eurocentrismo

Eurocentrism and racism beyond the positivist order: the politics of history and education

Seminário Internacional
23 a 24 de Maio de 2011, 10h00, Aud. do Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa, Picoas Plaza, Rua de Viriato 13
[INSCRIÇÕES GRATUITAS]

On the 23rd and 24th May, the Centre for Social Studies will hold an International Conference to present and discuss the main findings of the project ‘Race’ and Africa in Portugal: a study on history textbooks, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The conference aims at constructing a historically-informed debate on Eurocentrism and racism, bringing together international scholars that work on a diversity of approaches and disciplines, namely History, Anthropology, Political Sociology, International Relations, Sociolinguistics. Focusing on the politics of history and education, the conference will move the debate beyond the positivistic framings that have been characteristic of contemporary understandings of national identity, racism and knowledge in (post-)colonial Europe.