Colloquium

Amílcar Cabral and the History of the Future

January 13 and 14, 2023

Auditório António de Almeida Santos, Portuguese Parliament (Lisbon)

Programme

Friday, 13 January

9h00-9h45: Opening Session
with Augusto Santos Silva, António Sousa Ribeiro, Fernando Rosas, Joana Dias Pereira, Bruno Sena Martins, Marga Ferré

Break

Panels
10h00-11h30 - The colonial war and the liberation struggles: memories and silencings
Miguel Cardina, Carlos Cardoso, Patrícia Godinho Gomes, Cláudia Castelo
Moderator: Inês Nascimento Rodrigues

11h30-13h00: Amílcar Cabral: life paths and living memory
Iva Cabral, José Neves, Leonor Pires Martins, Julião Soares Sousa, José Pedro Castanheira
Moderator: Victor Barros

Lunch

14h30-16h00h: Conference
Pedro Pires

Break

16h30-18h30: Amílcar Cabral: image in motion (film-screening: O Regresso de Cabral)
Filipa César, Sana na N’Hada, Diana Andringa
Moderator: Sumaila Jaló



Saturday, 14 January

Panels
9h30-11h00: Amílcar Cabral: texts
Ângela Coutinho, Mustafah Dhada, Roberto Vecchi
Moderator: Rita Lucas Narra

Break

11h30-13h00: Amílcar Cabral: dimensões internacionais da luta
Rui Lopes, Aurora Almada Santos, Teresa Almeida Cravo, Vincenzo Russo
Moderação: Pedro Aires Oliveira

Lunch

14h30-16h00: Amílcar Cabral: política, cultura e utopia
Miguel de Barros, Rui Cidra, Sílvia Roque, Redy Wilson Lima
Moderator: João Mineiro

Break

16h30-18h00: Decolonisation: meanings and challenges
Beatriz Gomes Dias, Bruno Sena Martins
Moderator: Marta Lança

 
Closing Party at B.Leza
22h00 Concert: Prétu
23h00 Abel Djassi DJ Set
 

Free access, but with mandatory registration 

Organisers: Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (through the project CROME, Crosses Memories; Politics of Silence, funded by the European Research Council, and in the scope of the initiative "50 anos de Abril" [50 years of April]); Institute of Contemporary History (NOVA-FCSH) and associated laboratory in2past; Cultra (associated to the Transform network and in the scope of the initiative "Abril é Agora" [April is Now]).