International Conference "Memory and National Identity"
Date: 26 and 27 January, 2015
Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
PROGRAM
January 26th, 2015, Monday
09.00 Opening speech by His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East- Timor, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
09.45 Coffee break
Module 1 - Without Memory there is no Future
Moderation: Bendito Freitas, Minister of Education (Timor-Leste)
10.00 Aurélio Guterres (Timor-Leste), Principal of National University of East –Timor (UNTL)
10.30 Fernando Rosas (Portugal), Professor of History at the New University of
Lisbon. Former Deputy
11.15 Álvaro Dantas Tavares (Cabo Verde), Ex-PAIGC fighter, Former Ambassador of Cabo Verde, Former Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Vice-President of the General Council of the Amilcar Cabral Foundation
12.00 Debate
13.00 Lunch Break
Module 2 - Collect and Value the Testimonies Fight
Moderator: Benjamin Corte-Real, President of the National Institute of Linguistics (Timor-Leste)
14.30 Paulo Barreto Lara (Angola), Coordinator of the project “Angola-On
Rails Independence” Documentation Tchiweka Association. Army General of
Angola
15.15 José Luís Guterres (Timor-Leste), Founding Member of ASDT / FRETILIN , Member of his Central Committee 1976- 2006 , FRETILIN representative in Maputo, Coordinator of External Delegation of FRETILIN 1978-1980 , Head of External Delegation 1994-1998, Former Vice-PM
IV Government RDTL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation V
Government RDTL
16.00 Coffee break
16.15 Abílio Araújo (Timor-Leste), Former Secretary General of FRETILIN 1981-1983, minister of the first government of RDTL. Participated in the London Reconciliation Meetings. Economist and President of the PNT Party
17.00 Debate
17.30 End of the first day
January 27th, 2015, Tuesday
Module 3 - The Archives of Memory
Moderator: Pedro Donaciano Gomes, Director of the National Institute of Defence (Timor-Leste)
09.00 Roque Rodrigues (Timor-Leste), Ex-Ambassador
of East Timor to Angola , Ex-Minister of Defense of the I Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , Advisor of President of the Republic
09.45 Coffee break
10.00 Audiovisual archives
Max Stahl (Timor-Leste) Television presenter and journalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor, in particular, the report on the Santa Cruz Massacre
10.45 The collection of archives within the population
José Agostinho Sequeira, "Somotxo" (Timor-Leste),
Former Collaborate of Chief of Staff of the FALINTIL, Former Secretary of Region IV, First Director of the Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance, Vice Minister of Interior 2006- 2007, President of the FALINTIL Veterans Foundation.
Diana Andringa (Portugal), Jornalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor
11.30 The Timorese Resistance Archive
Antoninho Baptista Alves "Hamar" (Timor-Leste), Former Political Assistant of Region IV, Director of Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance
Alfredo Caldeira (Portugal), Administrator of Archive & Library of Mário Soares Foundation
12.15 Debate
13.00 Lunch Break
Module 4 - Oral History and Protagonists
Moderation: Afonso Almeida- Coordinator of the National Centre for Scientific Research (Timor-Leste)
14.30 The Project History of Women in the Resistance
Merita Alves (Timor-Leste), President of OPMT (Popular Organization of Timorese Women)
15.15 Memories of Resistance: potential and challenges of Oral History Projects
Luciana Heymann (Brasil) PhD in Sociology. Coordinator of the Graduate
Program of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Former Coordinator of the
Oral History Program CPDOC at the same Foundation
16.00 Debate
16.45 Coffee break
17.00 Closure speech by His Excellency Mari Alkatiri (Timor-Leste), One of the founders and current Secretary General of FRETILIN. Former Prime Minister of
the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
PROGRAM
January 26th, 2015, Monday
09.00 Opening speech by His Excellency the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East- Timor, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
09.45 Coffee break
Module 1 - Without Memory there is no Future
Moderation: Bendito Freitas, Minister of Education (Timor-Leste)
10.00 Aurélio Guterres (Timor-Leste), Principal of National University of East –Timor (UNTL)
10.30 Fernando Rosas (Portugal), Professor of History at the New University of
Lisbon. Former Deputy
11.15 Álvaro Dantas Tavares (Cabo Verde), Ex-PAIGC fighter, Former Ambassador of Cabo Verde, Former Head of the Civil House of the President of the Republic. Vice-President of the General Council of the Amilcar Cabral Foundation
12.00 Debate
13.00 Lunch Break
Module 2 - Collect and Value the Testimonies Fight
Moderator: Benjamin Corte-Real, President of the National Institute of Linguistics (Timor-Leste)
14.30 Paulo Barreto Lara (Angola), Coordinator of the project “Angola-On
Rails Independence” Documentation Tchiweka Association. Army General of
Angola
15.15 José Luís Guterres (Timor-Leste), Founding Member of ASDT / FRETILIN , Member of his Central Committee 1976- 2006 , FRETILIN representative in Maputo, Coordinator of External Delegation of FRETILIN 1978-1980 , Head of External Delegation 1994-1998, Former Vice-PM
IV Government RDTL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation V
Government RDTL
16.00 Coffee break
16.15 Abílio Araújo (Timor-Leste), Former Secretary General of FRETILIN 1981-1983, minister of the first government of RDTL. Participated in the London Reconciliation Meetings. Economist and President of the PNT Party
17.00 Debate
17.30 End of the first day
January 27th, 2015, Tuesday
Module 3 - The Archives of Memory
Moderator: Pedro Donaciano Gomes, Director of the National Institute of Defence (Timor-Leste)
09.00 Roque Rodrigues (Timor-Leste), Ex-Ambassador
of East Timor to Angola , Ex-Minister of Defense of the I Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste , Advisor of President of the Republic
09.45 Coffee break
10.00 Audiovisual archives
Max Stahl (Timor-Leste) Television presenter and journalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor, in particular, the report on the Santa Cruz Massacre
10.45 The collection of archives within the population
José Agostinho Sequeira, "Somotxo" (Timor-Leste),
Former Collaborate of Chief of Staff of the FALINTIL, Former Secretary of Region IV, First Director of the Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance, Vice Minister of Interior 2006- 2007, President of the FALINTIL Veterans Foundation.
Diana Andringa (Portugal), Jornalist. Author of documentaries about East Timor
11.30 The Timorese Resistance Archive
Antoninho Baptista Alves "Hamar" (Timor-Leste), Former Political Assistant of Region IV, Director of Archive & Museum of East Timorese Resistance
Alfredo Caldeira (Portugal), Administrator of Archive & Library of Mário Soares Foundation
12.15 Debate
13.00 Lunch Break
Module 4 - Oral History and Protagonists
Moderation: Afonso Almeida- Coordinator of the National Centre for Scientific Research (Timor-Leste)
14.30 The Project History of Women in the Resistance
Merita Alves (Timor-Leste), President of OPMT (Popular Organization of Timorese Women)
15.15 Memories of Resistance: potential and challenges of Oral History Projects
Luciana Heymann (Brasil) PhD in Sociology. Coordinator of the Graduate
Program of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Former Coordinator of the
Oral History Program CPDOC at the same Foundation
16.00 Debate
16.45 Coffee break
17.00 Closure speech by His Excellency Mari Alkatiri (Timor-Leste), One of the founders and current Secretary General of FRETILIN. Former Prime Minister of
the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
