Programme

09h00 | Reception of participants

09h15 | Opening Session
Filipe Guimarães da Silva (Executive Director of the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation)
José Ramos-Horta (President of the Republic of Timor-Leste) tbc
Marisa Ramos Gonçalves (Researcher at CES, University of Coimbra)

09h45 | The Before and After of April 25, 1974, in Timor-Leste
Moderators: Zélia Pereira (FMSMB, CES-UC, IHC-FCSH)

Hugo Maria Fernandes (Executive Director of CNC - Centro Nacional Chega!)
The unilateral proclamation of independence in 1975 — memorialization policies

Rogério Sávio (Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e, CNC)
Aspects of social and political life in Timor-Leste before and after 25 April 1974

Adelino Gomes (Journalist)
From Lisbon to Balibó and Tacitolu (1974-2002). Ten steps and a grand finale that (almost) redeemed everything. Testimony and homage.

10h50 | Discussion

11h20 | Pause

11h40 | Investigation into the history of the 1974-1975 period
Moderators: Marisa Ramos Gonçalves (CES-UC)

Zélia Pereira (FMSMB, CES-UC, IHC-FCSH)
The arrival of April 25 in Timor and the decolonization process in the Portuguese archives

12h00 | Discussion

12h30 - 14h30 | Lunch Break

14h30 | Investigation into the history of the 1974-1975 period (cont.)
Moderators: Zélia Pereira (FMSMB, CES-UC, IHC-FCSH)

Estêvão Cabral (Independent researcher, former member of the resistance in the diaspora)
Fretilin's literacy campaigns in 1974-1975

15h00 | Discussion

15h30 | Roundtable: Timorese memories and experiences of April 25 and the 1974/75 period
Moderators: Lúcio Sousa (UAb) and Marisa Ramos Gonçalves (CES-UC)

Fátima Guterres (Writer and former head of the resistance, OPMT)
Bernardina Alves (Former head of resistance, OPMT)
Lidia Araújo (Former Resistance Leader, OPMT)
Luís Costa (Professor, former head of resistance in the diaspora)

16h30 | Discussion

1700 | Final Comments | Zélia Pereira (FMSMB, CES-UC, IHC-FCSH)