Colloquium + Exhibition

The Third Democratic Opposition Congress: 50 Years Later

April 19 and 20, 2023

Centro Cultural de Belém

Programme

19th April, Wednesday

14H30 -15H00 – Opening Session and inauguration of the exhibition

15H00 -16H30 – Testemonies I and Debate
Carlos Carvalhas, Maria Emília Brederode e António Neto Brandão
Moderator: Aniceto Afonso

16H30 -16H45 – Break

16H45 -19H00 – Interventions I and Debate
Fernando Rosas – «The Aveiro Congress: in times of eves»
Francisco Seixas da Costa«1973 – A Uniformed Look»
José Manuel Lopes Cordeiro«Aveiro, 1973: an Opposition on the margins of the Opposition Congress»
Luísa Tiago Oliveira«From the Conclusions of the Aveiro Congress to the MFA Programme»
Moderator: Irene Flunser Pimentel


April 20th, Thursday

14H30 -16H00 – Testemonies II and Debate
Helena Pato, Mário Simões Teles e João Soares

Moderator: Delfim Sardo

16H00 -16H15 – Break

16H15 -18H30 – Interventions II and Debate
José Pacheco Pereira«What the III Congress revealed about the state of the Opposition»
Luís Trindade«"Havemos de ser mais eu bem sei". Sounds, images and utopia in 1973»
Manuela Tavares«Women in the democratic opposition and the slow path for their rights»
Miguel Cardina«April 1973: A portrait of the anti-war oppositions»
Moderação: Rui Bebiano

18H30 -18H45 – Closing session