The “Exploring the Portuguese Diaspora Conference” was awarded a Chairman’s Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). “These are exciting news and an incentive for scientific research on the Portuguese Diaspora globally,” said conference co-organizer, Professor Dulce Maria Soares Scott of Anderson University, Indianapolis, IN. Based in Washington, D.C., the NEH is one […]
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NEH: Exploring the Portuguese Diaspora Conference – Award
Posted on 13 April 2013.
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Opinion: Portugal seeks to fill fiscal black hole
Posted on 11 April 2013.
By Len Port, Contributor (*) Incredibly, Portugal has plunged from being a role model in its handling of the debit crisis to a potential basket case that may have to go begging for a second bailout. Some analysts say events here could instigate even worse and wider mayhem elsewhere in the eurozone. The current international […]
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Book: Pessoa – Philosophical Essays – by Nuno Ribeiro – Review
Posted on 11 April 2013.
By Michael Colson, Contributor (*) Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is considered to be a great European intellectual and a preeminent Portuguese modernist. Born in Lisbon, he grew up in South Africa and had an English education at St. Joseph’s, a Dominican convent school, in Durban. In 1901, he passed the Cape School Higher Examination with distinction, […]
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AIPE: Joana Vasconcelos recipient of the 2012 Personality of the Year Award – Portugal
Posted on 10 April 2013.
Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is the recipient of the 2012 Personality of the Year Award from the Foreign Press Association (AIEP) for her remarkable career. This is the 24th year the AIEP prize has been awarded to a Portuguese personality or institution that has helped promote Portugal internationally. The award was voted on at the end of […]
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IFLA: Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles recipient of the Geoffrey Jellicoe Award – New Zealand
Posted on 10 April 2013.
Portuguese landscape architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, 91, is the recipient of the 2013 Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award, by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), which represents the worldwide profession of landscape architecture. Established in 2004, the award is the highest honor that the International Federation of Landscape Architects can bestow upon a landscape architect. […]
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Sports: 48th SATA Rallye broadcast live to over 100 million world viewers – Azores
Posted on 08 April 2013.
This year, the 48th SATA Rallye Azores is scheduled for April 25, 26 and 27, as the round four of FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) composed of thirteen rallies. A 4-hour live coverage will be broadcast by Eurosport TV expected to attract over 107 million viewers. Held for over 40 years, the SATA Rally Azores is […]
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