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Congress “War, Revolution and Return: 50 years on, the memory of a European, democratic – and decolonized – Portugal?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto, December 5-6<\/p>\n

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PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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December 5th, Thursday. <\/strong><\/h4>\n
FLUP: Noble Amphitheater<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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09:30 Opening<\/p>\n

10:00 – 11:15 The end of Empire: international dynamics of democracy <\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

Gon\u00e7alo Margato (ISCTE-IUL) – Concep\u00e7\u00f5es (nada) immaculadas: continuidades coloniais na op\u00e7\u00e3o europeia da democracia portuguesa<\/p>\n

Gabriela Azevedo (CEPED-UERJ\/(IS-UP)\/Sandra Silva (UNEB) – Violence and surveillance – networks, meanings, changes and permanence in the Lusophone America-Africa-Europe triangle in dictatorship and democracy<\/p>\n

Adriana Esteves (Lab2PT\/UM)\/Bruno Madeira (UM\/CITCEM) – From Portugal to the world: Portuguese students and Soviet education (1976-1995)<\/p>\n

11:30 – 12:45 Colonial War fighters, yesterday and today<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Carolina Ribeiro (FLUP) – What remains of the Colonial War: Urban traces and the process of identity construction of ex-combatants<\/p>\n

Daniel Filipe Soares da Silva (FLUP) – On the border of oblivion – the memory of Portuguese Colonial War combatants<\/p>\n

Lu\u00eds Grosso Correia (CIIE\/FLUP) – “Tears of war” by ensign, oppositionist and lawyer M\u00e1rio Brochado Coelho (1963-1974)<\/p>\n

12:45 – 13:45 Lunch<\/p>\n

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13:45 – 14:45 Keynote:<\/strong><\/em> Juli\u00e3o Soares Sousa (CEIS20\/UC) – Wars, revolution and decolonization: old narratives and new perspectives from a postcolonial perspective<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

15:00 – 16:15 Portuguese colonial and dictatorial narratives<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Cybelle Mendes (UFRGS\/LAPPACS) – Hunger, fear and collective memory – (de)colonial and democratic audiovisual narratives<\/p>\n

Lib\u00e2nia Pinto (Lab2PT\/UM)\/F\u00e1tima Moura Ferreira (Lab2PT\/UM) – Colonial domination through the gaze: analysis of visual narratives based on photographs of the Angola Diamond Company (Diamang), 1960-1969<\/p>\n

Lu\u00edsa Veloso (ISCTE\/CIES) and Cl\u00e1udia Dias – DES: memories, dememories and rememories on stage<\/p>\n

16:30 – 17:45 Decolonization and remembrance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Paulo Avel\u00e3s Nunes – Portugal today and the memory of the second half of the 20th century. The role of historiography and science-based technologies derived from it <\/p>\n

Amanda Oiza Bucknor (STSGU\/ISCTE) – Who’s Story? – a perspective on transformation of colonial narratives in lisbons urban space <\/p>\n

L\u00edgia Ferro (IS-UP\/FLUP), Beatriz Lacerda (IS-UP\/FLUP), Lydia Matthews (The New School USA), Susan Meseilas (Magnum Photos-USA) – Crossing the streets of Porto: A collaborative project to decolonize the city<\/p>\n

18:00 – 19:00 Presentation of the book 25 de Abril. Revolution and change in 50 years of memory <\/strong><\/em> Manuel Loff (IN2PAST\/FLUP) and Miguel Cardina (CES\/UC).<\/p>\n

Presentation: S\u00edlvia Correia and N\u00facleo Acad\u00e9mico de Hist\u00f3ria da Universidade do Porto.<\/p>\n

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December 6th, Friday<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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FLUP: Meeting Room 2<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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11:00 – 12:15 Imperial nostalgias, new and old uses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Gil Duarte Ribeiro (FLUP) – Vanilla and Chocolate: colonial nostalgia in the RTP Song Festival (1964-1998)<\/p>\n

F\u00e1bio Silva (NOVA FCSH)) – The Memory of the Colonial Empire: Indigenous and Hybrid Identities<\/p>\n

Afonso Silva (CEDID-UAB\/IHC-NOVA FCSH) – The uses of the revolutionary past in the new nationalist far right<\/p>\n

12:30 – 13:30 Faith and empire. Religion in the face of April <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Elsa Pereira (IS-UP\/FLUP) – (R)evolutions of Faith, through the Eyes of Women: how the April Revolution and the Fall of Colonialism influenced religious practices in Portugal and Africa<\/p>\n

Patr\u00edcia Freitas (CITCEM\/FLUP) – “Africa continues to call for us”: the Catholic hierarchy and the diocesan press at the dawn of the Colonial War<\/p>\n

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch<\/p>\n

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14:30 – 16:00 Resistance and Discourse: from the wars of national liberation to post-independence <\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

Eduardo Esteves (NOVA FCSH) – The last elections in colonial Mozambique (1973): limitations of colonial Marcelism and racial hierarchies of power<\/p>\n

Lib\u00e2nia Pinto (Lab2PT)\/Francisco Azevedo Mendes (Lab2PT\/UM) – The editorials of N\u00f4 Pintcha in the process of constructing official memories in Guinea-Bissau, 1975-1991.<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Luis Moreno-Perez (U. Sevilla) – CIA intervention and student activism in Angola and Mozambique against the Portuguese colonial regime and the Estado Novo in the 1960s<\/p>\n

Neo-Aidan H. O. Allert (U. Cambridge) – Return to the Source: Reclaiming Am\u00edlcar Cabral’s Critical Hermeneutics for a Post-Revolutionary, Postcolonial Portugal<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

FLUP: Amphitheater 2 <\/strong><\/h5>\n

09:30 – 10:45 1974 – 1976: the comeback<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Estef\u00e2nia Magalh\u00e3es (UM)\/Bruno Madeira (UM\/CITCEM) – The conflict between personal memory and historical metanarrative in the Portuguese colonial experience. The experience of three Portuguese in occupied African territories, 1955-1976 <\/p>\n

Fernando Tavares Pimenta (CEHA-Alberto Vieira)\/Odete Souto (CEHA-Alberto Vieira) – From Africa to Madeira: memories of the “return” and the process of integration of displaced people from Portuguese decolonization<\/p>\n

Bruno G\u00f3is (CEEC\/FLUL\/ICS) – Portuguese returnees and April 25: memory with class, gender and race<\/p>\n

11:00 – 12:15 Memories of a European Portugal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Alice Cunha (IPRI – NOVA FCSH) – Portugal Post-Imperial and Pro-European: the political debates on the country’s new international insertion in democracy<\/p>\n

Pedro Ponte e Sousa (UPT\/IPRI) – Redefining Portugal from Empire to Europe: national identity through foreign policy aspirations of elites and decision-makers<\/p>\n

Clara Isabel Serrano (CEIS20\/UC) – The tip of The Stone Raft: European integration in 9th grade history textbooks (1975-2022)<\/p>\n

12:30 – 13:30 Hot Summer and Agrarian Reform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Lucas Frucci (Lab2PT\/UM), Bruno Madeira (UM\/CITCEM), F\u00e1tima Moura Ferreira (Lab2PT\/UM) – From the “Hot Summer” to November 25, 1975, violence and counter-revolution in Famalic\u00e3o: a look at the local press<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Pedro Soares (ICNOVA\/NOVA FCSH) – Occupations: the fields of the South and agrarian reform in “Red Line” (2011)<\/p>\n

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch<\/p>\n

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14:30 – 16:00 Memory and historiography – Atlantic interconnections<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Carla Ribeiro – The right to memory: the role of civil society in highlighting the struggle of those who resisted the dictatorial regime of the Estado Novo<\/p>\n

Isabela Ramos (CITCEM) – A museological narrative of the National Liberation War: continuity or rupture of the colonial discourse in Portuguese national identity?<\/p>\n

Eduardo Duque\/Ana Lima de Assis – An expression of the colonial legacy and memories from the African diaspora in Brazil<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alves – O passado que se quer esquecer: \u00c1frica, Guerra Colonial Portuguesa (1961-1974) e Descoloniza\u00e7\u00e3o na Resenha Hist\u00f3rico-Militar das Campanhas de \u00c1frica (1988-1990)<\/p>\n

16:15 – 17:30 Keynote:<\/strong> <\/em>Elsa Peralta (CEComp) – The April Revolution and the end of the Empire: conflicting memories in post-colonial Portugal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Organizing Committee: Ana Sofia Ferreira (FLUP and IS-UP), Bruno Madeira (UM and CITCEM), Carlos Martins (IUE, Florence), Manuel Loff (FLUP and IHC-NOVA-FCSH\/IN2PAST), S\u00e9rgio Neto (FLUP and CITCEM), S\u00edlvia Correia (FLUP and IS-UP)<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The 50th anniversary of the last democratic transitions in Western Europe (Portugal, Spain and Greece) is taking place at a time characterized by an anti-democratic drift that has been unprecedented for decades and by the systematic questioning of some of the social, political and economic assumptions that have characterized democracy since the end of World War II – among others, the effective enshrinement of the right to self-determination and the political and moral demand for decolonization.
\nThe public discussion, with its inevitable political dimension, that is currently taking place around the meaning of April 25, 1974 proves, on the one hand, that the passage of time alone does not lend consensus to the interpretation of historical changes, and, on the other, that rigorous, critical academic debate supported by comprehensive historical reflection and research is permanently relevant. This debate and research is all the more urgent given that, at a time when the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution is being commemorated, simplistic narratives continue to inform the political debate in the present, incapable of an in-depth, long-term analysis of what the great transformations triggered by the military movement led by the MFA were, are and will continue to be in the future. In 2024, much of the public debate remains dependent on commemorative or derogatory motivations, ignoring much of how today’s democratic Portugal was and is shaped: by the violence of a different (“lusotropical”) colonization; by the violence of 13 years of Colonial War and its profound consequences; by a two-year period (1974\/1976) of unprecedented transformations in contemporary Portuguese history (social, political and economic revolution, and the end of colonial domination); by a complex decolonization, generating new nations and returns; by the effective end of five centuries of imperial history; by the return of thousands of returnees, combatants and their processes of social and economic (re)integration; and finally by the memory, individual, collective, but also political, an always disputed memory of April, of the Estado Novo, colonialism and anti-fascist democratic resistance. Based on a concern to think about the uses of the past, this congress proposes to debate the experience, representation and remembrance of violence, both in Portugal’s colonial past and in the process of decolonization. It will also focus on the Colonial War, questioning its significance as a rupture or structural continuity, and its interpretation and influence on the post-colonial reality of the former metropolis and the former colonies. Finally, the aim is to discuss the place of the April Revolution in this history, not only as the great catalyst for change, but also as a direct consequence of colonial violence and as the cornerstone of a post-colonial democratic society in permanent tension with its past. Thematic Lines: – Portuguese late colonialism in the 1960s and 1970s, the swan song of the “Civilizing Mission”: development of the territory and “conquest” of the populations; – Violence as a legacy: the lasting impact of colonial violence on the Portuguese and African political process before and after April; – The relationship between the Colonial War, the end of the Estado Novo and the Carnation Revolution; – April 25, 1974, from Africa to Carmo: the preponderance of Africa and the colonial past in Portuguese destinies; – Colonial legacies and memories for democratic posterity: ex-combatants, returnees. <\/p>\n

Social, economic and political (re)integration in a revolutionary context; – Three parallel memorial dimensions: the memory of the War, the memory of the Revolution, the memory of decolonization; – The historical and political narratives of the Portuguese democratic regime, particularly its approach to colonialism, the end of the empire and the end of the Estado Novo; – The end of the empire and Europe: European integration and new national identities; – Portugal seen from Africa: the perspective of the former colonies; – Relations with independent countries: the legacies of colonialism in Portugal and Africa; Submission of paper proposals: The organization does not charge for registration.
\nOrganizing Committee: Ana Sofia Ferreira (FLUP and IS-UP), Bruno Madeira (UM and CITCEM), Carlos Martins (IUE, Florence), Manuel Loff (FLUP and IHC-NOVA-FCSH\/IN2PAST, S\u00e9rgio Neto (FLUP and CITCEM), S\u00edlvia Correia (FLUP and IS-UP)<\/p>\n

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Congress “War, Revolution and Return: 50 years later, the memory of a European, democratic – and decolonized – Portugal?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The 50th anniversary of the last democratic transitions in Western Europe (Portugal, Spain and Greece) is taking place at a time characterized by an anti-democratic drift that has been unprecedented for decades and by the systematic questioning of some of the social, political and economic assumptions that have characterized democracy since the end of the Second World War – among others, the effective consecration of the right to self-determination and the political and moral demand for decolonization. The public debate, with its inevitable political dimension, that is currently taking place around the meaning of April 25, 1974 demonstrates, on the one hand, that the passage of time alone does not lend consensus to the interpretation of historical changes and, on the other hand, that the rigorous and critical academic debate, supported by exhaustive historical reflection and research, is permanently up-to-date. This debate and research are all the more urgent since, at a time when the 50th anniversary of the Claveles Revolution is being commemorated, simplistic narratives continue to inform the political debate, incapable of a deep and long-term analysis of what the great transformations triggered by the military movement
\nled by the MFA will continue to be in the future. In 2024, a large part of the public debate continues to depend on motivations that are in line with the heritage of 25 April, or, on the contrary, that are openly hostile to it, largely ignoring how today’s democratic Portugal was and is shaped by the violence of a colonization that was believed to be different (“lusotropical”); by the violence of 13 years of Colonial War and its profound consequences; by a period (1974\/1976) of unprecedented transformations in contemporary Portuguese history (social, political and economic revolution, and the end of colonial rule); for a complex decolonization, generating new nations and returns; for the effective end of five centuries of imperial history; for the return of thousands of returnees, combatants and their processes of social and economic (re)integration; and, finally, for the memory, individual, collective, but also political, an always disputed memory of April, the Estado Novo, colonialism and anti-fascist democratic resistance. Starting from a reflection on the uses of the past, this congress aims to discuss the experience, representation and memory of violence, both in Portugal’s colonial past and in the process of decolonization. It will also focus on the Colonial War, questioning its meaning as a rupture or structural continuity, and its interpretation and influence on the post-colonial reality of the former metropolis and former colonies. Finally, the aim is to discuss the place of the April Revolution in this history, not only as a major catalyst for change, but also as a direct consequence of colonial violence and as the cornerstone of a post-colonial democratic society in permanent tension with its past. <\/p>\n

Thematic Lines: – Portuguese colonialism in the 1960s and 1970s, the swan song of the “Civilizing Mission”: territorial development and the “conquest” of populations; – Violence as a legacy: el impacto duradero de la violencia colonial
\nen el proceso pol\u00edtico portugu\u00e9s y africano antes y despu\u00e9s de Abril; – La relaci\u00f3n entre la Guerra Colonial, el fin del Estado Novo y la Revoluci\u00f3n de los Claveles; – 25 de Abril de 1974, de \u00c1frica al Largo do Carmo: la preponderancia de \u00c1frica y del pasado colonial en los destinos portugueses; – Legados coloniales y memorias para la posteridad democr\u00e1tica: excombatientes, retornados, (re)integraci\u00f3n social, econ\u00f3mica y pol\u00edtica en un contexto revolucionario; – Tres dimensiones memoriales paralelas: la memoria de la Guerra, la memoria de la Revoluci\u00f3n, la memoria de la descolonizaci\u00f3n; – Las narrativas hist\u00f3ricas y pol\u00edticas del r\u00e9gimen democr\u00e1tico portugu\u00e9s, especialmente en su aproximaci\u00f3n al colonialismo, el fin del imperio y el fin del Estado Novo; – El fin del imperio y Europa: European integration and new national identities; – Portugal seen from Africa: the perspective of the former colonies; – Relations with the independent countries: the legacies of colonialism in Portugal and Africa;<\/p>\n

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The organization does not charge for registration.<\/p>\n

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