Agenda

2nd MISSION: São Tomé e Príncipe (STP), Jan/Feb 2024

1. Research Mission
  1. Research in Arquivo Histórico of STP;

  2. Recognition of material and immaterial heritage of Portuguese influence (civil, militar, administrative and religious architecture) and natural heritage;

  3. Presentation of the project and meeting with public institutions and private associations in order to create a network that will optimise synergies capable of giving leverage to a Tourism Alliance Route of bilateral scope. Namely, Courtesy meeting with the President of the Regional Government of Príncipe, Dr Filipe Nascimento, at the Official Residence in Santo António. The aim is for the region to become part of the Alliance Route of the TravelconT project.
Facebook's publication of the Regional Government, 6 February 2024
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2. Collaboration with local society
  1. Offer of 80 travel books with a view to inspiring both reading and writing local narratives and travels in institutions as:
    • S. Tomé Island: Portuguese Cultural Centre of the Camões Institute in the capital of São Tomé, National Library of São Tomé;
    • Principe Island: Portuguese Cultural Centre (Príncipe branch), Cultural Centre, Príncipe Foundation;

  2. Conference to present TravelconT and a talk entitled LiV: Livros, Investigação e Viagem [BRT: Books, Research and Travel] at the Príncipe Cultural Centre in the island’s capital, Santo António.

These actions had a real impact as they promoted a contest in the Santo António Secondary School whose goal is to collect the best locally-inspired stories and narratives, which will be published in a book. This book will later be used as a differentiating resource for tourism on the island as well as a repository of memory for future generations.



1st RESEARCH MISSION: Japan
In the year that marks the 480th anniversary of the arrival of the Portuguese to the island of Tanegashima in 1543, in an encounter that was the first one between the Europeans and the Japanese.

Jun 2023
  • Recognition of material and immaterial heritage of Portuguese influence in public-private collections;
  • Presentation of the project and meeting with potential partners in order to leverage synergies that will lead to the creation of a critical mass capable of integrating a Historical Route of bilateral scope. This collaboration will materialize both in articles and through participating in scientific meetings that will boost the Luso-Japanese theme in actions that will be held throughout the project.
  • Partnership:
    Lúcio de Sousa
    Professor of History, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies