5th European Conference on African Studies: African dynamics in a multipolar world

The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) took place in Lisbon, Portugal, June 27 to 29, 2013. It was organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Center of African Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon) on behalf of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. Its general theme was ‘African Dynamics in a Multipolar World’.

Download the conference programme as a PDF (10MB).

You can view much of the event content via the site menu: peruse the panels, roundtables and the special ECAScreening section.

Organisers

Steering committee

Clara Carvalho, convener, CEA-IUL (director) Department of Anthropology, ISCTEI-UL
Manuel João Ramos, scientific commission convener; conference book editor, CEA-IUL (vice-director) Department of Anthropology, ISCTE-IUL
Luca Bussotti, scientific commission coordination, CEA-IUL (researcher)
Ana Lúcia Sá, editors contact point; writing workshop, CEA-IUL (researcher)
João Dias, administrative coordination; conference promotion, CEA-IUL (staff)
Fernanda Alvim, administration; conference marketing, CEA-IUL (staff)
Eleonora Rocha, organizational department, administrative coordination, CEA-IUL (staff)

Scientific committee

Carin Norberg, Political Science / Economy, The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden
Elísio Macamo, Sociology, Centre for African Studies Basel
Ebrima Sall, Agriculture, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
Ton Dietz, Geography, The African Studies Centre, Leiden
Hamidou Hanafiou, Linguistics, Abdou Moumouni University
Itziar Ruiz-Gimenez, Political Science, Autonomous University of Madrid
Wilson Trajano Filho, Anthropology, University of Brasília
Teresa Cruz e Silva, History, Eduardo Mondlane University
Yves Fauré, Economy, University of Bordeaux
Paulos Chanie, Development, The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa
Fernando Jorge Cardoso, Economy, Instituto de Estudos Estratégicos e Internacionais
Eduardo Costa Dias, Anthropology, ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon
Luca Bussotti, Sociology, Center of African Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon
Manuel João Ramos, Anthropology, Center of African Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon
José Carlos Venâncio, Sociology/Cultural Studies, University of Beira Interior
Paula Meneses, History, Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra
Ramon Sarró, Anthropology, Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon

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