Moderator: Teresa Almeida Cravo (CES/FEUC)


Overview

The concept of coloniality is of paramount importance in postcolonial and decolonial theories. But, to avoid a purely epistemic turn, it needs to be historicised and take into account that colonial contexts exist within the framework of the diversity of capitalisms. From the author's critical position - albeit not hostile - towards the post- and decolonial currents, this lecture will explore the various regimes of coloniality's historicity.

Bio note

Michel Cahen is Emeritus Director of Research of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), at the research centre "Les Afriques dans le monde" (CNRS/Sciences Po Bordeaux). Historiator, he is a specialist on contemporary Portuguese colonial history in Africa and a political analyst of the PALOPs. In addition to this " field", he is also interested in the theoretical debates around ethnicity and democracy, creolisation and decoloniality. He is preparing a new book, Colonialité. Plaidoyer pour la précision d'un concept, which will be launched in March 2024 (Paris: Karthala).

Activity within the scope of the project «REPLAY - Approaches to peace and the (re)production of violence in Mozambique», funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia I.P. (EXPL/CPO-CPO/1615/2021) in collaboration with the PhD Program «International Politics and Conflict Resolution» (FEUC/CES)