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CEsA researchers Ana Mafalda Leite, Jessica Falconi and Doris Wieser are members of the Scientific Committee of the 1st International Conference on Cape Verdean Literature, taking place in Lisbon in 2024
Get to know our researchers:
Ana Mafalda Leite
Ana Mafalda Leite is the First Secretary of the CEsA General Assembly Board. Poet and essayist. Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (FLUL-UL) with a Ph.D. in Portuguese Literature/African Literature in Portuguese (1989) and a Master’s degree in Brazilian and African Literature. She began her degree in Romance Philology at Eduardo Mondlane University and completed at FLUL in 1978. Since 2005, she has been an integrated research member of CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa. In her research activity within the framework of CESA, she directed three projects funded by the FCT on African Literature, Post-colonial and Cultural Studies, and Indian Ocean Studies (2008-2011; 2013-2015; 2016-2020), which resulted in several publications. She has contributed with her work to a critical dissemination of Portuguese-speaking African literature and developed activities as a researcher and visiting professor at several African, Brazilian, American, and European universities. Member of the Editorial and Scientific Board of several African studies journals. Member of the Mozambican Writers Association (AEMO) and Honorary Member of the Angolan Academy of Letters (AAL). His current research focus on Comparative African Literature, Environmental Humanities, World Literature, and Indian Ocean Studies.
Jessica Falconi
Jessica Falconi is Sub-Director of CEsA (2023-2025 Term). PhD in Iberian Studies at University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Her dissertation was about representation of national identity in mozambican poetry and was published in Italy in 2008. Between 2007 and 2013 she was lecturer at the same university in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, and Portuguese Language and Translation. In 2017 she concluded her post-doctoral fellowship funded by FCT at the Center for African, Asian and Latin American Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). She is Visiting Professor at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and coordinator of the Portuguese Language Center/IP Camões. She has published various articles in international journals and was co-editor of a book of interviews with Angolan and Mozambican writers. She is member of the team of the NILUS Project (CESA/FCT), Narratives of the Indian Ocean in the Lusophone Space.
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Jessica Falconi is a guest editor of the “Routledge Studies in Cultural History” Series
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CEsA researcher Olga Iglésias presents an article on Samora Machel’s legacy at an International Conference in Mozambique
CEsA researcher Olga Iglésias (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) will present the article “O Legado Samoriano para uma nova Linha da Frente” (Samora Machel’s Legacy for a new Front Line, in English) between November 1st and 3rd, 2023 at the Conferência Internacional Samora Machel e a África Austral: Desafios de Convivência Pacífica e Desenvolvimento Sócio-económico dos Povos da Região: de 1960 ao séc. XXI (International Conference Samora Machel and Southern Africa: Challenges of peaceful coexistence and socio-economic development of the peoples of the region: from 1960 to the 21st century, in English), at Universidade Pedagógica in Maputo, Mozambique.
More information can be checked out on the Conference website: http://www.upmanica.up.ac.mz/component/content/article/94-noticias/300-conferencia-internacional-samora-machel-e-a-africa-austral?Itemid=437
About our researcher
PhD in Economic and Social History (2009) and Post Doctorate (2016), having investigated the associative movement in Mozambique (1908-1974), she has presented the results of her research in national and international conferences and journals. Associated to CEsA/CSG/ISEG/UL (2009) and CTROP (2021), she is part of the IHC/FCSH/UNL (2013) as Integrated Researcher. She supervises Master’s and PhD thesis and is part of networks of researchers, such as the Iberian Network of African Studies.
More information on Olga Iglésias research profile: https://cesa.rc.iseg.ulisboa.pt/investigacao/investigadores/oiglesias/
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Farming System Change Under Different Climate Scenarios and its Impact on Food Security: an analytical framework to inform adaptation policy in developing countries
Abstract:
Developing countries are considered extremely vulnerable to climate change, due to their socioeconomic context (high levels of poverty) and high dependence of their livelihoods on natural resources. Rural areas in these countries concentrate most of the poorest and food-insecure people in the world, with farmers being among the most vulnerable to climate change. The impacts of climate change are expected to be spatially heterogeneous. In this sense, this paper aims at exploring the direct, marginal effect of climate change on farming system choice and its implications to food security in Mozambique, using a space-for-time approach. Our results suggest that major changes are to be expected in farming system choice and their spatial distribution due to climate change, which will potentially impact the livelihoods and food security status of smallholder farmers. Farming systems including food/cash crops and/or livestock, which are among the most food secure, will tend to be replaced by other systems in all climate scenarios. Mixed farming systems (including food and livestock) and livestock-oriented systems, mostly food insecure, predominant in arid areas are expected to expand with climate change. Food security and innovation stress maps were sketched out from the modelling results, identifying priority areas for public intervention. We also highlight how our approach can be an effective and easily replicable framework to address this type of issues in other developing regions facing similar problems.
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Abbas, M., Ribeiro, P.F. & Santos, J.L. Farming System Change Under Different Climate Scenarios and its Impact on Food Security: an analytical framework to inform adaptation policy in developing countries. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change 28, 43 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-023-10082-5
Special report supported by a grant awarded by CEsA and ACEP wins the biggest journalism award in Portugal
RTP’s special report “Na Arte de Resistir – Somos Moçambique” (Art of Resisting – We are Mozambique, in English), produced by Paula Borges, Orfeu de Sá Lisboa and Paulo Cavaco, and with the support of the Bolsa de Criação Jornalística sobre Desenvolvimento 2022 (2022 Journalistic Creation Grant on Development, in English), won the Prémio Gazeta 2023, the biggest journalism award in Portugal, in the Radio category.
The Journalistic Creation Grant on Development is granted by the Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (ACEP), in partnership with the Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), and with the support of Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua.
Watch the special report “Na Arte de Resistir – Somos Moçambique” (Art of Resisting – We are Mozambique, in English), shown on November 2nd, 2022, on RTP (in Portuguese): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p440/e650945/reportagem-rdp-africa
More information on the special report on ACEP website (in Portuguese): https://mundocritico.org/recursos/na-arte-de-resistir-somos-mocambique-reportagens-de-paula-borges-e-orfeu-de-sa-lisboa/
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Bolsa de Criação Jornalística sobre Desenvolvimento 2022 – Resultados (in Portuguese)
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The 3rd Meeting of Young Lusophone Commonwealth Researchers on Africa 2024 launches a Call for Papers with deadline for submission until December 30, 2023
The 3rd Edition of the Meeting of Young Lusophone Commonwealth Researchers on Africa 2024, which will take place between the 27th, 28th, and 29th of March 2024 in Luanda, Angola, launched a Call for Papers with a deadline for submitting papers until the 30th of December 2023. Researchers aged 18 to 40 must submit only ongoing research work or work carried out in the last five years. Only 30 Papers will be selected for presentation.
More information on the event website: https://www.encontrojovensinvestigadorescplp.org/chamada-de-trabalhos.html
Author: CEsA Communications (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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CEsA, ISEG, ACEP, and Cultures of Resistance will screen the documentary Unite for Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guinea): Agroecology and Feminism in Guinea-Bissau
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), in partnership with director Iara Lee and producer Cultures of Resistance Films, ACEP – Association for the Cooperation of the People, and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (University of Lisbon), is honored to announce the screening, for the first time in Portugal, of the documentary “Unite for Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné): Agroecology and Feminism in Guinea-Bissau” and discussion with director Iara Lee on October 10th, 2023, at 6 pm (UTC+1), at ISEG (Auditorium 2, Quelhas), in Lisbon, Portugal.
The event is free admission upon registration. Seats are limited and the auditorium capacity will be filled in order of arrival.
Unite for Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné): Agroecology and Feminism in Guinea Bissau (40 min) is directed by Iara Lee, camera and editing by João Meirinhos, and produced by Cultures of Resistance Films.
Synopsis: In the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, this thought-provoking film takes you on a journey that follows brave local women who challenge patriarchy by building institutions that promote self-sufficiency through agroecology. They also defy social norms by standing up against female genital mutilation and rejecting forced marriage. Carrying forward the legacy of Amílcar Cabral, the Bissau-Guinean independence leader who placed women’s rights at the center of the struggle for liberation, the women of a rising generation are taking their power back.
Watch the trailer below:
TRAILER: UNITE FOR BISSAU | NÔ KUMPU GUINÉ from JOÃO MEIRINHOS on Vimeo.
Further information: https://culturesofresistancefilms.com/unite-for-bissau-for-the-press/
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ISEG Graduation Ceremony celebrates graduates of the Masters’ in Development and International Cooperation and the PhD in Development Studies
CEsA congratulates all graduates in 2023 of the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG/ULisboa) and the PhD Programme in Development Studies (PDED/ISA, ICS, IGOT and ISEG/ULisboa) from ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management. CEsA (CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) is part of to the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the PDED and the MDCI, supporting lectures of curricular units, organization of seminars and academic events, and supervising students’ final papers and theses, framing them in the research lines of the Centre.
The Graduation Ceremony for the Masters and PhDs was held on September 8, 2023, at Pátio das Francesinhas, on the ISEG campus, in Lisbon. The end of the study cycle was celebrated with a speech by President João Duque, with the delivery of the certificate of completion, and with presentations by Quarteto Vivace and Tuna Económicas.
The Master’s graduates in Development and International Cooperation are (click on the names to access the master’s thesis): Ana Luiza Penna, Anna Rose Kless, Beatriz Jorge Martins Pereira Gil Pratas, Beatriz Nabais Monteiro Vaz, Carolina Aguiar dos Reis Mascarenhas, Carolina Condeço Ramos da Cunha, Carolina Rafaela dos Reis Rodrigues, Daniela Maria Alcobia Lopes, Daniel Ryan Doran, Emídio Mário Rafael de Carvalho, Franciely Torrente Veloso, Gonçalo Vicente Toscano Pessoa, Inês de Sousa Pinto, Inês Filipa Correia da Silva, Jiaping Yu, Luísa da Silva Ferreira, Maria Beatriz Carreiras de Jesus, Mariana Isabel Serrano Costa, Mariana Franco Correia, Marianna Rios Franco, Patrícia Alexandra Henrique São José, Patrícia Antunes Pereira Lourenço, Patrícia Maria Faroleira Demétrio, Policardo César Oliveira Craveiro, Rafaela Almeida Lima, Susana Maria Antunes Rodrigues, Tulio Henrique Torres Teixeira, Valeria Lissette Castaneda Moreno, Wang Congxi, Ye Chen, Yolanda Ana Borges Francisco e Yuhui Wang.
The PhD graduates in Development Studies are (click on the names to access the doctoral thesis): Jane Machado da Silva, José Luís Mascarenhas Monteiro e Mojgan Chapariha.
See the photos of the ISEG Graduation Ceremony for the Masters and PhDs 2023 on Flickr (click here)
The 2023 Graduation Ceremony can be watched below and on ISEG’s YouTube channel (click here)
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2023 Graduation Ceremony – Masters and PhDs – YouTube ISEG
2023 Graduation Ceremony – Masters and PhDs – Flickr Marketing ISEG
Masters in Development and International Cooperation – ISEG
PhD Programme in Development Studies – ISEG/ISA/ICS/IGOT
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História de São Tomé e Príncipe de Meados do Século XIX ao Fim do Regime Colonial (1852-1974): As plantações, economia, cultura e religião
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This book explains the reasons that led the Portuguese to recolonize the São Tomé and Príncipe islands from 1852 onwards and the strategies they adopted to institutionalize the new colonial order in the archipelago. They removed the natives from ownership of land and institutions and introduced the plantation economy model around which all economic and social life began to revolve, with the territory being divided between the populations of large plantations and the native populations. Work and land were exploited to the point of exhaustion, with mistreatment, racial discrimination, and a progressive decline in soil productivity. The production crisis emerged and exposed the limits of the plantation economy model. There were several attempts to forcefully hire native labor, which generated many conflicts and led to the “Batepá” massacre of 1953. This event raised the awareness of nationalists for the independence of the archipelago, which occurred on July 12, 1975. The book also addresses culture and religion as central elements that shape São Tomé and Príncipe society and identity.
Quotation:
Espírito Santo, A. (2023). História de São Tomé e Príncipe – De Meados do Século XIX ao Fim do Regime Colonial (1852-1974): As plantações, economia, cultura e religião. Lisboa: Nimba Edições.
Jessica Falconi is a guest editor of the “Routledge Studies in Cultural History” Series
The Sub-director and researcher of CEsA, Professor Jessica Falconi, is one of the guest editors of the book The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions, from the Routledge Studies in Cultural History series. The issue is dedicated to clarifying the crucial role of the periodical press in the advance of colonial print cultures and public debates in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The team of editors also includes Sandra Ataíde Lobo, Remy Dias, and Dave A. Smith.
The book is available for purchase on the publisher Routledge website (in this link) and also contains a chapter written by CEsA researchers Professor Ana Mafalda Leite and Vanessa Riambau Pinheiro, entitled “Caliban in the Indian Ocean: Rui Knopfli’s Role in the Mozambican Literary System”.
Abstract – The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions
The Colonial Periodical Press in the Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions is a venture of the International Group for Studies of Colonial Periodical Press of the Portuguese Empire (IGSCP-PE), which also invests in comparative studies and conceptual discussions. Moving around urban shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, it approaches the crucial role of periodical press in the development of colonial print cultures and public debates in these regions. By being mostly focused on press from spaces and peoples under the domain of the Portuguese Empire, it addresses a bibliographical gap in international discussions moved by the field. The outcome reflects an investment in offering decentred and de-nationalized approaches to the colonial print cultures and press histories under study, working as a platform for regional dialogues and comparative perspectives. The studies presented allow a better understanding of transits and connections of both an imperial and a trans-imperial nature, contributing to the consolidation of comparative approaches in the studies of European empires and colonialisms.
Get to know our researchers
Jessica Falconi is Sub-Director of CEsA (2023-2025 Term). PhD in Iberian Studies at University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Her dissertation was about representation of national identity in mozambican poetry and was published in Italy in 2008. Between 2007 and 2013 she was lecturer at the same university in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, and Portuguese Language and Translation. In 2017 she concluded her post-doctoral fellowship funded by FCT at the Center for African, Asian and Latin American Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). She is Visiting Professor at Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and coordinator of the Portuguese Language Center/IP Camões. She has published various articles in international journals and was co-editor of a book of interviews with Angolan and Mozambican writers. She is member of the team of the NILUS Project (CESA/FCT), Narratives of the Indian Ocean in the Lusophone Space.
Ana Mafalda Leite is the First Secretary of the CEsA General Assembly Board. Poet and essayist. Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon (FLUL-UL) with a Ph.D. in Portuguese Literature/African Literature in Portuguese (1989) and a Master’s degree in Brazilian and African Literature. She began her degree in Romance Philology at Eduardo Mondlane University and completed at FLUL in 1978. Since 2005, she has been an integrated research member of CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa. In her research activity within the framework of CESA, she directed three projects funded by the FCT on African Literature, Post-colonial and Cultural Studies, and Indian Ocean Studies (2008-2011; 2013-2015; 2016-2020), which resulted in several publications. She has contributed with her work to a critical dissemination of Portuguese-speaking African literature and developed activities as a researcher and visiting professor at several African, Brazilian, American, and European universities. Member of the Editorial and Scientific Board of several African studies journals. Member of the Mozambican Writers Association (AEMO) and Honorary Member of the Angolan Academy of Letters (AAL). His current research focus on Comparative African Literature, Environmental Humanities, World Literature, and Indian Ocean Studies.
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Eduardo Sarmento is elected director of CEsA; Jessica Falconi and Alexandre Abreu, sub-directors
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CEsA welcomes candidates for the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation and PhD in Development Studies for the 2023/2024 semester at ISEG
This September, CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) has joined ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ULisboa) to welcome candidates for the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI) and the PhD in Development Studies (PDED) for the 2023/2024 Semester.
The MDCI Welcome Session took place on September 6, 2023, at Pátio das Francesinhas, with a presentation by Tuna Económicas, with a speech by the Presidente of ISEG, Professor João Duque, and an Inaugural Lecture given by the President of CEsA, Professor Eduardo Moraes Sarmento. The PDED Inaugural Lecture took place on September 19, 2023, in the IAPMEI Room, in the Quelhas Building, at ISEG, given by Professor Francisco Louçã, with the participation of the Vice-President of CEsA, Professor Jessica Falconi.
On these occasions, the CEsA Board had the opportunity to introduce students to one of the oldest research centres in Portugal dedicated to Development Studies and invite them to learn about the research and science communication work and follow the main dissemination channels of CEsA, such as the website, newsletter, YouTube channel and pages on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Master’s in Development and International Cooperation – ISEG
PhD Programme in Development Studies – ISEG
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