Advanced Summer School “Along and Against Archival Grains” | Ann Laura Stoler | June 26-29, 2019
We are pleased to announce the Advanced Summer School ALONG AND AGAINST ARCHIVAL GRAINS with Distinguished Professor Ann Laura Stoler (New School for Social Research, NY). The event is jointly organized by the European Research Council projects COLOUR and MEMOIRS and will take place from 26 to 29 June 2018 at the Institute of Social … Continued
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

