A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of five high fantasy books written by American author George R. R. Martin. The series chronicles the affairs of a plethora of characters in the continent of Westeros and its eastern neighbor of Essos. Since 1996, the year in which the first book, A Game of Thrones, was published, characters like Jon, Daenerys and Tyrion have navigated the narrative dynamics of prophecy, politics, love and hate, and have become immensely popular especially through the HBO TV adaptation of the saga.

This project began with a simple idea: to map Diane di Prima’s life across the spaces she inhabited.

On March 11, 2025, researchers Teresa Pereira and Jéssica Bispo presented their progress on the project Bridges between Fictional Narratives and Science in the 21st Century (BFS21) at the event Ficcionalizações da Ciência no Mundo Anglófono VII, held at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and organized by CETAPS’s Research Strand Culture, Science and the Media, in cooperation with CEEC.

In the latest issue of News from Everywhere, the JRAAS Newsletter, we explored the vital role of cultural sustainability in our work. Beyond mere preservation, cultural sustainability seeks to keep culture relevant and impactful in contemporary society. This edition features an exclusive interview with Dr. Catherine Grant, a leading expert in the field.

On 22nd January, the JRAAS team facilitated a workshop within the context of the 2nd FLUP Research Meeting, called “Mapping Utopias: Introduction to Map-making in R”.