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FEUC

Carmen Amado Mendes

Academic Gatherings

Organization of Conferences

Collaboration, as invited advisor of the board, in the organization of the XXI Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, 23-28 August 2016.
Organization of the XX Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS), University of Coimbra, with the Confucius Institute of the University of Minho “From the origins of Sinology to current interdisciplinary research approaches: Bridging the past and future of Chinese Studies”, Braga and Coimbra, 23-26 July 2014.
Organization (with Helena Rodrigues) of the "Day of China at UC" - Do Sul ao Sol, XV Semana Cultural da UC ("XV Cultural Week of UC"), 20 March 2013.
Organization (with Helena Rodrigues) of the "Day of China at UC" - A Lusofonia e a China, XIV Semana Cultural da UC ("XIV Cultural Week of UC"), 7 March 2012.
Collaboration, with board members of the Association, in the organization of the XVIII Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies – Culture is a Crowded Bridge, Riga, 14-17 July 2010.
Collaboration, with board members of the Association, in the organization of the V Conference of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, University of Aveiro, 4-6 de March 2010.

Organization of Seminars

Organization of the Seminar “Lusophony and China: Navigating the Past, Living the Present and Precising the Future”, Day of China, XIV Cultural Week of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 7 March 2012.
Regional Coordinator for Asia of the XIV International Annual Meeting in Political Studies: Democracy and the Nation State in a Global World, Institute for Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal, Estoril, from 28 June to 1 July 2006.
Regional Coordinator for Asia of the XIII International Annual Meeting in Political Studies: The Trans-Atlantic Relationship in a Global World, Institute for Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal, Estoril, from 29 June to 2 July 2005.

Organization of Workshops and Roundtables

Organization of the roundtables “China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries”, in the opening of the second edition of the Advanced Course China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries in World Trade: Commerce, Tourism, Cooperation and Development. Attended by representatives of Portuguese institutions and companies linked to China, including the Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Bank of China (11 October 2019) and the Portuguese Ministry of Economy and Energy of Portugal (EDP) (18 October 2019), FEUC.
Organization, with the Centre for History of Society and Culture, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, of the EastAsiaNet Workshop: The New Silk Road in the Context of East Asian Relations and Wider International Implications, Rectorate of the University of Coimbra, from 26 to 27 May 2016.
Organization of the roundtable with representatives from Portuguese-speaking countries and the Chinese Ambassador in Lisbon, Huang Songfu, on the topic: “The Relations between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries”, Rectorate of the University of Coimbra, Day of China, 20 March 2013.
Organization of the Workshops of the International Relations Group of the Portuguese Association of Political Science: “How to get published” – by Stefano Guzzini; and “Como apresentar candidaturas a projectos europeus” (“Application for European funding projects”) – by Ana Mafalda Dourado; FEUC, Coimbra, 14 April and 23 September 2011.

Organization of Meetings

Organization of the EastAsiaNet business meeting, Rectorate of the University of Coimbra, 28 March 2016.
Organization of the EastAsiaNet meeting in order to prepare the application for the European Comission financed project (Horizon 2020): Innovating Diplomacy for EU External Action: Magnifying the Power of Culture and Science Diplomacy in a Multipolar and Multilateral World, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 25 July 2014.
Organization of the board meetings of the European Association for Chinese Studies, Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 20 July 2013 and 26 July 2014.
Organization of the meetings of the International Relations Group of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, FEUC, Coimbra, 14 April and 23 September 2011.

Organization and Moderation of Conference Panels

Organizer of the panel: Evolution of Macau’s Identity in its External Relations (26 July), XX Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies, Braga and Coimbra, 23-26 July, 2014.
Moderator of the panels: Governança e as instituições internacionais (Governance and international institutions) (15 April); CPLP (Community of Portuguese-speaking countries) (15 April); Teoria Política (Political theory) (16 April); Brasil, China e África (Brazil, China and Africa) (16 April); Democracia e desenvolvimento (Democracy and development) (16 April); VII Conference of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, School of Economics, University of Coimbra, 14-16 April 2014.
Discussant of the panel: China-Africa Cooperation, International Symposium China in Africa, Universities of Macau and Denver, Macau, 25 June 2013.
Organizer of the panel: Macao in China’s Relations with the Portuguese-speaking countries (24 June), VIII International Convention of Asia Scholars, Macau, 24-27 June 2013.
Organizer and moderator of the panel: The Role of Macau in China’s Relations with the EU and the Portuguese-speaking countries (3 March), VI Conference of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, International Relations Group, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (IUL), 1-3 March 2012.
Organizer and moderator of the panel: O “Puzzle” da Diplomacia Chinesa no Século XXI (The “Puzzle” of Chinese Diplomacy in the Twenty First Century) (6 March), V Conference of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, International Relations Group, University of Aveiro, 4-6 de March 2010.
Organizer and moderator of the panel: Perceptions and Realities of Chinese Governance (6 March), V Conference of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, International Relations Group, University of Aveiro, 4-6 de March 2010.
Organizer (with Elena Atanassova-Cornelis) and moderator of the panels: Political and security relations among Asia’s major powers: strategies, conflicts and cooperation 1 & 2 (12 September), V European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Open Section, Potsdam, 10-12 September 2009.
Organizer and moderator of the panel: Desafios, objectivos e instrumentos da política externa chinesa para o século XXI (Challenges, objectives and instruments of China’s foreign policy for the Twenty First Century) (7 March), IV Conference of the Portuguese Association of Political Science, International Relations Group, Lisbon, 6-7 March 2008.
Organizer and moderator of the panel: Changing security dimensions in Asia (15 June), Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies Section Millennium Conference, International Studies Association – Global Security and the Re-Configuration of the International System: Vision and Reality, Buçaco, Portugal, 14-16 June 2007.

Participation in Restricted Sessions

Annual meeting of Joint Research of the Portuguese-speaking countries, with the presence of the Secretary General of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries (Macau Forum) and the lusophone ambassadors in Beijing, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, 24 October 2018.
Roundtable at China’s Embassy: auscultation of several government entities and of civil society, as a result of the presentation by the Ambassador of China in Lisbon, Huang Songfu, on: “Uma Faixa e uma Rota” (“One Belt, One Road”), concerning the strategy of the New Silk Road, established by the President Xi Jinping, Lisbon, 15 April 2015.
Brainstorming session for Senior Portuguese Think-Tank Experts, Public Diplomacy Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels, 1 March 2010. Discussion of NATO’s priorities and of the new strategic concept of the Alliance.
Roundtable debate on the topic: “The rise of China and India and structural changes in Asia: implications for the EU policy and EU-Asia relations”,  with Alain Ruche, coordinator of RELEX, defining the policies of the EU vis-à-vis Asia, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Lisbon, 18 June, 2009.