The present course aims to provide a critical introduction to theory, practice and debates in the field of anthropology by focusing on the broad spectrum of Colonialism and Post-Colonialism.
It highlights the connections between the colonial and post-independence periods in a global context emphasizing multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives on a variety of key issues.
It highlights the connections between the colonial and post-independence periods in a global context emphasizing multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives on a variety of key issues.
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the art and architecture produced and/or circulated in the territories that composed the Portuguese empire in the early modern age (15th-18th centuries). Selected topics will be discussed in chronological and geographic order. A selection of thematic sessions will follow providing a different approach to the materials and establishing connections between the different parts and chronologies of the empire. In-class teaching will be supplemented with museum and gallery tours.
- Professor: Nuno Senos
Lectures cover the history of the Portuguese colonial empire from the 15th to the early 19th century. The course aims at providing the students with a specific, ample, detailed and up-to-date knowledge of the several periods of Portuguese Expansion between ca. 1450 and 1822, as well as the ability to compare it with other colonial ventures.
- Professor: Pedro Almeida Cardim