Lecture "Portugal and Its Imperial Legacy: Historiography, Collective Memory, and Archives"

The purpose of this talk is to reflect on the Imperial Legacy in present-day Portugal. I will speak mainly from my own standpoint and field of expertise, as a Portuguese historian researching the Southern Atlantic world of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. I will begin by concentrating on three main areas: firstly, historiography; secondly, the memory of the empire and colonialism; and thirdly, colonial archives. Next, I will reflect on how we might conceptualize "historical responsibility" with regard to Portuguese colonial domination in South America. After touching upon the kind of engagement with the past we should cultivate as historians, I will conclude with some remarks on how to deal with the presentism and anachronism that often result from such involvement.

Date

16th July, 2024 16:00-18:00

Venue

Room 427, Institute of Foreign Affairs, Research and Lecture Building,
TUFS

Program

"Portugal and Its Imperial Legacy: Historiography, Collective Memory,and Archives"
Lecturer: Dr. Pedro Cardim (NOVA University Lisbon)

Others

Language: English, Participation free

Supported by

Institute of Foreign Affairs, TUFS / History in the Public Sphere (HIPS)

Inquiry

HIPS Office tenkai-hips-coordinator[at] tufs.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)