9.30- 10am Welcome
10 – 11.15am
A History of resistance? Fighting slavery in the Atlantic world
Chair: ANDRZEJ STUART-THOMPSON
Angolan Prince Lourenço da Silva Mendonça’s Court Case, Vatican 1684-1686: Atlantic Slavery a Crime Against Natural, Human, Divine, and Civil Laws (JOSÉ LINGNA NAFAFÉ, Bristol)
A Black Brazilian in Boston: Emiliano F.B. Mundrucu and the Atlantic sphere of anti-slavery (1830-1863) LLOYD BELTON (Leeds)
11.15-30 BREAK
11:30 – 12:45pm
Contemporary Brazil: oppressive legacies, resistance strategies
Chair: GEORGIA NASSEH
Popular song, resistance and authoritarianism in contemporary Brazil DAVID TREECE (KCL)
Decolonialism and the classroom: how to teach humanities in Brazilian universities in the 21st century CAROLIN OVERHOFF FERREIRA (Unifesp - TORCH)
12:45 – 2pm LUNCH
2pm – 3.30pm
Portuguese-Speaking Africa: From resisting colonial rule to resisting the coloniality of power
Chair: OLIVIA GLAZE
Revolutionary Women/Women of the Revolution: reflections on female heroism and anti-heroism in Mozambique MARIA TAVARES (QMUB)
Translating Resistance, Resisting Translation: Michael Wolfers and the 1978 English Translation of José Luandino Vieira's A Vida Verdadeira de Domingos Xavier GEORGIA NASSEH (Oxford)
Popular Music, Urban Disorder and Political Memory in Luanda CHLOE BUIRE (LAM)
3.30 – 4pm BREAK
4pm – 5.15 Religion as Resistance
Chair: JOSÉ LINGNA NAFAFÉ
Prophecy as Resistance on the coast of Africa: A Comparative Approach RAMON SARRO (Oxford) and MARINA TEMUDO (Lisbon University)
Presentation of the film Chasing Shadows co-authored by M. Temudo, R. Sarro and film director Roger Canals
5.15pm Concluding remarks
The event is open to the general public, all welcome
For more information check out the poster for this conference here.
