Throughout all its manifestations, the structure of enslavement is designed to maintain control over people through the privation of rights. As such, privacy may seem a distant concept to enslaved people both past and present. What is private in a setting of constant surveillance? Can a kinship bond be private whilst commodified? And how is it possible to raise questions about the privacies of those who leave very few records of their own and live much of their lives under the control of others?

Saint-Denis/France

Ce colloque, qui se tient le 19 et 20 novembre 2026 à l’université de Paris 8 Vincennes-St Denis, entend réunir des chercheurs travaillant sur l’histoire de la migration portugaise durant l’entre-deux-guerres. Il s’agit de créer un espace de dialogue et de débat scientifique fondé sur un regard multidirectionnel et à géographies multiples pour mettre en évidence les apports et les nouvelles approches de la recherche vers lesquelles la communauté scientifique s’est plus récemment orientée.

Submissions accepted from June 1st to 19th 2026
Publication: December 2026
Instructions to authors: SciELO Brazil