About

In the light of the commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the "crisis of 62", this meeting aims to debate the history of the student movement during the dictatorship and in the post-April 25 period and to examine the challenges that youth and student intervention face today.

Programme

Panel I | Student movements and the struggles against dictatorship and colonialism | 10h30-12h30
Moderator: Luís Farinha (NOVA FCSH)
The student movement of 1962: Coimbra and Lisbon, images and meanings - Álvaro Garrido (FEUC)
The three stages of the student movement against dictatorship (1956-1974) - Fernando Rosas (Prof. Emérito NOVA FCSH)
Cultures of Rebelion and the student struggle at the end of the regime - Rui Bebiano (FLUC/CD25Abril/CES)
Foundations and bridges of Home: anticolonialism, opposition to dictatorship and student struggle - Cláudia Castelo (ICS-UL)

Panel II | Student struggles in democracy | 14h30-16h30
Moderator: Pedro Réquio (CES)
Students and Revolution. Exiting schools - Luísa Tiago de Oliveira (ISCTE-IUL)
Anti-tution: State, Europe and partys in the politization of university youth in the '90's - Ana Drago (CES/CRISALT)
Academic traditions and democracy: from anti-activism to new student struggles- Elísio Estanque (FEUC/CES)

Higher Education in the 21st century: from democratic management to post-democratic management - João Mineiro (CRIA)

Panel III | Student movement and youth: hypothesis and paths | 17h00-19h00
Moderator: Miguel Cardina (CES)
Ana Rita Brás (Doutoranda FEUC), Ana Teresa Fonseca (ativista estudantil) and Pedro Falcone (Grupo Maria Quitéria)

This colloquium, which is part of the programme "April Is Now", is organised by the cooperative CULTRA, Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, the 25th of April Documentation Centre of the University of Coimbra and the Institute of Contemporary History of the New University of Lisbon. 

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NOTE | The organisation of the colloquium deeply regrets the tragic loss of Cesário Silva, president of the DG/AAC, whose presence at the meeting was initially planned, expressing its most heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.