Posted on 20 June 2012. Tags: Anthology of Film Archives, António Reis, cinema, film, Margarida Cordeiro, NYC, restroepctive, The School of Reis
The Anthology of Film Archives is presenting a retrospective of Portuguese classic cinema featuring the work of António Reis (1927-1991) co-directed with his wife Margarida Cordeiro. The film screenings are scheduled for June 22 through June 25 at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC. Born in Porto, Reis interest in film started in […]
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Posted on 14 June 2012.
Lesley University and Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal, have partnered to offer a joint graduate program in Global Portuguese Studies. Through the combined resources of both institutions, individuals of Portuguese heritage or those working with Portuguese communities in the United States or abroad will study online, as well as in residencies at both Lesley University in […]
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Posted on 13 June 2012. Tags: Angola, csot of living, Lisbon, Mercer, New York City, Portugal, ranking
The Portuguese capital has dropped 22 places in Mercer’s 2012 ranking of the world’s most expensive cities for expatriates to occupy the 108th position out of 214 cities surveyed. The head of the consultant’s Portuguese research department, Tiago Borges, told LUSA that Lisbon’s fall from rank 86 last year was primarily due to a weakening […]
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Posted in Angola, Featured, Heritage, Portugal, Travel, World
Posted on 09 June 2012. Tags: American women, British, Camões, China, European Journal of Macau Studies, Lisbon, Macau, Millicent Borges Accardi, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, Portuguese, Rogério Miguel Puga, Romance Studies, The Lusiads, traders, UK, University of Macau
By Millicent Borges Accardi ♦ Not only is Rogério Miguel Puga known for his seminal book, Chronology of Portuguese Literature: 1128-2000, (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2011), the first comprehensive index of Portuguese literature presenting a list of the literature of the oldest European country, but he is also known to me as the person who told […]
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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Macau, People, Portugal, World
Posted on 07 June 2012. Tags: Arte Institute, José Luís Peixoto, June, lecture, New York, Paulo Romão Brás, Rogue Space Gallery, Sandro Resende
The Arte Institute is sponsoring a lecture by author José Luís Peixoto to be held June 14, at 6:30pm, at the Rogue Space Gallery, Chelsea, 526 West 26th Street, NYC. The author will be addressing a younger audience to talk about his work in the context of life and writing. Born in 1974, in the […]
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Posted on 05 June 2012. Tags: Austin, Carnegie Mellon University, Funchal, Madeira, Nelson José Alves, Portugal, Texas
Software engineer Nelson José Alves, 31, a native of Madeira island, Portugal, was selected among thousands of candidates worldwide for an internship at the multinational Apple Inc., in Austin, Texas, where he hopes to help create the next iPad. Born in Funchal, Alves has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Madeira (UMa) […]
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