Estado da Índia encompassed East African coast from its foundation until 1752, forwarding the already existing connections between the Portuguese crown and African kingdoms. Western Indian shores have long been a meeting place and commercial crossroad for Africans, Indians and Europeans, providing advantageous human and cultural exchanges. The Island of Mozambique was the center of the Portuguese presence in the Eastern coast of Africa and ground for the territorial settlement in the Zambezi basin as well as one of the main ports of the intercontinental voyages fostered by the India Run. 

This historical, geographical, and cultural background is the main focus of the XV International Seminar on Indo-Portuguese History, commemorating its 40th anniversary, and celebrating the second centenary of the Island of Mozambique town.

Call for papers is now open. Deadline for submission in Portuguese or English is March 15 2018. 

Please send a title, author, institutional affiliation, contacts, maximum 700-characters (spaces included) abstract and maximum 2000-characters (spaces included) CV to this email address: seminario.secretariado@fcsh.unl.pt. Notification of acceptance will be delivered by April 15.

Organization provides accommodation and transportation from Nampula to the Island of Mozambique.

Subjects

Mozambique Bicentennial Town

Mozambique and the India Run

Africans, Indians and Europeans: Migrations and Commercial Networks

Religious Identities, Territories, and Political Configurations in East African Coast

Material and Visual Culture in the Indian Ocean

Organizing Committee:

Artur Teodoro de Matos

João Paulo Oliveira e Costa

João Salavessa

André Teixeira 

Carla Alferes Pinto

João Teles e Cunha

Paulo Sousa Pinto

International Commitee:

Maria Augusta Lima Cruz

João Paulo Oliveira e Costa

Pius Malekandathil

Fátima Gracias 

Ernestina Carreira

Dejanirah Couto

Advisers:

Artur Teodoro de Matos

Luís Filipe F. R.  Thomaz

Anthony Disney

Teotónio R. de Souza

Local Committee:

Pedrito Cambrão

Vasco Bota Ribeiro

Iolanda Teixeira Duarte

Contact info: Patrícia Carvalho 

seminario.secretariado@fcsh.unl.pt

Organization

CHAM / NOVA FCSH

UNILURIO