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The Orient Institute, in partnership with the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of Lisbon University (ISCSP-ULisboa), the Research Laboratory for Cultural Sustainability of the University of Saint Joseph of Macau and the Center for International Studies of Iscte-Lisbon University Institute, is organising the 1st Session of the Asian Studies Seminar, which will take place on October 30, 2024, starting at 5pm, in Room 7 on Floor -1 of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences.

This first session will be attended by Dr Ka Nok LO, Professor at the University of Macau and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of York, who will give a presentation on ‘Macao's Cross-border Funeral Customs and Economy in the 20th century’.

The Orient Institute hereby informs you that the call for applications for 1 (one) Post-Doctoral Research Grant for PhD holders is now open.

The application period will be open until 6 June 2024.

In this regard, the Orient Institute invites you to Develop an original post-doctoral research project in the field of Asian Studies, duly framed within one of the research groups of the Orient Institute, in accordance with the tender documents, to the following email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For more information, visit the following website.

The Orient Institute, in partnership with the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ISCSP-ULisboa), the International Relations Coordination Unit and the Centre for Studies on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, is organizing the 7th edition of the International Conference on Contemporary Terrorism, entitled “New Emerging Threats”, which will take place on May 16, 2024, starting at 9h30 am in the Óscar Soares Barata Auditorium of the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences.

The event aims to debate the trends and strategies related to modern terrorism, with reference to a broad set of emerging threats on which it will seek to understand the impacts of contemporary terrorism and the challenges imposed on state and non-state actors (governments, organizations and civil society).

The Orient Institute, in partnership with the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon and the International Relations Coordination Unit, is organizing the Conference "25 Years of Macau's transition to the People's Republic of China - 35 Years of the Orient Institute - 45 Years of Portugal-China Diplomatic Relations", which will take place on April 11, 2024, starting at 09h30am, in the Óscar Soares Barata Auditorium of the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences.

The event aims to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Orient Institute, while simultaneously highlighting the 25th anniversary of Macau's transition to the People's Republic of China and the 45 years of diplomatic relations between Portugal and China.

The Orient Institute, in partnership with Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa, the International Relations Coordination Unit and the Observatory of the Islamic World, is organizing the conference “O Alargamento dos BRICS: Um Novo Factor de Mudança na Geopolítica Mundial?”, which will take place on February 27, 2024, starting at 15h30, in the Óscar Soares Barata Auditorium, at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas.

The event aims to reflect on the geopolitical and diplomatic challenges posed by the enlargement of BRICS. 

CALL FOR PROJECTS, 2024 Edition.

As a leading research unit in Asian Studies, Orient Institute's priority is to promote scientific research and its quality.

With this in mind, the Orient Institute presents the Support Programme for Scientific Research Projects, inviting proposals to be submitted to the following email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The Call for Projects will start on January 15th. The application period will be open until March 22, 2024.

Documents of the Programme:

Call For Research Projects IO/ISCSP

Regulation On Access To Funding For Scientific Research Projects IO/ISCSP

Declaration of Commitment

Results of the Programme:

Final Selection List

 TURKEY AT 100: (DIS)CONTINUITIES AND (DIS)CONTENTS

Orient Institute, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal

8-10 February 2023, Lisbon Venue: Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Program available here.

Call for Papers - CLOSED

At 100, the Turkish Republic is in a flux that is consequential for global affairs. From Atatürk’s laicism to Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Yeni Türkiye [new Türkiye], the republic has gone through a dynamic series of changes that impacted its social, cultural, political and economic fabric. Emerged during the devastating aftermath of the Great War, the Republic has been a regional stage for competing nationalisms, domestic and international migrations and forced population movements, a critical arena of the Cold War politics, an economic and financial showcase for several phases of bust and boom, a vibrant civil society coupled with periods of coups and repression, pulsating democratic participation that coincide with stifling deep-state politics, and accompanying cultural complexities. Capturing such dynamism of this republic that bridges Middle East and Europe, calls for multi-layered evaluation of ideas and practices such as Republicanism, Democracy and Modernity in action, as well as interdisciplinary debates on the shifting undercurrents of the 21st century in terms of globalization, rise of authoritarianism, impact of climate change and episodes of massive resistance. To serve this end, the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (University of Lisbon, Portugal) is organising an international conference seeking to address the changes during the past 100 years in Turkey and future trajectories for the country.

This conference is the third in a series that began in 2014 with a very productive discussion on the Gezi Park protests that culminated in the publication of an edited volume (‘Everywhere Taksim’: Sowing the Seeds for a New Turkey at Gezi), followed by another in 2017, which led to the publication of two special issues, one in Mediterranean Quarterly and another in Turkish Studies in 2018.

We invite submissions on the following and related topics:

- Securitization and authoritarianism of the AKP rule

- Opposition and resistance

- Debates on the presidential system vs. the parliamentary system

- Minorities

- Competing nationalisms and negotiations of territorial sovereignty

- Turkish foreign policy in global context

- Prospects for EU accession

- Democratisation/de-democratisation

- Neoliberalism and state (re)-formation

- A new Constitution

- Issues of international and domestic migration

- Rights and freedoms

- Secularism/laicism

- Negotiating public space

- Art and creativity as resistance practices

- The 2023 general elections.

If you are interested in participating, please send a 500-word abstract to Dr. Isabel David (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and Dr. Kumru F. Toktamış (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) by September 10, 2022. We acknowledge receipt of all emails and will reply to all. If you do not receive a reply, please resend your abstract. Please include the following in your email:

- Author name;
- Affiliation;
- email address;
- abstract in Word format;
- a short CV.

Acceptance notices will be sent by late September, 2022.

In case your abstract is accepted, a draft paper of around 8000 words is due two weeks prior to the beginning of the conference. We intend to compile an edited volume with the best papers to be published in the recently launched “Culture, Society and Political Economy in Turkey” book series with Peter Lang Academic Publishers, edited by Dr. Isabel David and Dr. Kumru F. Toktamis.

There is no fee for this conference. Please note that we are unable to provide any financial help to participants.

Any additional queries should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Instituto do Oriente of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences and LSE IDEAS from the The London School of Economics organized the Workshop “Reframing Asia, the Gulf and Africa through Geopolitics: the Indo Pacific and implications for global security”, that took place on 29th April 2022 at Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau (Lisbon).

The call for the award of 1 (one) research grant for PhD, in the areas of Political Science and International Relations, is open, between April 1 and May 2, 2022, within the scope of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences from the University of Lisbon (ISCSP-ULisboa). The grant will be financed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) under the Collaboration Protocol for the Financing of the Multiannual Plan for Research Grants for Doctoral Students, signed between FCT and the Instituto do Oriente R&D Unit Nº 4018.

For more information see the following link:

https://www.iscsp.ulisboa.pt/pt/investigacao/apoios-a-investigacao/bolsas-de-i-d/concurso-para-atribuicao-de-bolsa-de-investigacao-doutoramento-nas-areas-de-ciencia-politica-e-relacoes-internacionais