As part of its activities, the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture organizes a number of conferences that address topics relevant to the Portuguese-speaking world.
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 : “Representation
and Citizenship: Conversations with Portuguese-American Elected Officials”
Dates: April 11, 2008, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Claire T. Carney Library (Parking Lot 13)
Conference papers:
- Conference Program;
- James M. McGlinchey, "Portuguese-American Political Involvement in Massachusetts and California";
- Maria da Gloria de Sa, "Memory and Representation: The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives";
- Frank F. Sousa, "Citizenship and Representation among the Portuguese in America";
- Hon. Phillip Rapoza, "Portuguese-Americans in the Massachussets Judiciary"
5th Annual Conference on Portuguese Language Education
Dates: Friday & Saturday, September 28 & 29, 2007 - 9:30am – 3:30pm
Location: Woodland Commons (parking lots 7 & 8)
Colloquium & Launching of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies 13/14
"The Author as Plagiarist: The Case of Machado de Assis"
May 19, 2006
Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
To view the Table of Contents of the journal, click here.
Colloquium: Portuguese-Americans in the US Census
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Please click here to download the program.
The two studies presented at the conference were:
"Portuguese-Americans in the Massachusetts Power Structure" and "Ethnicity and Education in southeastern Massachusetts."
September 18 & September 25, 2004
Conference: 3rd Annual Conference on Portuguese Language Education: Old Challenges, New Strategies
Contemporary Lusophone African Literatures and Cultures: Cape Verde and Mozambique
February 6, 2004
Facts and Fictions of António Lobo Antunes
October 31 – November 1, 2003
2nd Annual Conference on Portuguese Language Education
Portuguese in K-16: Towards a Common Agenda
May 3, 2003
Portuguese-Americans and Contemporary Civic Culture in Massachusetts
March 8, 2003
The Later Eça Revisited
An International Colloquium on the Centennial of the Death of Eça de Queiroz
November 3 – 4, 2002
Post-Imperial Camões
October 11 – 12, 2002
Garrett’s Travels & Its Descendants
October 22 – 23, 1999