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
Sponsors
Funding
Casa África
Sponsorship
B.leza
Sponsorship
Caixa Geral de
Depósitos
Sponsorship
Delta Coffee
Sponsorship
Continente
Sponsorship
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Sponsorship
Museu da Farmácia
Sponsorship
Próximo Futuro
Sponsorship
RDP África
Sponsorship
Turismo de
Lisboa
Media partner
The African Centre for Peace Building
(AFCOPB)
Support
ISCTE-IUL