In 2024, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Portuguese revolution, which put an end to the longest European dictatorship and colonial empire. The dictatorial and colonial past, and the revolutionary process, assume a prominent place in academic research, but also in the public debate in Portugal, since the creation, preservation and reconstruction of the memory of authoritarian experiences, as well as the processes of resistance and rupture, still shape the understanding of the present. The goal of this congress is to analyze the evolution of the uses of the past since 1974, highlighting what is hidden and uncovered in the public sphere.

The congress will be held at Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade, in Lisbon, and everyone is welcome. We just ask you to register using this short form.

Check out the full programme (in Portuguese) or its pocket version, also available in flipbook format.

If you cannnot make it to the museum/ to Lisbon, check out our online broadcast.

PROGRAMME (abridged)

JUNE 6th (Thursday)

10 – 11:15 am | Museums and places of memory I | Moderation: Marta Prista

11:45 am – 1 pm | Museums and places of memory II | Moderation: Sónia Vespeira de Almeida

2:30 – 4 pm | In|visibilities of the revolutionary past | Moderation: Rita Rato

4:30 – 5:45 | Formal and non-formal education | Moderation: Joana Miguel Almeida

JUNE 7th (Friday)

10 – 11 am | Public space and artistic performances | Moderation: Cristina Pratas Cruzeiro

noon – 1:30 pm | Re|visibility of the revolutionary past | Moderation: Fátima Moura Ferreira

3 – 4:45 pm | Discourse, dissent and representation | Moderation: Patrícia Martins