E-learning Course

The History of Enslavement and its Racial Legacy: Politics, Identity and Education in Portugal and Cape Verde

March 20 and 21, 2025, 17h00-20h00

Programme

20 March 2025, 17h00-20h00

17h00 | IntroductionAna Maria Seixas (FPCE/CES-UC)

17h30 | Slavery and Freedom: Blacks in Portuguese Brotherhoods and Sisterhoods (15th-19th Centuries) - Jorge Fonseca (CEPESE - Centre for the Study of Population, Economy and Society, Porto)

Discussion

18h30 | Colonial History and the Fight against Racism in Europe: Policy Recommendations and Debates in Education - Marta Araújo (CES - Centre for Social Studies | UC)

Discussion

 

21 March 2025, 17h00-20h00

17h00 | Guidelines and Policy Recommendations for Teaching History in Africa - Osvaldino Monteiro (FAeD - Faculty of Education and Sport | University of Cape Verde)

Debate

18h00 | The Ideology of Mulatism in Cape Verde: Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Developments - Abel Djassi Amado (Simmons University, Boston - Massachusetts)

Discussion

19h00 | Discussion and Conclusions: How Colonial History and Postcolonial Legacies Characterise Contemporaneity - Victor Barros (IHC - Institute of Contemporary History | FCSH-NOVA)