The programme includes keynote lectures and several thematic sessions focusing, among other topics, on the First World War, the Spanish Civil War, forms of political mobilisation in exile, migration categories and policies, and representations of Portuguese communities during the interwar period. It also includes a roundtable on archives and Portuguese migration.

The conference will also feature the exhibition Les étrangers dans la Résistance, le cas des Portugais and a screening of Carlos Pereira’s documentary Les Portugais dans la Résistance, followed by a discussion.

The event is organised by the Laboratoire d’Études Romanes (LER) at Université Paris 8 and the Institute of Contemporary History – In2Past (IHC-In2Past/NOVA FCSH).

19–20 November 2026 | 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Université Paris 8 – Maison de la recherche, Amphi MR 002