Sumários

Secession and fragmentation in the Horn of Africa - Conclusion

6 Dezembro 2024, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos

The complex picture of the secession and fragmentation processes in the Horn of Africa.
Territorial sovereignty vs right for self-determination in Europe and in Africa.
Wrap-up of the course. Q&A about final essays. Evaluation of the course.

Cartography and cosmography of Europe-Africa

29 Novembro 2024, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos

A cartographic and cosmographic tour of the formation and development of continental separations. Conflicting history of European-African relations, and their impact on the colonial and post-colonial period.

Screening of the film Kayonga Kagame shows us the world: episode Austria

Debate

Field visit

22 Novembro 2024, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos

Field visit to an exhibition on the African diaspora in Lisbon, at the "Padrão dos Descobrimentos", and tour of the Praça do Império contextualising the troubled history and symbolism of its geography and topography.

Readings:

Sapega - Remembering the empire - forgetting the colonies

Peralta&Domingos - Lisbon - reading the (post-)colonial city from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century

Castelo - Portuguese non racism - On the historicity of an invented tradition

Cardim - Reassessing the Portuguese Imperial Past - Scholarly Perspectives and Civic Engagement

 

Are Europe-Africa Relations changing? A critical review of the history of EU-Africa agreements and summits

15 Novembro 2024, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos


Are Europe-Africa Relations changing? Can Africa be looked at as one?

1. Myths and realities about Africa

2. Major Dynamics in the two first decades of the 21st Century in Africa: the role of the EU

3. May Africa be treated as a politically coherent entity?

4. Ongoing dynamics at the dawn of the 3rd decade of this Century: any significant change in the EU-Africa relationship?




Readings:


Carlos Lopes; George Kararach (2021). Structural Change in Africa: Misperceptions, New Narratives and Development in the 21st Century, Routledge

Cardoso, Fernando Jorge (2017). O Desenvolvimento sem Norte nem Sul, imvf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/imvfpolicypaper7jun2018.pdf

Cooperation Europa-Africa - case study: academic mobility

8 Novembro 2024, 18:00 • Manuel João Ramos

Cooperation Europa-Africa - academic mobility and migratory flows.

Case study: African students in Portugal, evolution and present-day situation.
Invited lecturer: Prof. Clara Carvalho (CEI-ISCTE)