Conferências e Apresentações

MASKS Partners Present the Project at the XII Mask Biennial – MASCARTE (Bragança, February 12-18, 2026)

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 […]

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MASKS, the University of Valladolid and the Museo do Pobo Galego join forces to highlight the symbolic and social value of masks. The prestigious Galician institution is hosting the exhibition “MASKS. The Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho Rovira II”

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 […]

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MASKS invited to participate in the 9th Meeting of Historic Ensembles (Urueña, Valladolid)

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 […]

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Carmen Morán from the University of Valladolid speaks about masking in different arts at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Salamanca

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. […]

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MASKS Reaches Its Midpoint and the Consortium Holds the Mid-Term Meeting in Bragança

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 […]

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MASKS will take part in the #VIIIForoCulturayRuralidades, which will be held from June 10 to 12 in Estella-Lizarra (Navarra

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 […]

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International Gathering of Anthropological Masks: in Tricarico, the MASKS project unveils the art behind the traditions

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 […]

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Five professors who are members of MASKS are participating in the the Conference “La cultura figurativa popolare. Storie, ambiti, percorsi di ricerca” (May 27-28, 2025, Palermo). In memory of Antonino Buttitta

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 […]

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Carmen Morán from the University of Valladolid talks about masks in contemporary times and MASKS at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Granada

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 […]

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Three members of MASKS are participating in a round table at the 5th International Meeting on Ancestral Rituals taking place this Saturday in Bemposta

“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), […]

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The exhibition “Ritos y rituales de invierno. Colección privada de máscaras de Nuno Jorge Rodrigues Gonçalves” (“Rites and Winter Rituals. Private Collection of Masks by Nuno Jorge Rodrigues Gonçalves”) showcases in Lugo more than eighty masks from the Portuguese Entroido of Trás-os-Montes, with the involvement of members and collaborators of MASKS

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 […]

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Round Table ‘Tradition and innovation of contemporary Lucanian masks: the Teana Carnival’

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 […]

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The MUVa exhibition ‘MASKS. The Alas y Viento Collection. Nacho Rovira’ end with the donation of two masks from Zamora.

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 […]

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Round table "Tradition and innovation of Lucanian masks and masking practices in the contemporary world: the Cucibocca of Montescaglioso" - 3 january 2025

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 […]

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The Alas y Viento Collection - 12 Dec. 2024 - 21 Feb. 2025

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 […]

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Winter Rites and Rituals - 5 Nov. - 7 Dec. 2024

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 […]

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The 20th edition of the The Romanian Association of Ethnological Sciences (ASER) Annual National Conference

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 […]

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Conferințele de la Șosea - 19 Nov. 2024

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. […]

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Les variations du carnavalesque entre les âges du temps et les âges de l'homme. Avatars cérémoniaux du calendrier et des rites de passage - Cluj-Napoca - 6/7 november 2024

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 […]

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5th Conference on Local Studies by the IEZ "Florián de Ocampo" - 9 Nov. 2024

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’ […]

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The masquerades of Zamora, fundamental rites for MASKS, are recognised in our project. MASKS participates in the dissemination of the mask culture

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 […]

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MASKS is presented at a round table in Llano de Brujas (Murcia) with the collaboration of the University of Murcia

‘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 […]

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Seminar "A vida é un carnaval" - University of Santiago de Compostela

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’ […]

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International Colloquium - Creative processes and discursive strategies Pro-equity

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 […]

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Presentation Panero summer course UAL

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 […]

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MASKS é apresentado em Bemposta

MASKS é apresentado nas Jornadas dos Encontros de Rituais Ancestrais em Bemposta (Mogadouro, Portugal) durante um dos mais importantes desfiles de máscaras da Península Ibérica organizado pela AETC Duero-Douro. Realizou-se […]

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MASKS participa na Conferência Internacional sobre “Animal Masquerades in European Satirical and Carnival Traditions” (Palermo, 8 - 9 de fevereiro de 2024)

A Fundação Ignazio Buttitta (Palermo), a Associação para a Preservação das Tradições Populares - Museu Internacional de Marionetas Antonio Pasqualino (Palermo) e o Centro Internacional de Investigação e Estudos sobre […]

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