Conferência Internacional
Mulheres e escravatura em África e na América: Uma Abordagem Comparativa
Escola de Artes e Humanidades da Universidade de Lisboa | 4-5 de julho de 2024

Data limite para apresentação de propostas | 25 de março de 2024

O objetivo desta conferência é discutir as múltiplas faces da escravatura de mulheres na América e em África, a partir de uma perspetiva comparativa, regional ou local.

As propostas devem ser enviadas em português, inglês ou espanhol, contendo um título, nome do candidato, endereço eletrónico, um resumo até 300 palavras e uma nota biográfica com um máximo de 200 palavras. As propostas devem ser enviadas para conferencewomenslavery@gmail.com.

International Conference
Women and Slavery in Africa and America: A Comparative Approach
School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon | July 4-5, 2024
Deadline for submitting proposals | March 25, 2024

The objective of this conference is to discuss the multiple faces of slavery of women and girls in America and Africa, from a comparative, regional or local perspective. We welcome communications that address, among others, the following topics: sources for the study of slavery; theoretical and methodological perspectives; forms of enslavement; social, economic and political experiences; religion and slavery; life trajectories; forms of labour exploitation; marriage, family, childhood and motherhood; body and sexuality; slavery, rights and justice; slavery and material culture; intercontinental and regional slave trade; collective or individual resistance strategies; abolitionism; post-abolition societies; marginalisation and citizenship; social memories of slavery.

Keynote Speakers

Adriana Dantas Reis (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana) and Mariana P. Candido (Emory University)

General information

Proposals should be sent in Portuguese, English or Spanish, containing a title, name of the applicant, email address, an abstract of up to 300 words and a biographical note of a maximum of 200 words. Proposals must be sent to conferencewomenslavery@gmail.com.

The Organising Committee does not have funding available to support the participation of young researchers. However, registration fees will not be charged.

Participants with accepted communication must register prior to the event.

A volume with a selection of the communications presented at the conference is expected to be published after the event.

All questions and queries related to the conference should be sent to conferencewomenslavery@gmail.com.

Important dates

25th March 2024: deadline for submitting proposals.

15th April 2024: communication of accepted proposals.

15th April to 15th May 2024: registration of participants with accepted proposals.

30th May 2024: provisional programme.

15th June 2024: final programme.

 
Organisers

Eugénia Rodrigues (Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa)

Robson Pedrosa Costa (Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa)

Organisation

Project SLAVESRELIGION - Slaves of Religion: Paternalism and Resistance, Brazil (HORIZON-MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021, GA 101065425); Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa (UIDB/04311/2020; UIDP/04311/2020).