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The course was organised and directed by Professor Alberto Ramos Santana, Emeritus Professor of Contemporary History and Director of the Chair of Carnival Studies at the University of Cádiz, whose […]

The exhibition Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho Rovira. Ordino (Andorra) brings together pieces from Romania, Portugal, Italy, and Spain, alongside local examples. The opening ceremony took place on 10 June at 7:00 […]

This prestigious anthropological museum invites both the Bucharest public and international audiences, in person and online, to explore Romanian and other European masks through the lenses of craftsmanship and rituality. […]

The event was jointly organized by the Valladolid Photographic Association and Espacio Seminci, which is part of the “Valladolid, Creative City of Cinema” project and is linked to the prestigious Valladolid […]

As part of the cultural heritage valorisation activities promoted by the MASKS – Unveiling the Arts and Works behind the Masks project, the event “The Seeds of Persephone – The […]

Organised by FOACAL, the fair featured four demonstration workshops inspired by traditional masks, costumes, and festive heritage. Organised by the Federation of Craft Organisations of Castile and León (FOACAL), with […]

On March 28, 2026, professors Elena Freire Paz and Marta Veiga Izaguirre from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Lugo Campus) and M.ª Pilar Panero García from the University of […]

A NEW CONFERENCE under the “HANDS.MASKS.MAKERS” series by the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Romanian partner in our project, invites the local […]

The 11th ViboMask International Iberian Masquerade Festival turned the Ourense municipalities of Viana do Bolo and Vilariño de Conso into the leading showcase for winter masquerades from across the Iberian […]

With great satisfaction, on February 15th, various partners from the European MASKS project participated in the official presentation during the XII Mask Biennial - MASCARTE. Prof. Pilar Panero (University of […]

The Museo do Pobo Galego opened the exhibition MASKS. Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho Rovira II yesterday, Thursday, 29 January. This exhibition invites visitors to approach the world of masks […]

The 9th Meeting of Historic Ensembles (Urueña, Valladolid), held from October 22–24, 2025, and organized by theNetwork of Historic Ensembles of Castilla y León and the Urueña City Council at […]

The paper “Nostalgia for the Animal in Contemporary Hispanic Literature” is the result of collaboration between the Antropolit Project (Project PID2023-147092OB-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by FEDER, EU) and MASKS. […]

The Erasmus+ Project Unveiling the Arts and Works behind the MASKS, led by the University of Valladolid, has reached its halfway point and held its mid-term review in Bragança on […]

Under the theme ‘Polyphonies. The cultural diversity of the territory’, this edition will explore the richness of cultural diversity in rural areas from multiple perspectives. An open and plural approach […]

The 14th edition of the International Gathering of Anthropological Masks, held on Sunday 1 June 2025 in Tricarico, Basilicata (Italy), combined spectacle and reflection. In the villetta comunale, the talk […]

The Fondazione Ignazio Buttitta is organizing this event in the Sala delle Capriate of the Steri Monumental Complex (Università degli Studi di Palermo) and at the Museo internazionale delle marionette […]

Professor Carmen Morán, a member of the MASKS team, delivered a keynote lecture at the prestigious University of Granada on the occasion of the celebration of their patron saint, Saint […]

“Masks, ancestral rituals, and the path to recognition” is the title of the round table featuring Georgiana Vlahbei (National Museum of the Romanian Peasant), M.ª Pilar Panero (University of Valladolid), […]

The exhibition, which opened on Thursday, March 13, at El Viejo Cárcel, is organized by AECT Duero-Douro, the Municipal Chamber of Torre de Moncorvo, the Iberian Mask Academy, and the […]

On Saturday 1st March 2025, the Sala Marino in Teana (PZ) hosted the Round Table ‘Tradition and innovation of contemporary Lucanian masks: the Teana Carnival’, organised by the Pro Loco […]

The exhibition, organised by the Chair of Studies on Tradition of the UVa, is part of the European project ‘Unveiling the Arts and Works behind the MASKS’.  The private collection […]

On Friday 3 January, the round table ‘Tradition and innovation of Lucanian masks and masking practices in the contemporary world: the Cucibocca of Montescaglioso’ was held in the Chapter House […]

Museum of the University of Valladolid (MUVa) 12 December 2024-21 February 2025 This exhibition of 38 masks from the private collection of the Catalan Nacho Rovira ‘Alas y Viento’ (Wings […]

Two members of MASKS give lectures at the invitation of the University of Extremadura and the Diputación de Cáceres on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Ritos y rituales de invierno […]

The 20th edition of the The Romanian Association of Ethnological Sciences (ASER) Annual National Conference: The Dynamics of Tradition: Cultural Realities and Theoretical Reflections. Panel: Masks Unveiled: An Examination of […]

The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant invites you on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at 6:00 PM, to Sala Media, for a new edition of Conferințele de la Șosea. Hands. […]

The conference, held on November 6-7, 2024, at the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch, organized by PhD. Ileana Benga and PhD. Bogdan Neagota, brought together experts to explore masks and carnivalesque […]

Our masks are part of the 5th Conference on Local Studies organised by the IEZ ‘Florián de Ocampo’. On Saturday 9th November the Institute of Zamoran Studies ‘Florián de Ocampo’ […]

The first day of exaltation of the masks integrated in the Federation of Masquerade Associations of the Province of Zamora (MascaraZA) was held in San Vicente de la Cabeza, a […]

‘Carnival: the rite behind the mask’ is the name of the activity organised on 18 October by the City Council of Murcia in collaboration with the Department of Social Anthropology […]

MASKS is presented at the seminar ‘A vida é un carnaval’ held at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Campus de Lugo) ‘Recycling culture. An aesthetic journey through the mask’ […]

The values of masquerades are part of the theme of the International Colloquium on Creative Processes and Pro-Equity Discursive Strategies held at the UAM Unidad Xochimilco (Mexico) from 29 to […]

Our main researcher, Pilar Panero, participates in one of the summer courses of the University of Almeria with two conferences on masquerades The course ‘Heritage as a vector of change […]

MASKS este prezentat la „Jornadas dos Encontros de Rituais Ancestrais” din Bemposta (Mogadouro, Portugalia), în cadrul uneia dintre cele mai importante parade de măști din Peninsula Iberică, organizată de AETC […]

Fundația Ignazio Buttitta (Palermo), Asociația pentru Conservarea Tradițiilor Populare - Muzeul Internațional de Marionete Antonio Pasqualino (Palermo) și Centrul Internațional de Cercetări și Studii despre Măștile de Carnaval și Satiră […]