Eighth session of the IN2PAST PhD Talks series — the intersection between the diverse scientific areas that define our associated laboratory.

Truth, Justice and Memory

IN2PAST PhD Talks

Speakers: Francisco Azevedo Mendes (Lab2PT – University of Minho / IN2PAST), Rui Cunha Martins (IHC – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST / University of Coimbra) e Ruy Llera Blanes (CRIA – Iscte / IN2PAST)

The aim of this round table is to present reflections on the intersection between truth, justice and memory policies in post-colonial, authoritarian, post-authoritarian and post-violence contexts, based on research in Brazil, Portugal, Angola and Guinea-Bissau. The three speakers will address, in particular, case studies on the May 27, 1977 in Angola, the war and coups d’état in Guinea-Bissau, and the ’25 de Abril’, 1974 in Portugal, among others. The main concern is to reflect with the audience on the possible methodological interest of this intersection in different doctoral research projects, avoiding narrowing the discussion to a specific disciplinary scope.

This talk is organized not only for the scientific and academic community, but is open to all; access is free, subject only to room capacity. Those unable to attend can watch via Zoom.

Picture: A former prisoner in the House of Military Imprisonment in 1977 reacts to the project to rehabilitate the space, home to the future Museum of the Angolan Liberation Struggle (© Ruy Llera Blanes, October 2023)

About the cycle:
The ‘IN2PAST PhD Talks’ series takes place between November 2023 and June 2024, in Évora, Lisbon and Minho. The goal is to promote the intersection between diverse scientific areas, which defines the transdisciplinary vocation of our associated laboratory, from chemistry and music to art history and architecture, from anthropology to contemporary history or archaeology.
The talks also encourage the dialogue between scientific practices of knowledge of the past, and other cultural ways of using and understanding it, from heritage interventions to artistic creation, to the development of public memory policies.
The meetings will take place at the different IN2PAST locations, from the South to the North of Portugal. They are open to participation by our PhD students and researchers, but also by colleagues from other research centres and professionals from the cultural sector who work in archives, museums, monuments, archaeological sites or natural parks.

Organisation: António Candeias, Fátima Ferreira, Joana Cunha Leal, José Mirão, José Neves, Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Nélia Dias, Paulo Simões Rodrigues, Ricardo Castro, Rita Hasse Ferreira e Sónia Almeida.