By Len Port, Contributor (*) Romani families in Portugal recently welcomed into their homes a professional German photographer, Florian Schwarz, to take portraits for a unique exhibition to illustrate the diversity of migrant communities across Europe. Schwarz’s focus on Romani people, more commonly known in English as Gypsies and in Portuguese as Ciganos, was the […]
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Ciganos: Portuguese Roma in major German photo project – By Len Port
Posted on 16 April 2017.
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Book: ‘Lusitanian Amphorae: Production and Distribution’ – Editor’s Note
Posted on 15 April 2017.
More than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania. These containers were identified in Ostia and Rome from the 1970s and thereafter in many sites around the Mediterranean, but their numbers have always seemed scarce. […]
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Travel: Azores Airlines on strike from May 1 to May 2 – Portugal
Posted on 14 April 2017.
Cabin workers from SATA International / Azores Airlines have announced they will be on strike from May 1 to May 2 according to a statement released to the press by the National Union of Civil Aviation (SNPVAC). The two day stoppage, which will include “all Azores Airlines/SATA International flights”, will fulfill only the “minimum services” of […]
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Book: ‘The Love Life of an Assistant Animator’ by Katherine Vaz – Editor’s Note
Posted on 09 April 2017.
In this long-awaited collection of short fiction by the author of Mariana and Our Lady of the Artichokes, beauty is continually and painfully present in all places–in a Thanksgiving dinner assembled by a widowed DMV worker being stalked by an irate customer; in a middle-aged Hollywood actress who captivates a young studio animator for decades; […]
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Honor: Aristides de Sousa Mendes awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Freedom – Portugal
Posted on 07 April 2017.
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, awarded Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885-1954), with the Grand Cross of the Order of Freedom, on the 63rd anniversary of the Portuguese diplomat’s death. The ceremony was held this week in front of the Sousa Mendes’ family home, Casa do Passal, in Cabanas de Viriato, Portugal. Casa […]
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Conference: ‘Portuguese-Americans During the Great War’ – UMass Dartmouth, MA
Posted on 03 April 2017.
The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces a presentation by Dr. Paula Noversa Rioux titled “Portuguese-Americans During the Great War.” The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 5:30 PM on Thursday, April 6th in the Prince Henry Society Reading Room of the Ferreira-Mendes […]
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