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October 21-23th 2026 


Conference paper presentation @ University of Copenhagen








Past




25.07.2026


Workshop Afro.Brasil.Berlim: Revisitando Arquivos. Conectando Narrativas.
@Spore Initiative
https://spore-initiative.org/en/programming/participate/afrobrazilberlin-revisiting-archives-connecting-narratives






02.07.2026


Reencontros do Sagrado Africano-Brasileiro, 2nd edition - exchange among the displaced collections Nosso Sagrado (Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro) and Altar de Umbanda (Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England). Part of KOPF - Knowledge Out of Place Forum, network of reserchers dedicated to the investigation of the African-Brazilian heritage displaced to museums and archives. Coordinated by Suelen Calonga.

   




01.07.2026


Special lecture for the students in the last day of the workshop Approaches to Spiritual and Ritual Practices in Afro-Latin American Religions
invited by Prof. Dr. Lúcio Menezes Ferreira @ BASA-Museums 
(Bonner Amerikas Sammlung) of the Department of Anthropology of the Americas, University of Bonn






27.06.2026


Reading of my text "Ancestral Echoes in Seven Turns", from the book Walk Notations @Miss Read Book Fair
https://missread.com/
https://www.instagram.com/missreadberlin






26.06.2026


Conversation with the artist Sage Ni'Ja Whitson @ SAVVY
https://savvy-contemporary.com/en/events/2026/a-ritual-for-the-flying/






21.06.2026


Participation in the Parasite School Symposium
Parasite School is a hybrid format, combining a public symposium and an internal bootcamp for the parasiting artists hosted in Berlin at @zku.berlin Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, @diffrakt.space - Centre for Theoretical Periphery and @makeup_druebermachen
https://parasiting.net/school/








14.05.2026


Reencontros do Sagrado Africano-Brasileiro - exchange among the displaced collections Perseverança (Alagoas) and Batuque (Rio Grande do Sul - the disputed Pietzcker Collection in Berlin Ethnological Museum. This is the debut of KOPF - Knowledge Out of Place Forum, network of reserchers dedicated to the investigation of the African-Brazilian heritage displaced to museums and archives. Coordinated by Suelen Calonga.


 



24.04.2026



Video release with the talk "Art History Otherwise: Asking Why as Critical Praxis" at the L.I.S.A Platform @ Gerda Henkel Stiftung portal.
https://lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/engagierte_kunstgeschichte_calonga





22.04.2026


Conference:  "O Arquivo Suspenso: A herança africano-brasileira e os regimes de invisibilidade nos museus alemães" (The Supended Archive: African-Brazilian Heritage and the  Invisibility Regimes in German Museums"

Axé: Art and Spirituality in the Black Diaspora  @ Vienna, 22-24 Apr 26

https://axeconference.wordpress.com/program/




06.03.2026


Podcast: Quem conta a história? Narrativas coloniais e memória coletiva
(Who tells the story? Colonial narratives and collective memory)
Suelen Calonga + Inocência Mata

@ café Curva, Lisboa, Portugal






06.03.2026


Radio Interview - Programa História do Dia
Listen to the episode: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p15659/e914333/historia-do-dia



05.03.2026


TV Show - Bem-Vindos (RTP Africa)
Lisboa, Portugal
full episode:
https://www.rtp.pt/play/p16229/e913149/bem-vindos  (min 02:25 to  15:05)





05.03.2026


Exhibition opening: Fetiche
Within the framework of LEAP, chapter "Deconstruct narratives: Lusotropicalism and Denial Theories"
Legacy in Progress @Gerador, Lisboa, Portugal





28.02.2026


Workshop : Mind the Gap - From Critical Thinking to Epistemic Disobedience
Dissident Paths @ nGbK Berlin





15-16.01.2026


Engagierte Kunstgeschichte @ TU Berlin
https://www.tu.berlin/en/kuk/events/conferences-workshops/workshop-engaged-art-history





06.12.2025


Performance ùnlọ́
Desacta @ Savvy Contemporary,
Berlin






08.11.2025


Performance Respeite a curva do rio @ Forum Brasil, Berlin
guest performance in the context of the play Ausländerbehörde: uma cachaça, bitte, by Coletivo AyôSol.






04.11.2025


Dr. Professor Bénédicte Savoy, my PhD supervisor, during her last visit to Brazil, gave an interview to the newspaper O Globo (Rio de Janeiro) and cited my research. The full text can be accessed here (paywall bypass): https://archive.ph/B6Vcz 






26.07.2025







26.06.2025







06.06.2025







19.11.2024


Mediação da mesa
Da grilagem de terras à resistência: Violência contra povos indígenas e suas lutas no Brasil

participação de Felipe Gabriel Mura, João Vitor Lisboa, Christian Crevels.







10 - 17.10.2024









02.08.2024








05.07.2024









06 - 10.05.2024









03.05.2024

 Metodologias estratégicas para pesquisas não-acadêmicas







21.08.2023








21.08.2023









28.05 - 26.08.2023







22.08 - 07.11.2023










25.07.2022









18 - 22.07.2022










27.06.2022








30.06 - 03.07.2022









06.04.2022







26.03.2022









03.02.2022







18.01.2022









04.11.2021








20.06.2021









11.04.2021








08 - 18.04.2021









14.03.2021







18.11.2020







26.10.2020






08.10.2020






30.07.2020







19.06.2020








06.04.2019



 


08.01.2019






03.04 - 02.06.2019







16.03.2019



Flexões Performáticas



27.11.2018






15.11.2018 - 20.01.2019








31.5.2018








21.4.2018







06-10.12.2019






01.12.2017







20.5.2017







28.11.2016






Residency: Intervalo-Escola ResidênciaCama TomadaSP, Brazil


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