Giovanna Leone at “Research Thoughts”
We’re happy to share that Giovanna Leone, our Scientific Coordinator at Sapienza University of Rome, has participated in the podcast “Research Thoughts – What do social and political psychologists care about?” The podcast is an initiative of the University of Coimbra, featuring renowned researchers in Social and Political Psychology who share their personal stories, which […]
What do we do with this? Thinking about colonial issues
The debate series “What do we do with this? Thinking about colonial issues” invites reflection and discussion on colonial legacies and their ongoing impact today. The series will take place in Braga (Portugal) as part of Braga’25 – National Capital of Culture, in partnership with CONCILIARE. The project What do we do with this? brings […]
Cinema, history, education and research
Over the last week, the third edition of the Audiovisual Heritage Meetings brought together researchers, teachers, filmmakers, and other artists in Maputo, Mozambique, to discuss audiovisual heritage, historical memory, and education. This initiative was organised by the Association of Friends of the Cinema Museum in Mozambique (AAMCM), with support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in […]
Audiovisual Heritage Meetings
Next week, the city of Maputo, Mozambique, will host the third edition of the Audiovisual Heritage Meetings, this year dedicated to “Cinema and the independence of the PALOP countries”. The event celebrates the International Audiovisual Heritage Day (10/27) and promotes discussions that connect audiovisual heritage, historical memory and education. The programme includes thematic panels, exhibitions, […]
Save the date: Colonial Legacies in Belgium
We are pleased to invite you to the international conference “Colonial Legacies in Belgium”! This event will be held in January 2026, for three days (28, 29, and 30), at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) – Solbosch Campus, Building S, Somville Room. The initiative is organized by the CONCILIARE project, in partnership with the […]
Decolonial perspective in the streets of Belgium
In the heart of Avenue Louise, one of the busiest avenues in Brussels, the statue “Maroon slaves caught by dogs” leaves no one indifferent. On Sunday 21 September 2025, the Afropean Project (AP) team spent a few hours around the controversial sculpture to gather the impressions of local residents and passers-by. These voices and testimonials […]
Paradise talks: shadowed memories
“How can we rescue subalternized memories? How can art contribute to historical reparation?” The artist Ruben Zacarias brings up this question and uses art to try and answer it. The roundtable moderated by Rosa Cabecinhas, part of the Paraíso festival, in partnership with CONCILIARE, was an opportunity to present the artistic residency developed in the […]
Does the empire still lives here?
The traces of coloniality are still present in the city of Braga in many different ways. The decolonial tour by Chisoka Simões, part of the Paraíso festival, showed how the presence of the Portuguese empire can still be felt around the streets, with monuments, tributes and stories. Therefore, the purpose of this activity was to […]
Paradise talks: and after independence?
The Paraíso festival brought to Braga, Portugal, a three-day program full of music, cinema, theatre and powerful debates. The event celebrated the 50 years of the independence of Angola, Cape Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé & Príncipe around different spaces of the city, and CONCILIARE was one of the partners that made all this […]
Deliverables from Conciliare
We have another key output of the project to share! D.6.2 Data Management Plan (WP6)Published: 29 August 2024 (Month 8)Authors: Emiliano Abad Garcia, Teresa Forte, Joaquim Valentim This deliverable presents Conciliare’s Data Management Plan (DMP), outlining the concepts, procedures and standards that govern how project data and research outputs are handled. It details what data […]