Conference University and Democracy - 50th anniversary of 25 April Commemorations

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Lusófona University is holding a series of special events as part of the "April 25 Commemorations" to reflect on the impact of the Carnation Revolution on Portuguese society. The varied program, enriched by conferences, exhibitions, seminars and much more, promises to provide a broad understanding of the significance of April 25 in the lives of the Portuguese.

Throughout these activities, students, professionals and thinkers will be able to address the influence of April 25 in various spheres, such as education, health, culture and the environment, recognizing the difference between before and after.

The event will not only reflect on the past, but will also cast a critical eye on the present and the future, underlining the continuing importance of this crucial date in the construction of Portuguese identity and democracy.

We invite everyone to take part in this unique event.

Programme

Conferences and Lectures

• April Utopias | Jan 14 to 28
• The Revolution in Portuguese Criminology After April 25 | Mar 13
• Living Well: Shared Future for Transformative Change | Mar 19
• April 25th in Higher Education | Abr 17
• Social Work and the Democratic Values of April | Apr 22
• Educational Projects - Balance and Challenges After April 25 | Apr 23
• Legislative changes brought about by April 25 | May 15
• The Margins of Freedom

Cycle of Conferences

• Before That Dawn We Were Waiting For | Mar 21 to May 16
• 50 years of Freedom, Physical Education and Sport | Apr 22 to 26
• 1st Alexandre Herculano Conference Cycle | May 4

Meeting

• Veterinary Medicine with Everyone and for Everyone
• The Futures of the Teaching Profession 50 Years After the Conquest of Freedom.

Film Screenings

• Impact of Social Aid for Animals
• "Prazer Camaradas" (Debate later)

• The Work of Cinema in the 50 Years of April 25 | Mar 06 to Apr 24

Round Table

• "Between decolonization and coloniality: from structural racism to everyday racism"
• XV Sociomuseology Week - 2024 | Feb 19
• 50 years of Democracy: Impacts on Health | Apr 18
   

Seminars

• Debate: April 25th and the Profession
• Evolution of Initiatives Related to the Environment, Before and After April 25th
• School and Teacher Culture
• Construction of the ideology of April 25th and the youth

International Seminar

• "Social Intervention and Professional Contexts": Children and Youth at Risk

Debates

• Engineering before and after April 25th
• Prohibited Books
• 100th Birth Anniversary of Mário Soares | Mar 14
• 25 April 50 Years: Looking to the Past, Thinking to the Future | Mar 22
• The 25th of April and Sexual Rights in Portugal | May 09

Webinar

• Legacies of April for Thinking Democracy Today
• Young People and the Historical Consciousness of the Revolution
• Intellectuals and Political Decision Makers During the Democratic Transition
• Lusophone University, Lisbon, Last Quarter 2024 or 1st Quarter 2025 Science and Higher Education
• Social Inclusion and Disability
• Contributions of the Lusophone University Project

Teacher Training

• Initial Teacher Training - past and present in an Intergenerational Dialogue

Panel/Discussion

• III Spring Week of Sociomuseology: "April as a viable unknown"
• #MusaFórum: III Spring Week of Sociomuseology
• Webinar: "Organizing present memories: Calvet de Magalhães Fund"

Publications

• 1820 Magazine
• Edition of the Constitution of the Republic
• Abandoned Animals - 20 years of the Veterinary Medicine Course at Ulusofona
• The Revolutions of the Revolution (e-Book)

Publication in International Journal

• Dossier of the Lusophone Journal of Education, Democratic management of schools and universities, in the 50 years of April
• Special issue of the Lusophone Journal of Education, April's utopias in education for all

Poster

• Biomedical Engineering and the Evolution of Quality in Health Services | Apr 15 to May 17

Book in International Publisher

• The power of transgression: The Carnation Portuguese evolution and the Education Policies

Book in National Publisher

• University Lusophone Editions Book; In the 50 years of the Veiga Simão Reform. Educational policies between continuities and ruptures; Proceedings of the Colloquium organized with HISTEDUP Editors

Exhibitions

• Prohibited Books
• Experiences of Popular Education, from the Collection of photographs by Manuel Brito provided by the Museum of Aljube Resistance and Freedom
• "Between decolonization and coloniality (50+13)

Others

• Creation of the Rogério Fernandes Chair at IE-FCSEA -- Chair on research in the History of the construction of a democratic school
• OP Podcast. Edu Seen through the Magnifying Glass