Reading Henry James: A Critical Perspective on Selected Works, looks to allusions, sources, echoes and affinities in the author’s vast body of work as critical ways to discover and interpret his artistic purposes and literary intentions. It ranges over the vast corpus of his fiction, including stories, novelas and novels published in the leading journals […]
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Book: ‘Reading Henry James’ by George Monteiro – Editor’s Note
Posted on 01 October 2016.
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Conference: Fado as a musical genre by Rui Vieira Nery – UMass Lowell, MA
Posted on 24 September 2016.
The UMass Lowell Saab-Pedroso Center for Portuguese Culture and Research, in partnership with the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the departments of Music and World Languages and Cultures, presents a lecture, Portuguese Fado: Two Hundred Years of a Musical Genre, by Dr. Rui Vieira Nery, director of the Portuguese Language and […]
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Community: Dr. Edward Leitão Scholarships for Medical Students – Cambridge, MA
Posted on 24 September 2016.
The Dr. Edward Leitão Memorial Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for scholarships from Portuguese-American medical students and physicians in training, following the fund’s goal of filling the need among the community for Portuguese-speaking medical professionals. The fund is offering up to two scholarships of $1,500 each, and the deadline for submission of applications is […]
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Margie Vieira: From Dairy Farmer to Novelist – Interview
Posted on 22 September 2016.
Interview by Millicent Borges Accardi, Contributor (*) A Portuguese-American writer, author Margie Vieira was born in Northern California and grew up on a dairy farm. Her family has roots in Terceira, Azores, from where her parents immigrated to California in the 1960’s. Ms. Vieira is happily married to who she claims is “a most patient man.” Together, they […]
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Portugal: Minister of the Sea addresses the Atlantic Council – Washington,DC
Posted on 20 September 2016.
By C. Naseer Ahmad, Contributor (*) The Atlantic Council – a Washington based think tank – presented Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ms. Ana Paula Vitorino to discuss strategic areas of cooperation between two natural allies. “Bilateral ties date from the earliest years of the United State” and “Following the American Revolutionary War, Portugal was the […]
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Portugal: President Rebelo de Sousa to address the United Nations – New York, NY
Posted on 19 September 2016.
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will briefly address on Tuesday, September 20, the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. The intervention by the President of Portugal, taking place late in the afternoon, is followed by a reception hosted by the President of the United States […]
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