Distinguished Lecture Series | Nancy Rose Hunt | June 4, 2018

Prof. Nancy Rose Hunt (Center for African Studies, University of Florida) “A Nervous State; or the Moods of Labour in a Colonial Shrunken Milieu” Save the date! Date:  4 June 2018 3 pm Venue: Room 3 ICS – Institute of Social Sciences  

Film screening | Saudade | 24 April 2018

Save the date! Film screening Saudade (1991, 57′) followed by a debate with the author Bela Feldman Date: 24 April 2018 6-8 pm Venue: Auditório Sedas Nunes ICS – Institute of Social Sciences  

Debate | Violência e Direitos Humanos no Brasil | 19 April 2018

“Casa do Brasil”, “Coletivo Andorinha” and ERC – The Colour of Labour (ICS-ULisbon) are glad to invite you to the public debate “Violência e Direitos Humanos no Brasil: a situação das minorias” on the phenomenon of public space’s depoliticization and its impact on Brazil’s democratic stability – poster Discussants: Bela Feldman-Bianco, Anthropologist, Professor at the IFCH / … Continued

Distinguished Lecture Series | Bela Feldman | April 13, 2018

Bela Feldman​ ​(Universidade de CAMPINAS) “A diáspora portuguesa de New England: Black Portugees, Escravos Brancos, Santas e Madalenas” Save the date! Date:  13 April 2018 11 am Venue: Auditório Sedas Nunes ICS – Institute of Social Sciences  

Seminar RG | Valdemir Zamparoni​ | 6 April 2018

Valdemir Zamparoni (Universidade Federal da Bahia) “Medicina, raça e trabalho: os ‘magaiças’ moçambicanos na África do Sul” The seminar is organized in collaboration with the Research Group “Identities, cultures, vulnerabilities” of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon Date: 6 April 2018 1:30 pm – 2:50 pm Venue: Sala Polivalente ICS – Institute … Continued

Distinguished Lectures Series | Richard Drayton | March 7, 2018

Richard Drayton (Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, King’s College London) “The co-evolution of race and class: the economic origins of global regimes of status and honour c.1500-1900” Save the date! Date: 7 March 2018 11 am Venue: Auditorio Sedas Nunes Insitute of Social Sciences    

Conference: Migration and Mill Work: Portuguese communities in industrial New England

Migration and Mill Work Portuguese Communities in Industrial New England DECEMBER 3–6, 2017 A Multi-site Traveling Academic Conference Lowell/New Bedford/North Dartmouth/Fall River Free and open to the public   This unique academic conference incorporated museum exhibits, historical site visits, and thematic talks and tours in Lowell, New Bedford, Fall River, and North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, linking … Continued