Short Abstract:

Bahia16-19 is a research proposal that focuses on Salvador de Bahia and its historical relationship with the Atlantic area. Gathering together researchers from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, and Universidade Federal da Bahia, it takes Salvador into a case-study of the multiple interactions that took place in the Atlantic area between the 16th and the 19th century.

Long Abstract:

Bahia16-19 is a research proposal that focuses on Salvador de Bahia and its historical relationship with the Atlantic area. Gathering together researchers from two European Union universities (Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Portugal; École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales – France) and a university from an ICPC (Universidade Federal da Bahia – Brazil), the main intention of this proposal is to convert Salvador into a case-study of the multiple interactions that took place in the Atlantic area between the beginning of Portuguese colonization and the end of the 19th century.

The three research units responsible for Bahia16-19 are as follows: CHAM - Cento de História de Além-Mar (part of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa - UNL): MASCIPO - Mondes Américains, Sociétés, Circulations, Pouvoirs (XVe-XXIe siècle) (part of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - EHESS); and PPGH - Programa de Pós-Graduação em História from the Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). Apart from strengthening the existing scientific ties between the three partners involved, the goal of Bahia 16-19 is to create a permanent network of studies, and implement a Master’s degree in colonial Trans-Atlantic History.

This scientific program has been divided into five work packages. The first three WP consist of field research based upon original and new archival and art material coming from Bahia archival collections, museums, churches, convents and public 17th-19th century buildings, and with archival and art material coming from Portuguese collections and libraries. WP4 involves the organization of a cross-borders discussion and synthetic assessment on the current state of art in history, art history and humanities about Ancien Régime Brazil in a global Atlantic perspective. As for WP5, it develops parallel to WP1-3 and WP4 activities, and intends to define a detailed program for a common Master’s degree in Atlantic global studies.