23 January 2020
World Learning is seeking an Academic Director to manage the Study Abroad program located in Lisbon, Portugal. The theme of this program is Sustainability and Environmental Justice. This program follows the School for International Training (SIT) model, focusing on experiential learning to complement classroom instruction. SIT Study Abroad Academic Directors (AD) manage SIT’s undergraduate study […]
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23 January 2020
Sponsored by the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth released Final Report: a History of the Portuguese American Citizenship Project coordinated by James Martin McGlinchey. The project was created to encourage Portuguese-Americans to participate more fully in civic affairs and gain a stronger voice in their own governance. The Final Report documents the Project’s […]
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19 January 2020
This riveting book describes the dramatic experiences of Jewish refugees as they fled Hitler’s regime and then lived in limbo in Portugal until they could reach safer havens abroad. Drawing attention not only to the social and physical upheavals these refugees experienced, Marion Kaplan also highlights their feelings as they fled their homes and histories, […]
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12 January 2020
By Len Port (*) In contrast to the months of violence and economic upheaval in the former British colony of Hong Kong, the recent anniversary celebrations in the former Portuguese colony of Macau were a timely reminder of the peace and prosperity that exist there. Located just 64 kilometers apart on the opposite sides of […]
Posted in Featured, Heritage, Macau, Politics, Portugal, World
11 January 2020
Renata Ferreira’s poems were composed in the final years of Portugal’s fascist regime, exposing and subverting the government’s draconian edicts against women’s rights, sexual freedoms, political dissent, and progressive thought. While she worked in the resistance as a clandestine writer, passing hand-typed bulletins and banned literature throughout Lisbon, her poetry is unmistakably ardent, tender, fraught, […]
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10 January 2020
January is a time to pause, reflect and take stock of year’s past, and move forward into the next decade. As the new year begins, The Portuguese American Journal has interviewed a selected group of Portuguese-American writers about their New Year’s resolutions, goals, plans, and ideas. What follows are our writers’ thoughts: funny and serious, […]
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