Campolide Campus, exploring the link between the University’s culture of innovation and restlessness and experimentation in artistic practice.

Through concerts, masterclasses, and debates, the Causa Efeito ’24 Festival hosted the annual meeting of the Europe Jazz Network and reflected on the link between experimentation and innovation, which is so important to the University. The 2024 edition featured three key names from the international improvised music scene – Eve Risser, Tim Berne, and Michael Formanek – and will feature several premieres and unprecedented encounters, explore unlikely instruments such as the harp, marimba, and Eve Risser’s prepared piano, and include moments of reflection, debate, and discussion, contributing to the articulation between research and artistic practice that defines the NOVA Cultura Program. Cause Effect was supported by American Corner, the principle of improvisation: Freedom passes through here.

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