The II Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Mundo Atlántico en la Modernidad Temprana c.1500-1800. Resistencias en el Espacio Atlántico: África, América y Europa" will take place between 6th and 8th October 2021, at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

More information here

The book  "Buenos Vientos: circulación, resistencias, ideas y prácticas en el Mundo Atlántico de la Modernidad Temprana" is a compilation of works presented at the 2018 Jornadas Atlánticas, in La Plata (Argentina) and is  open access. 

This is  a result of researches lines of the  Program “El Mundo Atlántico en la Modernidad Temprana” , in the project  "Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires, 16th - 19th centuries".

The Portuguese newspaper Expresso published a series of 12 biographies about people whose struggles in the remote past are little known, but at the same time, essential to understand that the resistance of the “voiceless” made throughout history was fundamental in the processes of social transformation.

These biographies are the results of the work of Resistance's researchers and contribute to our aim of giving voice to the 'voiceless' rebels of History.

These publications are possible thanks to a partnership between project Resistance, Casa da América Latina and Expresso.

All the biographies are available HERE

The 11th Research Seminar on Modern History (SIHMO) will take place at Universidad de Cantabria on March 6. 

The seminar has communications by Manfredi Merluzzi (Università Roma Tre), Yves Junot (Université de Valenciennes), José Miguel López García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and José Ignacio Solar Cayón (Universidad de Cantabria).

For more information, click HERE.

The conference "Resistência do Corpo (in)Submisso no Batuku em Cabo Verde nos séculos XVIII e XIX", by Elter Manuel Carlos (Uni-CV) will take place on March 4, 2:30 p.m. at Colégio Almada Negreiros, Lisbon.

For more details, click HERE.

The conference "Mujeres escandalosas, género y resistencias cotidianas en Buenos Aires virrenal", by Jacqueline Sarmiento (UNLP), will take place on February 27th, 12 a.m.,  at the University of Sevilla, Spain. Free admission.

The conference "Reformas e Revoltas nas Américas, c. 1760-1790", by Ronald Raminelli, will take place on February 17, 4 p.m., at Colégio Almada Negreiros - NOVA Campus Campolide, Lisbon.

The conference "Alquimia, persecuciones y resistencias en la España de Felipe II", by Juan Bubello (UNLP), will take place on February 18, 12 a.m., at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Facultad de Geografía e Historia.

The conference "Indian Women in the city of Buenos Aires: subjections and resistances (18th-19th centuries)", by Jacqueline Sarmiento (UNLP), will take place on March 4th, 2:30 p.m.,  at ISCTE-IUL – Room C202 – Ed. II, 2nd floor. Free admission.

Since mid-18^th century, the city of Buenos Aires had an important growth. Its peculiar border condition gave it a particular character to the relations with the different indigenous groups. In this conference, it is proposed the analysis of the social place of Indian women in Buenos Aires between the 1750s and early 19^th century, the forms of subjection to which they were exposed and the resistances that they were able to put into practice. Will be presented in-depth the case study of the Collection House of Buenos Aires. On one hand, it is important to observe how the Indians arrived at that place of reclusion; hence, two distinct behaviours can be identified: the escape from the House and the resistance to leaving the place. What forms of resistance can be identified in these cases? The sources speak of resistance to service. However, the stay in the House can be presented as a choice, but also implied service and reclusion. Finally, are these individual forms of resistance? Or do they imply, in some way, joint actions?

Jacqueline Sarmiento has a degree in Anthropology (UNLP, 2009) and a Ph.D. in History (UNLP, 2016). Teacher and Chair of American History I (FaHCE, UNLP), she did postdoctoral internships in Brazil (UFF) and Mexico (ENAH). Co-author of the “Chair Book Undressing the Eurocentric view. Categories under tension in American history”, coordinated by Emir Reitano and published by the Editorial of the National University of La Plata (2017). Participates in the research projects “Sociocultural processes and construction of new identities in the area of the Río de La Plata and Brazil. XVIII-XIX centuries and present” (UNLP) and “Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires - 16th-19th centuries” (RESISTANCE-778076-H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017) under the title Morphologies of resistance in the Iberian empires (15th-19th centuries).

The II Jornadas Internacionales de Historia del Mundo Atlántico en la Modernidad Temprana c.1500-1800. Resistencias en el Espacio Atlántico: África, América y Europa" will take place between 8th and 9th October 2020, at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina. Call for papers are open until August 29.

More information here.

The 5th symposium of the project RESISTANCE will take place between 27th and 29th May 2020, at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, under the theme “Enslaved People, Natives and Peasants”. Call for papers are open until January 10. 

More information here.

The Portuguese newspaper Expresso is publishing, once a week, a biography of a rebel from the Iberian Empire. These biographies are the results of the work of Resistance's researchers and contribute to our aim of giving voice to the 'voiceless' rebels of History.

These publications are possible thanks to a partnership between project Resistance, Casa da América Latina and Expresso.

The firsts two biographies are available here and here. For now, only to Expresso's subscribers, but soon in open access. 

The course "Los Victimarios del Antiguo Régimen a la Modernidad: la construcción histórica del lenguaje y el sujeto de exterminio civil. España, siglos XVI-XX" by Pablo Sánchez León (NOVA FCSH) will take place at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, 12 and 13 November 2019.

The Amerindian Film Screening took place in Lisbon between 13 and 17 March 2019.

"Brazil’s indigenous cinematic production has contributed decisively to the emergence of new tools for indigenous knowledge and their intervention in the world. The idea for holding this film screening in Portugal arose from the interest of a group of researchers, cultural programmers and activists in developing a deeper knowledge of the contribution made to contemporary society by Amerindian cinema and thought, especially that of Brazil’s indigenous peoples." (Doc Lisboa).

The debates are now available in the YouTube channel of CHAM-NOVA FCSH (in Portuguese):

Debate: Roça do Ofício

Debate: A camera é de todo mundo

Debate: Artes, pensamento ameríndio e activismo

For more videos from the Ameridian Film Screening please visit our Videos section.

Resistance's coordinator Mafalda Soares da Cunha has participated in the radio show 90 Segundos de Ciência (90 Seconds of Science) last week. Mafalda talked about the project and the aim to give voice to the 'voiceless' characters of History.

Listen to the episode (in Portuguese) HERE.

The workshop 'Actores, Conexiones, Conflictos y Resistencias. El Mundo Atlántico: escenario de convergencias y divergencias', organized by the RESISTANCE team at UNLP, will take place on November 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Nacional del Centro, Tandil.

In September and October, on the framework of RESISTANCE, the UNI-CV will receive as guests Arlindo Caldeira and António Camões Gouveia (NOVA FCSH). Within these secondments and the National Day of Culture, the Workshop Práticas de Ensino e Formas de Resistência will take place at the Complexo Educativo de Salinero (Cidade Velha, Cape Verde) on October 14.

Programme: Acção Formação RESISTANCE Out 2019 - versão 29-09 FINAL.pdf

The seminar 'Territorio, identidad e idioma indígena', organized by the RESISTANCE team at UNLP, will take place on September 30, 2 p.m., in the Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, La Plata.

Project RESISTANCE will participate in the European Researchers' Night, September 27 in Évora, with the exhibition of the documentary film Ma Ê Dami Xina - I’ve already become an Image (2008), by Brazilian indigenous director Zezinho Yube. 

Comments on the story of an indigenous people, made by directors and characters. From the first contact, through the captivity in the rubber tree plantations, to the current work with video, the testimonies give meaning to the process of dispersion, loss, and reunion experienced by the Huni kuin people.

The film will be commented by RESISTANCE researcher Pedro Cardim (NOVA FCSH). 

The Workshop RISE-MPIeR: Diálogos entre História e Direito na África will take place at MPIeR on October 9, and aims to establish a dialogue among researchers associated with the project RESISTANCE and with the Max-Planck Institute for European Legal History. 

In October, on the framework of the RISE project, the MPIeR will receive as guests four researchers from Cabo Verde University. Thus this will be an excellent opportunity to begin a dialogue between them, the members of the Research Group “Law and the Creation of Dependency in the Ibero-Atlantic”, and the other researchers of the MPIeR. The presentations will encompass issues related to resistance and to normative production in African colonial contexts.

Programa - RISE-MPIeR.pdf

In 1998, UNESCO instituted August 23 as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, in honour of the victims of slavery and their struggle. To mark this day, the Cape Verde National Historical Archives holds, on that day, a round table on the theme Slavery and the Slave Trade in Cape Verde's History, bringing together national and foreign researchers dedicated to these subjects. 

The event, coordinated by RESISTANCE's researcher José Évora (Uni-CV), will be also attended by Lourenço Gomes (Uni-CV), who will talk about the consequences of slavery for Africa, and Cândido Domingues (NOVA FCSH), with the communication Slavery and freedom: sources and possibilities of investment in the National Archive of Cape Verde.

The tertulia "RESISTANCE Uni-CV e Historiografia de Cabo Verde" took place on July 29 at Uni-CV. The main goal of this meeting was to present the results of the ongoing research. Some results were presented by Andreia Fidalgo (ISCTE-IUL), António Correia e Silva (Uni-CV), Ivone Monteiro (Uni-CV), José Évora (Uni-CV), Lourenço Gomes (Uni-CV) and Elter Carlos (Uni-CV).

The seminar "Practices and resistances of a polyphonic institution. Poverty, Charity and Assistance in the Hospital of Santa Creu. Barcelona, XVth Century" by RESISTANC E's researcher Ximena Illanes (PUC) took place on July 30, at MPIeR.

In April of the year 1401, the Hospital de la Santa Creu was inaugurated in Barcelona. The ecclesiastical and civil authorities saw with pride the realization of this project, since it had been for a while that this was considered a "public" and urgent need for the city. The Papacy and Martin de Aragón supported the initiative, offering various privileges for the institution in order to increase resources. The particularity of this institution is that it combined all the existing hospitals, configuring itself as the only one in the city, where there were different sections for the sick, poor, abandoned children, mad people, among others. The hospital
then was configured as an autonomous and mixed entity. It was organized between the councillors of the city and the canons of the cathedral.

The aim of this presentation was to measure the polyphony of the first general hospital in the Iberian Peninsula. The peculiarity of this study is that this institution is configured as a microcosm of the city itself and also as an open window to understand the complex concepts of poverty, charity and assistance. More specifically, the documentary wealth preserved in the Archive of the Hospital of Santa Creu and Sant Pau and the Historical Archive of the Library of Catalonia makes it possible to understand the practices and resistances of the population residing in the hospital, adapting to the norms or establishing alternative and solidary strategies.

The Symposium IV of project Resistance will take place between 22 and 24 October, in Frankfurt. The Call for Papers is now available HERE.

English, Spanish and Portuguese will be the official languages of the event. In order to permit an engaging discussion, participants are expected to have at least a passive understanding of the two other languages besides that in which they are presenting their paper.

Please send the abstract before 31st July 2019. Abstract acceptance will be notified before 20th August 2019.

The seminar "Conflictos, Género e Identidades" took place on May 31 at PUC, with the participation of the RESISTANCE's researchers Jacqueline Sarmiento (UNLP), Julián Carrera (UNLP) and Mafalda Soares da Cunha (UÉvora).

Within the doctoral programme on History (UNLP) and in partnership with RESISTANCE, the advanced training "Resistencias en el Mundo Atlántico durante la Modernidad Temprana", coordinated by Emir Reitano and Víctor Osvaldo Pereyra, will be carried out in 2019 and 2020. Seven seminars  are scheduled within this course:

• Esoterismos, ortodoxia católica y poder en la España del Siglo XVI. Polémicas antiesotéricas, persecuciones, apologías y Resistencias. By Juan Bubello(FaHCE- UNLP)
• Resistencia(s) de los “Sin voz” en las Monarquías Ibéricas, siglos XVI a XVIII. By Mafalda Soares (Universidade de Évora - Portugal)
• Género, resistencia y subalternidad. El Río de la Plata y el Brasil colonial en perspectiva atlántica durante el siglo XVIII. By Jacqueline Sarmiento & Emir Reitano (FaHCE- UNLP)
• Microresistencia e infrapolítica. Debates actuales sobre resistencia cotidiana. By Julián Carrera (FaHCE- UNLP)
• Elites y resistencias en el Paraguay. De los Comuneros a la guerra de la Triple Alianza. By Tomás Sansón (Universidad de la República - Uruguay)
• Itinerarios transatlánticos: figuraciones de la esclavitud y resistencia en novelas y ensayos de Brasil (siglos XIX al XX). By Julieta Novau (Universidad Cuenca del Plata – Argentina)
  
• Sujetos sociales en resistencia, modalidades y prácticas. Un abordaje comparativo entre la frontera ibérica y la frontera pampeana nordpatagónica. (Siglos XV, XVI XVIII y XIX). By Susana Aguirre & Víctor Pereyra (FaHCE- UNLP)

More information about the course can be found HERE

The seminar "Nuevos problemas, tendencias y desafíos en la historiografía del mundo luso-brasileño. Comparaciones con la historigrafía argentina" by Resistance's researcher Mafalda Soares da Cunha (UÉvora), Gerardo Rodríguez and Mariana Zapatero  (Grupo EuroAmérica - Academia Nacional de la Historia) will take place on July 4, 2019 at UNLP. 

Mafalda Soares da Cunha will present the talk "Vice-Reis e Governadores no Império Português, séculos XVI-XVIII. Abordagens historiográficas."

TV Universidad-UNLP made a video report about RESISTANCE's second workshop "Conflictos y Resistencias en los espacios de frontera"

The seminar "Se acata pero no se cumple. Resistencias y prácticas administrativas en una colonia periférica, Chile 1750-1810" by Resistance's researcher Elvira López (PUC) will take place on June 24, 2019 at NOVA FCSH.

The seminar "Portugal en la Historia" by Resistance's researcher José Vicente Serrão (ISCTE-IUL)  will take place on June 21, 2019 at UNLP.

The seminar "Resistencia(s) de los 'sin voz' en las monarquías ibéricas, siglos XVI a XVIII" by Mafalda Soares da Cunha (UÉvora) is a 30 hours intensive seminar, within the History PhD Programme at Faculdade de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación (FaHCE - UNLP). 

The seminar starts on June 18 at 4 p.m.

More information doctorado_historia@fahce.edu.ar

The seminar "Nuevos problemas, tendencias y desafíos en la historiografía del mundo luso-brasileño. Comparaciones con la historigrafía argentina" by Resistance's researcher José Vicente Serrão (ISCTE-IUL) and Nora Siegrist (Grupo EuroAmérica - Academia Nacional de la Historia) will take place on June 18, 2019 at UNLP. 

José Vicente Serrão will present the talk "Direitos territoriais e direitos indígenas no império português".

On the 3^rd May, the latest session of the seminar cycle “The Iberian-American Atlantic (16^th-19^th centuries)” had as its guest speaker Professor Patrícia Melo, from Universidade Federal do Amazonas, who talked about justice and the rights of the Indians aldeados in Grão-Pará during the period of the Directório dos Índios (1757-1798). The talk took place at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, and stimulated an extended debate that gave the audience the opportunity to discuss topics such as the mechanisms and resources used by these groups to access justice and to fight for their rights, as well as the leaderships of these groups and their role as intermediaries between the claims of these “vassal Indians” and colonial authorities.

At the invitation of Catalina Saldaña Lagos (PUC), Maria Antónia Pires de Almeida (ISCTE-IUL) is presenting the Conference: “Salud pública en Portugal: Conocimientos médicos y farmacéuticos sobre higiene y epidemias, 1854-1918” / “Public health in Portugal: medical and pharmaceutical knowledge on hygiene and epidemics, 1854-1918”, at the Programa de Estudios Médicos Humanísticos of the Facultad de Medicina and the Instituto de Historia, Facultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencia Política of the Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago do Chile, 7^thMay 2019.

This conference is part of a research mission to Santiago do Chile from May 1^stto June 1^st,with the support of RESISTANCE.

Also in this mission Maria Antónia Pires de Almeida shall present the paper “Mulheres escravas em Portugal: resistências quotidianas e representações na arte” / “Slave women in Portugal: daily resistance and representations in art”, at the International SimposiumGender and resistance(SY3), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Chile, Santiago do Chile, 28^thto 30^thMay 2019.

The Institute of Social Sciences, with the support of RESISTANCE, hosted more than fifty researchers from around the world for an International Congress that revisited one of the most important instruments of representation in modern democracies: petitions and petitionary movements. In a sense, the subject could not be more relevant for the times we are living in. But, at the same time, petitioning was a distinctive mark of the Early Modern world. Petitions, representations, appeals and other similar documents were used, either individually or collectively by those who wished to address the Crown, or other authorities. As a form of political or juridical communication, petitions go back to the Classical Era, but gained a broader geographical expression during the European expansion, when they became one of the most popular means used by overseas populations to convey their interests and grievances. 

During the “Era of Revolutions” petitions also provided a key element of continuity between the Early Modern and Contemporary worlds in the sense that, unlike many other features and political devices from the Ancien Régime, they survived the massive political transformation. In this event we focused on the role played by petitions precisely during this time of intense social upheaval; a time that also saw the widening of political rights in Europe and the Americas.

Indigenous cinematographic production in Brazil has contributed to the emergence of new instruments of indigenous knowledge and intervention in the world. The “Amerindian Film Festival” will take place from 13th to 17th March at Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. More information and programme here

The 3th symposium of the project RESISTANCE will take place between 28th and 30th May 2019, at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, under the theme “Gender and Resistance”. Call for papers: 3 Dec 2018 – 4 Feb 2019 For more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4pleY9HxHCe52jkxQO0WwXXnbC9hrpk/view?usp=sharing

The 2nd Workshop of the project RESISTANCE will take place on 13th and 14th June 2019, at the Edificio Sergio Karakachoff, calle 48 e/ 6 y 7, Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Argentina, under the theme “Conflictos y resistencias en los espacios de frontera”. For more information, consult https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3FsSXcQrKG-OVVoM196d19MdjBRSkRTUkVwWGhKbnZFaWdj/view?usp=sharing