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Informam-se todos os participantes que a apresentação e discussão dos papers serão realizadas em Português.

2010-10-30

Conference Programme


States, Culture & Society in Africa: Continuities and Changes
Lisbon, 16 November 2010 – Sala Polivalente do ICS


9.15 – 9.30

Welcoming
Professor Jorge Vala – Director of ICS/UL
Introduction
Gerhard Seibert – CEA/ISCTE-IUL 
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo – ICS/UL
9.30-9.45

Professor Clara Carvalho, Director of CEA/ISCTE-IUL
African Studies in Portugal – A Perspective

Panel 1 – Authority & Legitimacy 
Chair: Ângela Coutinho – CESNOVA/IUL
Respondents: Marina Costa Lobo – ICS/UL & António Costa Pinto – ICS/UL
9.45 – 10.00

Cláudia Almeida – Universidade Complutense de Madrid & ICS/UL
The problem of not accepting electoral results in post-war elections: the belligerent-to-democratic party transformation in Angola and Mozambique

10.00 – 10.15

Edalina Rodrigues Sanches – ICS/UL
Understanding the institutionalization of party systems in Sub-Saharan Africa   

10.15 – 10.30

Isabel Alcario – ICS/UL
Traditional Leaderships and New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa: Morocco and Jordan

10.30 – 11.15

Discussion 


11.15 – 11.30

Coffee Break

Panel 2 – Conflict, Memories & Beliefs 
Chair: Nuno Domingos ICS/UL
Respondents: Ana Paula Tavares - FLCS/UNL & Elsa Peralta – ICS/UL
11.30 – 11.45

Alexandra Dias dos Santos – ICS/UL
The long road of the African Prometheus: representations of war, revolution, and the nation in the writing of Pepetela (1971-1991)

11.45 – 12.00

Cláudio Tomás – ISCTE/IUL
IECA: The Construction of ‘Ovimbundo Performance’ in the Imaginary of the Angolan Nation

12.00 – 12.15

Paulo Inglês – ISCTE/IUL
Ruptures and continuities: understanding  postconflict in Angola

12.15 – 13.00

Discussion


13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

Panel 3 – Power, Resources & Population
Chair: Iolanda Évora – CESA/ISEG
Respondents: Marzia Grassi – ICS/UL & Paulo Granjo – ICS/UL

14.00 – 14.15

Bárbara Direito – ICS/UL
Colonial state and "natural resources" in Mozambique: The case of Gorongosa Park

14.15 – 14.30

Aline Afonso – ISCTE/IUL
Women´s behaviours and survival strategies in the Luanda informal labour market

14.30 – 14.45

Miguel César Domingos Bembe ISCSP/UTL
Power Sharing in the Angolan Enclave of Cabinda: Model and Process 

14.45 – 15.30

Discussion


15.30 – 15.45

Coffee Break

Panel 4 – Institutions & Networks  
Chair: Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo ICS/UL
Respondents: Gerhard Seibert – CEA/ISCTE-IUL & Ricardo Roque – ICS/UL


15.45 – 16.00

Aurora Almada – FCSH/UNL
The United Nations Organization and the Portuguese Colonial Issue

16.00 – 16.15

Daniel Marcos – CEHC/IUL & IPRI/UNL
Portugal, the United States, and Portuguese Africa in the 1950’s

16.15 - 16.30

Sofia Fernandes – ISCTE /IUL
China’s engagement in Angola: benefits and constraints of an unequal partnership

16.30 – 17.15

Discussion

17.15 – 17.30

Concluding Remarks
José Luís Cardoso – Deputy Director of ICS/UL


Organization
Edalina Sanches – ICS/UL
Cláudia Almeida – UCM & ICS/UL
Gerhard Seibert – CEA/ISCTE-IUL 
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo – ICS/UL