Meeting Lusofonia: Challenges and Opportunities?
Debate space that aims to clarify the concept, culture, histories and policies of Lusophony.
Generically used to designate the set of Portuguese-speaking communities in the world, the idea of “Lusophony” is plural and controversial. Indeed, on the one hand, critics of Lusophony argue that the emphasis on the Portuguese language not only impoverishes a concept that should be more comprehensive and include the cultural, linguistic and political relations of the different communities, but is also associated with a political strategy and cultural without any correspondence with the culture, for example, of African peoples.
On the other hand, its defenders reiterate that linguistic unity both strengthens cooperation mechanisms between Portuguese-speaking communities and intensifies the sharing of their disparate, even conflicting, cultural and historical elements (see the case of colonialism and its sequels). . Defending Lusophony would imply, in this case, recognizing that there are several owners of the Portuguese language and assuming its cultural, political and historical diversity.
By emphasizing their belonging to this plural and diverse space, this meeting aims to provide a space for debate between professors and researchers at Universidade Lusófona through which they will contribute to: a) a clarification of the idea of lusophony; b) the sharing, not always conflict-free, of the culture, history and politics of Portuguese-speaking communities.
Program
- 9:00 am - Reception of participants
- 9:15 am - Intervention by Professor Doctor Manuel Damásio (Administrator of COFAC)
- 10:00 am - Lecture given by Álvaro Vasconcelos (Director of the Institute for Security Studies of the European Union between May 2007 and May 2012 and founder of the Institute for Strategic and International Studies in Lisbon)
Moderator: Professor António Costa Pinto, Director of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Administration and Education (FCSEA). Lusófona University - University Center of Lisbon. - 10:45 am - Coffee Break
- 11h00 - Round table with professors from ULusófona and IPLUSO
- Professor Sílvia Mangerona
- Professor Doctor Paulo Mendes Pinto
- Professor José Carlos Calazans
- Moderator: Professor Liliana Reis (Director of the Degree in Political Science and International Relations at Lusófona University - University Center of Lisbon.)
- 12:20 pm - Final Considerations Professor Regina Queiroz. FCSEA, Lusófona University - University Center of Lisbon.
Main Speakers
- Professor Doctor Manuel Damásio, Administrator of COFAC
- Álvaro Vasconcelos, Director of the European Union Institute for Security Studies between May 2007 and May 2012 and founder of the Lisbon Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IEEI).
