On 8 and 9 September, we will host the workshop ‘Contested Imperial Endings’, organised as part of the #DecTiL project — 'Auditing Decolonization in Timor-Leste, 1974-82: the Riscado Report'

The programme is available on our website:
https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/contested-imperial-endings/

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🗣 The call for papers for the workshop ‘Contested Imperial Endings’ has been extended until 12 June. The meeting aims to promote a comparative discussion about the dissolution of various European empires, with greater emphasis on the post-1945 period.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/contested-imperial-endings/

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🗣 Until 30 May, organisers are accepting proposals for the workshop ‘Contested Imperial Endings’, which aims to encourage a comparative discussion on dissolution of several European empires, with a greater emphasis on those which unravelled in the aftermath of post-1945 European decolonization.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/contested-imperial-endings/

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🗣 We've opened a call for papers for the workshop "Contested Imperial Endings", seeking to encourage a comparative discussion on dissolution of several European empires, with a greater emphasis on those which unravelled in the aftermath of post-1945 European decolonization.

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/contested-imperial-endings/

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> “In the late 19th century, a huge anti-opium movement came together internationally and they were able to impose certain constraints on these massive #EuropeanEmpires, which were actually more powerful than energy corporations are today,” he shares. “I think we can take some hope from that. That’s ultimately what being human is about—to recognise that you have a duty to keep on trying.”
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