Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture

Welcome

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture is a multidisciplinary international studies and outreach unit dedicated to the study of the language, literatures and cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world.

Announcements

Lauching of bilingual edition of Camões's lyric poetry at Boston Public Library
João Cezar de Castro Rocha named Visiting Endowed Chair Professor in Luso-Brazilian Studies
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces most recent book in the Potuguese in the Americas Series
$5,000 Gift for UMD Summer Program in Portuguese
Lauching of bilingual edition of Camões's lyric poetry at the Luso-American Foundation, Lisbon
Historical Portuguese-American Newspaper Available Online
Luso-American Foundation awards $10,000 to the Summer Program in Portuguese
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces most recent publication in the Portuguese in the Americas Series: Tony: A New England Boyhood by Charles Reis Felix
Rui Zink named Visiting Endowed Chair Professor in Portuguese Studies

To read all the announcements of the Center, click here.

Conferences

Seventh Conference on Portuguese Language Education
Dates: September 18-19, 2009
Location: Claire T. Carney Library (Browsing Area)

For Program & Registration Form, click here
6th Annual Conference on Portuguese Language Education
Dates: Friday & Saturday, September 19 & 20, 2008
Location: Claire Carney Library Browsing Area (parking lot 13)
Call for Papers / Colloquium
António Vieira & Futures of Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory
Dates: May 2-3, 2008
Location: UMass Dartmouth, Woodland Commons
Coloquium : “Citizenship and Representation: Conversations with Portuguese-American Elected Officials”
Dates: April 11, 2008, 10:00 AM
Location: Claire T. Carney Library (Parking Lot 13)

For conference papers, click here.
5th Annual Conference on Portuguese Language Education
Dates: Friday & Saturday, September 28 & 29, 2007
Location: Woodland Commons (parking lots 7 & 8)

Ferreira Mendes
Portuguese-American Archives

For more information related to the Ferreira Mendes Portuguese- American Archives click here

Upcoming Events

Lecture
Lecture on Portuguese-American Voting Trends in Massachusetts and California in the 2008 Elections
by James McGlinchey, national coordinator of the Portuguese American Citizenship Project (PACP)

Dates: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5 PM
Location:Board of Trustees Room, Foster Administration Building (parking lot 6)

Colloquium
Portuguese Renaissance and the Brazilian Baroque: A Colloquium on Three New Books

Dates: November 13, 2009 at 10 a.m
Location: Members’ Room, Library of Congress

For more information on these and other activities of the Center, click here.