Conference 40 Years of Portugal’s European Integration: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

This conference aims to critically analyse, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the four decades of Portugal’s integration into the EEC, which also coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement. We will assess how the country has changed, in what terms, and what can be expected from the future European project with Portugal as an active member.

Several fields of knowledge are brought together, with specialists from different areas, ranging from Law, Political Science, International Relations, History and Economics to the Arts. Students from these fields, as well as other individuals interested in these topics, are welcome to attend.

Programme

40 Years of Portugal’s European Integration – Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Theme: 40 years on: what outcomes for the Portuguese economy?
Speaker: Rui Henrique Alves (Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto and Centre for Economics and Finance of the University of Porto)

Theme: Portugal and European Funds in the early post-accession years (1986–1993)
Speaker: Alice Cunha (Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and IPRI)

Theme: Portugal and the European Union: between sebastianism and utilitarianism
Speaker: Paulo Vila Maior (Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra and CEIS20)

Theme: The Europeanisation of Portuguese foreign policy and Portugal’s influence on the EU’s external relations: a process of co-constitution
Speaker: André Pereira Matos (Universidade Aberta, CICP of the University of Minho and Instituto Jurídico Portucalense)

Theme: 40 years of European integration from the perspective of law and rights
Speaker: Anabela Costa Leão (Faculty of Law of the University of Porto and Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Justice (CIJ))

Theme: The imagined country; the filmed country: European integration, Portuguese cinema and metamorphoses
Speaker: Nelson Araújo (Escola Superior Artística do Porto and Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo)