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OIC SESSION 12 [06/03/2025] - "Portuguese women emigrating to France / Portuguese women emigrating to France"
PRESENTIAL SCHEDULE (FLUP, HUMANITIES LAB – Floor 0) [14H30]
Title/General theme of the session: Portuguese women emigrating to France
Session Summary: Portuguese emigration to France is one of the most important movements in the Portuguese diaspora and in our recent history. For the most part, the social sciences have given little importance to women in emigration, despite the fact that they represent more than half of the migratory movement to France. This session brings together speakers from different fields who have been working on emigration, with a special focus on Portuguese women emigrants to France, each focusing on different decades of the second half of the 20th century. Thus, each speaker brings a unique perspective on the experiences of women in France: from departure; through work, housing and the associative movement; to the psychological consequences of migration for women and their families. The aim of these sessions is also to demonstrate that History and Sociology are enriched by Life Stories, going beyond the analysis of various materials and more classic methodological approaches.
Session Proponent:
Mélanie Melinda Dias Lopes (FLUP), CITCEM Research Group: People, Markets and Policies
Speakers and titles of communications:
Memories from the jump: On the trail of women emigrants – sources for the study of female emigration | Mélanie Melinda Dias Lopes
The gatekeepers in Paris, a hotbed of employment for Portuguese emigrants in the 1990s | Tânia Dos Santos Andrade
Downton Abbey and Highclere Castle: the role of film architecture | Júlia Soares de Paula
“She had the defect of being young, female and demanding”: a study of a group of young Portuguese women in France in the early 1980s | Irene Coelho Gaspar
Questioning the memory of others in order to understand ourselves. How can the novel be used to respond to transgenerational trauma in the case of Portuguese emigration in France? | Ophélie Martins
Moderators of the session:
Victor Pereira, Institute of Contemporary History-U.Nova de Lisboa
El Yamine Soum, Administrator ISM Interprétariat