LSA Keynote Address (Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 17:00 to 18:00)
"Going beyond Lusophony: Cultural Exchanges in the Atlantic during the Transatlantic Slave Trade Era"
Abstract / Resumo
The development of the field of Global History has opened new perspectives for our knowledge regarding different regions of the world. As far as Africa is concerned, fresh viewpoints have emerged on the interconnection of diasporic African histories with world histories. Focusing in particular on religious beliefs and practices, I shall discuss how, during the seventeeth to nineteenth centuries, from Lisbon to the hinterlands of Brazil, passing through Senegambia and the Caribbean area, Africans were active agents of cultural transformations..

Hugo Ribeiro da Silva completed his PhD in History and Civilization in 2010 at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy). His research interests are social and cultural Early Modern History, Lusophone Culture and History (Brazil and Angola), and cross-cultural exchanges in the South Atlantic. He has participated in several collective projects, such as “BAHIA16-19: Salvador da Bahia -- American, European and African Forging of a Colonial Capital City," funded by FP7-Marie Curie Actions People International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES). He was a Marie Curie Fellow at King's College London (2017-2019) and a Lecturer in Lusophone Studies at the same university (2019-2021). Since 2021, he has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of History and Political and International Studies, University of Porto, and a researcher at CITCEM -- Transdisciplinary Research Center for Culture, Space and Memory..

After the Conference ... Publication of Articles

The Lusophone Studies Association (LSA) is pleased to announce a PSR Special Issue based on the conference "Exploring the Lusophone World Through Transcultural and Intersectional Perspectives," held at the University of Porto, in Porto, Portugal, 25-27 June 2025.

We welcome abstracts from the LSA conference presenters who delivered individual papers. Only conference participants are invited to submit their abstracts, to be followed by duly completed papers that will undergo a double-blind peer review and (if accepted) will be published in the Portuguese Studies Review.

Individual paper abstract submissions should include names(s) of author(s); institutional affiliation; email address(es); title of abstract; and an abstract (250 words, maximum). Abstracts must be submitted in MS Word or RTF (Rich Text File) format and in Times New Roman font size 12. Please direct your abstract submissions to the above e-mail with the subject header “Special PSR Issue: LSA University of Porto Conference, 2025”. Prof. Kenedy will respond to all abstract submissions before 15 August 2025.

The deadline for submission of the completed papers is 30 October 2025. The papers may be submitted in English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish. The papers should be 6,000-12,000 words in length and use PSR house style footnotes [APA / MLA and related styles, aka ‘parenthetical referencing’, are not allowed] (for all PSR file format instructions, specific PSR footnote format [modified classic Chicago Manual of Style — Humanities], documentation specifications [illustrations & copyright clearance, etc.], plus all other frequently asked manuscript submission questions, see https://maproom44.com/psr/submissions.html and related links and https://maproom44.com/psr/author_faq.html).

Extensive limited (i.e. preview only) PDF samples of previous PSR issues (e.g. 2019-2022)—demonstrating the required journal (PSR) style—are available worldwide for immediate download on the PSR website, to assist authors (New Series [Latest PreviewYears]: https://maproom44.com/psr/bk_issues.html).