International Conference

Strings that weave memory: on colonial wars and liberation struggles

September 22 and 23, 2017

INEP, Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

Abstract

The INEP - National Institute of Studies & Research of Guinea-Bissau and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, through the CROME project, organize a discussion on colonial pasts and the processes of resistance that opposed them. In this sense, the conference proposes a reflection on the uses of the past, on the experience of violence and on the politics of memory in the times and places in which they are founded. The meeting intends to present and discuss the colonial war and the liberation struggles in the different national contexts and to deepen research paths that have been developed in different academic spaces.


Participants:
Bruno Sena Martins (CES-UC), Diana Andringa (CES-UC), Flora Gomes (Filmmaker), Fodé Abulai Mané (INEP), Inês Rodrigues (CES-UC), Leopoldo Amado (INEP), Miguel de Barros (INEP), Miguel Cardina (CES-UC), Odete Semedo (INEP), and Sílvia Roque (CES-UC).

Organisers:
INEP - National Institute of Studies & Research of Guinea-Bissau
Centre for  Social Studies of the University of Coimbra