RURAL HISTORY 2025
Internacional Conference
9-12 September 2025
University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Tramontana Network, a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme, will be present at The 7th biennial conference of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO) that will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from 9 to 12 September 2025, hosted by the University of Coimbra.
Tramontana Network will conduct a session titled “Water, upland settlement, and memory: multidisciplinary perspectives on rural history in the 20th century” that will happen on 10 October, between 11 am and 01 pm, at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and that will have as chairs Giovanni Agresti (LEM-Italia), Luis Gomes da Costa (Binaural Nodar) and Eltjana Shkreli (GO2 Albania).
The papers that will be presented by the Tramontana Network will be the following:
“Water system in Nikc in one century (Kelmend, Albanian Alps)”.
By Eltjana Shkreli and Liridona Ura (GO2 Albania)
“Language, water, and heritage: exploring the role of local identities in sustainable water management and community resilience along the watercourses in the Upper Vomano Valley and the Aterno Valley”.
Silvia Pallini & Renata De Rugeriis Juárez (LEM-Italia)
“Imagining a third river bank: a case study of history-based artistic research about the Paiva river (Portugal) and the Bisagno Torrent (Genoa, Italy)”.
Luís Gomes da Costa (Binaural Nodar)
“Post-German swimming pools in the Owl Mountains: oral histories, cultural heritage, and community memory in rural Poland”.
Maciej Kierzkowski & Magdalena Masewicz-Kierzkowska (Akademia Profil)
Conference’s website: https://ruralhistory2025.org/
Binaural Nodar is a cultural organization supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth, and Sports | Directorate-General for the Arts.