The third edition of the Colonial and Post-Colonial Landscapes Congress will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, from 11-13 February 2026. The conference will intersect the topics of Architecture, Colonialism and Labour.
The conference is part of the ongoing research project “ArchLabour Architecture, Colonialism and Labour. The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule,” coordinated by Ana Vaz Milheiro, funded by the European Research Council (ERC, grant 1101096606), and based in Dinâmia’CET-Iscte, Lisbon.
Please submit an abstract proposal until May 20, 2025 to one of the 18 thematic sessions, that can be found in the following link: https://www.archlabour.com/call-for-sessions
The congress welcomes contributions from diverse geographical, disciplinary, and chronological backgrounds to promote a wide and tough-provoking debate, crossing the history of colonial architecture, labour and social history and construction technology.
