INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAMME
Former lecturers
Director: Jürgen Bock / jurgen.bock@maumaus.org
Administration: Carlos Alberto Carrilho / carlos.carrilho@maumaus.org
Seminars, lectures and tutorials 2026
Stefanie Baumann, Brenna Bhandar, Gerry Bibby, Jürgen Bock, Anne Boyer, Paula Caspão, Bojana Cvejić, Diedrich Diederichsen, Alexander García Düttmann, Jihan El-Tahri, N´Goné Fall, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Toni Hildebrandt, Tonio Kröner, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Erica Love/João Enxuto, Michael Marder, Uriel Orlow, João Penalva, Shellyne Rodriguez, Manuela Ribeiro Sanches, Gertrud Sandqvist, Kerstin Stakemeier, Milan Ther, Simon Thompson, Samo Tomšič, Alberto Toscano, Giovanbattista Tusa, Emily Wardill.
Collaborations with: Museu Nacional de Arte Contempôranea (MNAC), Galeria Zé dos Bois, Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC/CCB).
Seminars, lectures and tutorials 2025
Stefanie Baumann, Gerry Bibby, Jürgen Bock, Anne Boyer, Rainer Bellenbaum/Sabeth Buchmann, Bojana Cvejić, Helmut Draxler, Alexander García Düttmann, Jihan El-Tahri, Loretta Fahrenholz, N´Goné Fall, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Jules Gleeson, Avery F. Gordon, Toni Hildebrandt, Esther Leslie, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Erica Love/João Enxuto, Michael Marder, Uriel Orlow, João Penalva, Shellyne Rodriguez, Gertrud Sandqvist, Adania Shibli, Howard Singerman, Kerstin Stakemeier, Simon Thompson, Giovanbattista Tusa, Emily Wardill.
Collaborations with: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Goethe-Institut Lisbon.
Seminars, lectures and tutorials 2024
Stefanie Baumann, Brenna Bhandar, Jürgen Bock, Anne Boyer, Bojana Cvejić, Alexander García Düttmann, Jihan El-Tahri, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Jules Gleeson, Avery F. Gordon, Renée Green, Florian Hecker, Toni Hildebrandt, Mason Leaver-Yap, Esther Leslie, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Erica Love/João Enxuto, Michael Marder, Uriel Orlow, João Penalva, Shellyne Rodriguez, Ghalya Saadawi, Gertrud Sandqvist, Kerstin Stakemeier, Milan Ther, Simon Thompson, Alberto Toscano, Sjoerd van Tuinen, Giovanbattista Tusa, Emily Wardill
Collaboration with: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Seminars, lectures and tutorials 2023
Ed Atkins, Stefanie Baumann, Gerry Bibby, Jürgen Bock, Filip De Boeck, Anne Boyer, Rainer Bellenbaum/Sabeth Buchmann, Bojana Cvejić, Manthia Diawara, Alexander García Düttmann, Ângela Ferreira, Terri Geis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Jules Gleeson, Avery F. Gordon, Toni Hildebrandt, Dozie Kanu, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, Erica Love/João Enxuto, Michael Marder, Willem Oorebeek, Uriel Orlow, Alan Read, Willem de Rooij, Manuela Ribeiro Sanches, Gertrud Sandqvist, Kerstin Stakemeier, Marcel Stoetzler, Milan Ther, Simon Thompson, Giovanbattista Tusa, Emily Wardill.
Seminar, lectures and tutorials 2022
Brenna Bhandar, Stefanie Baumann, Jürgen Bock, Filip De Boeck, Armanda Boetzkes, Sabeth Buchmann, Bojana Cvejić, Helmut Draxler, Alexander García Düttmann, Ângela Ferreira, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Avery F. Gordon, Toni Hildebrandt, Erica Love/João Enxuto, Michael Marder, Uriel Orlow, João Penalva, Ashish Ghadiali/Lucia Pietroiusti, Alan Read, Ilse Lafer/Marc Rölli,, Manuela Ribeiro Sanches, Gertrud Sandqvist, Marica Sá Cavalcante Schuback, Kerstin Stakemeier, Mats Sternsted, Marcel Stoetzler, Simon Thompson, Alberto Toscano, Sjoerd van Tuinen, Giovanbattista Tusa.
Collaborations with: Goethe-Institut, Lisbon, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
The following artists, art historians, curators and theorists have given talks or held seminars at the Maumaus ISP over time: Franz Ackermann, Nancy Adajania, John Akomfrah, Alexander Alberro, Art & Language (Michael Baldwin, Mel Ramsden), Atelier van Lieshout, Maria Thereza Alves, Awam Amkpa, Leonor Antunes, Michel Auder, Julie Ault, Oladéle Ajiboye Bamgboyé, Noit Banai, Judith Barry, Martin Beck, Larry Bell, Claire Bishop, Bernard Blistène, René Block, Ellen Blumenstein, Vic Brooks, Maureen Burns, Matthew Buckingham, Roger M. Buergel, Manuel da Costa Cabral, Isabel Carlos, Nathan Coley, Mat Collishaw, Gail Day, José António Fernandes Dias, Corinne Diserens, Stan Douglas, Jimmie Durham, Steve Edwards, Alexandre Estrela, Jan Fabre, Harun Farocki, João Fernandes, Teresa Fradique, Peter Friedl, Hilde van Gelder, Suman Gopinath, Isabelle Graw, Salah M. Hassan, Judith Hopf, Mary Jane Jacob, Narelle Jubelin, Isaac Julien, Christoph C. Keller, Pedro Lapa, Ulrich Loock, Sarat Maharaj, Melanie Manchot, John Mateer, Chus Martínez, Kobe Matthys, Roger Meintjes, Thomas Mulcaire, Antoni Muntadas, Oskar Negt, Christopher Newfield, Phill Niblock, João Onofre, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Roger Palmer, Adriano Pedrosa, Nelson Brissac Peixoto, Jo Ractliffe, Andrew Renton, Tobias Rehberger, Paulo Reis, Nuno Ribeiro, Suely Rolnik, Martha Rosler, Stefan Römer, Delfim Sardo, Julião Sarmento, Keiko Sei, Allan Sekula, Ahlam Shibli, Lucia Sigalho, Sally Stein, João Tabarra, Sérgio Taborda, Emília Tavares, Stéphanie Moisdon Trembley, Barbara Vanderlinden, Júlia Ventura, Marie Voignier, Miguel Wandschneider, Lawrence Weiner, Evan Calder Williams, Santiago Zabala, Florian Zeyfang, Arne Zerbst, Siegfried Zielinski and Heimo Zobernig.
Maumaus
Avenida António Augusto de Aguiar, 148 - 3º C
1050-021 Lisboa, Portugal
Monday to Friday, 10h00 to 13h00,
14h30 to 19h00
Tel: + 351 21 352 11 55
maumaus@maumaus.org
Deadline 3 September 2026
Upcoming:
Manthia Diawara
mumok, Vienna
12.03.2026
ARTIUM museoa, Vitoria-Gasteiz
14.03.2026
The lecture will be in English. Entry is free and limited to the number of seats available.
Current:
Diedrich Diederichsen
The Female Singers:
1970/2020
Galeria Zé dos Bois
Seminar | 12–14 May 2026
11h–13h, 14h–16h
Registration is free but limited to the number of seats available. Please send an email with a short CV to admin@maumaus.org or reservas@zedosbois.org by 8 May 2026. Confirmation of registration will be sent by email. The seminar will be in English.
Lumiar Cité
Rua Tomás del Negro, 8A
1750-105 Lisboa, Portugal
Wednesday to Sunday, 15h00 to 19h00
or by appointment.
Tel: + 351 21 755 15 70
lumiar.cite@maumaus.org
Exhibition
Ed Atkins
Pianowork 2
20.06 – 27.09.2026
20.06 | 17h00 Conversation between Ed Atkins ………………….….and Simon Thompson
… … …| 17h30 Opening of the exhibition
Maumaus/Lumiar Cité is funded by República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto/Direção-Geral das Artes. With the support of Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and Junta de Freguesia do Lumiar.