SLAVESRELIGION. Slaves of Religion: Paternalism and Resistance, Brazil

Project status

ongoing

Execution period

1.12.2022-30.11.2024

REF

Grant agreement 101065425 SLAVESRELIGION

Funding scheme

European Research Executive Agency, Programme HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) | HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit Grant | HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021

EU Funding

€ 172 618,56

Research unit

Centre for History of the University of Lisbon

Coordinator institution

School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon​

Research fellow

Robson Pedrosa Costa

Coordinator/Supervisor

Eugénia Rodrigues

Monitoring committee

Eugénia Rodrigues, José da Silva Horta, Ângela Domingues, and José Damião Rodrigues

Homepage of the Project at CORDIS (European Commission)

The Benedictines fashioned effective strategies for managing slaves through the control of women’s behaviour, access to freedom and reproduction. The EU-funded project SLAVESRELIGION will advance knowledge on how slavery was enforced, exploited and perpetuated in the properties of the Luso-Brazilian Benedictine Congregation between 1750 and 1871. The research will focus on issues related to gender, race and slavery in the Atlantic world and analyse how enslaved men and especially women resisted the measures imposed by the Order of Saint Benedict. SLAVESRELIGION aims to demonstrate the important role this Congregation played in the construction of modern slavery.