International seminar organized by the research group Global History of Labour and Social Conflicts.

The old world is dying and the new cannot be born:
Global crisis, far right and workers resistance
International Seminar

PROGRAMME:

Lucia Pradella | Bordering the reserve army of labour across the Mediterranean Sea: imperialism, migration and workers’ struggles in Europe

Raquel Varela | Internationalism against free circulation; Welfare State against social Assistance: can history help us to built a left program against extreme-right?

Alex Callinicos | ‘The Crisis of Globalization in Historical Perspective’ – discussing the present crisis of hegemony (the crash and Trump/Bolsonaro/Salvini) with some comparisons with the 1890s and 1930s and using Gramsci as a theoretical framework.

Roberto della Santa | Brazil, how did we get to this point?, crisis from above, critics from below – Making sense of Bolsonaro catastrophe, understanding this global organic crisis

About the speakers:

Lucia Pradella is a Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at King’s College London. She has published extensively on imperialism, migration, the working poor in Europe and struggles in logistics. Her more recent books are Globalization and the Critique of Political Economy: New Insights from Marx’s Writings (Routledge) and Polarizing Development: Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis (Pluto, co-edited with Thomas Marois). She is co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism.

Raquel Varela is a historian, researcher and university professor. Her main areas of interest are global labour history, history of labour relations, and contemporary history of Portugal. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa / Institute of Contemporary History and Fellow of the International Institute for Social History (Amsterdam).

Alex Callinicos is Professor of European Studies at King’s College London and editor of International Socialism. His most recent books are Imperialism and Global Political Economy, Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World, and Deciphering Capital: Marx’s Capital and Its Destiny. He is co-editor of the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Marxism and Post-Marxism.

Roberto della Santa is lecturer of sociological theory at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and international correspondent of RDP Internacional. Member of Niep-Marx Research Group at Universidade Federal Fluminense. Post-doctoral researcher in global labour history at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

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Image: A revolta dos garis, Rio de Janeiro (Source: Midia Ninja on VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA).

Research  seminar of the PhD Programme in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Évora (IHC-CEHFCI).

Fósseis para a Busca de Petróleo no Início do Século XX no Brasil

Maria Margaret Lopes (University of Brasília / Univesity of São Paulo)

Até a década de 1920, prevalecia uma visão internacional, aceita por sectores públicos e privados nacionais de que não existia petróleo nos territórios do Brasil. Contrários a essa visão, os técnicos do Serviço Geológico e Mineralógico do Brasil, organizado desde 1907, investiram em estratégias de política científica apoiadas em pesquisas paleontológicas para o mapeamento geológico de áreas consideradas promissoras para a ocorrência de petróleo, no país.

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Closing session of the cycle of lectures organised by the IHC and the European Commission of the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa.

During the first three decades of the integration into the European project, Portugal crossed one of the most profound transformations in its long nine-century history. This cycle, titled “The Decades of Europe”, aims to register the main aspects of the Portuguese integration into the European Union over the last 30 years, counting on the participation of many of its protagonists.

PROGRAMME (PART III):

– 11 October  |  Augusto Mateus: “O QREN e Portugal 2020 – Impacto de três décadas de fundos estruturais”

– 12 October (5.30PM)  |  José Manuel Durão Barroso: “Uma perspectiva portuguesa para a União Europeia”

– 25 October  |  General Valença Pinto: “As questões de Segurança e Defesa-Portugal e a Cooperação Estruturada Permanente”

– 14 December  |  Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa: “As Décadas da Europa”

For the closing session (14 December), registration via email is mandatory: geral@socgeografialisboa.pt.

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Partners:

European Commission in Lisbon
Gabinete do Chefe de Estado-Maior da Armada e da Autoridade Marítima Nacional