Welcome to Lisboa and to CESEM! CESEM is a research unit devoted to the study of music and its correlation with other arts, culture and society, incorporating various approaches and making use of the latest perspectives and methodologies in Social and Human Sciences. It is a research unit from NOVA FCSH – Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities). NOVA FCSH is located in a neighborhood not far from the city center with commerce, restaurants/cafés and cultural venues. How to get to II NEMI Meeting? The conference will take place at the research building, right next to the faculty campus entrance (address: Avenida de Berna, 26C). You can get there easily by public transportation. There are three nearby Metro stations: Campo Pequeno (yellow line), c. 5 min walk; São Sebastião (red line and blue line), c. 10 min walk; and Praça de Espanha (blue line), c. 8 min walk. There are also several Bus that serve the area: 726 and 758 stop in front of the faculty; 727, 736, 738, 744 and 783 stop at Campo Pequeno Square. The central train station of Entrecampos is at 15 min walk. How to get to NOVA FCSH from the airport: Metro: take the red line at Airport and exit at the last station, São Sebastião. Bus: take bus number 744 (direction Marquês do Pombal) or bus number 783 (direction Amoreiras), exit at Campo Pequeno Square. To use the metro and the buses you will need the Viva Viagem card (a green card that can be charged with money or tickets). You can buy this card at the machines at every metro station. You can also buy an onboard ticket at the buses. Where to stay? There are lots of places where you can stay when in Lisboa, this is just a list of suggestions of hotels and hostels near the conference venue. There is no partnership between the conference organization and these hotels/hostels. You can find a lot more places in the usual booking sites and you can stay in other parts of the city – remember, NOVA FCSH is near metro stations and bus stops. Hotel Alif Campo Pequeno | Hotel Imperador | Hotel Residência Capital | Hotel Roma | Metro Hostel Lisbon | My Hostel Lisbon | Nature Lisbon Guesthouse | Nest House Lisbon Hostel | NH Lisboa Campo Grande | SANA Executive Hotel | Typical Lisbon Guest House | VIP Inn Berna Hotel What to do? Of course, you will be very busy in the II NEMI Meeting, but after it’s over, why not take some time to explore some places of Lisboa? Here are a few suggestions and ours favorites. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: almost across the street, close to NOVA FCSH, there is this place with a beautiful garden and lake, inhabited by a large family of ducks and other birds, with two art museums and an auditorium, home of the Gulbenkian Orchestra. National Museum of Music: just outside the metro ticket barrier of the Alto dos Moinhos metro station (blue line), discover a room filled with musical instruments from the 16th to the 20th century of both classical and popular traditions. It hosts a very rich collection of music instruments and music iconography, including the Henry Lockey Hill cello, which belonged to the great cellist Guilhermina Suggia, the piano Boisselot et Fils brought by Liszt from France to his tour in Portugal (1845), a rare oboe produced by Eichentopf (Leipzig, second quarter of the 18th century), or the harpsichord built by Pascal Taskin. Fado Museum: a space dedicated to the history of Fado, an urban musical genre typical of Lisboa, from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present. Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade: this museum is dedicated to the documentation and remembrance of the resistance and fight against the dictatorship that ruled in Portugal from 1926 to 1974. Castelo de São Jorge: a military fortification from the mid-11th century, offers many viewpoints over the river and the city. Torre de Belém: a defense building from the 16th century. While in Belém you can also visit other iconic examples of architecture, like the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, a beautiful example of the manueline style (first decades of the 16th century), the Centro Cultural de Belém and the new museum MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. And taste the pastel de Belém or, on the other side of the street, the equally good pastel de cerveja. For a more detailed information, go to visitlisboa.com.