Portuguese American Journal

Portuguese American Journal

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João Pedro Porto | Combining experimental form with existential paradoxes Honor | Maria João Pires receives 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award Opinion | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro meets President Xi Jinping Book | After the Carnations | By Daniela F. Melo Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro holds phone call with President Donald Trump
 

João Pedro Porto | Combining experimental form with existential paradoxes – Interview

By Carolina Matos, Editor João Pedro Porto, born in the Azores in 1984, has established himself as one of the most distinctive contemporary voices in Portuguese literature. A novelist, poet, and psychotherapist, Porto’s work bridges myth and modernity, psychological depth and lyrical experimentation. His writing has been praised by renowned author Valter Hugo Mãe, who […]

Honor | Maria João Pires receives 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award – Portugal

Pianist Maria João Pires, one of Portugal’s most distinguished cultural figures, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage. Presented annually by Europa Nostra, in collaboration with the Centro Nacional de Cultura and Clube Português de Imprensa, the award recognizes individuals who, […]

Opinion | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro meets President Xi Jinping – China

By Len Port Portugal’s Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, met with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday and urged him to use his influence on Russia’s Vladimir Putin to help bring about peace in Ukraine. Luís Montenegro is the first Portuguese government leader to visit Beijing in nearly a decade. His visit came just […]

Book | After the Carnations | By Daniela F. Melo & Paul C. Manuel – Editor’s Note

The Portuguese revolution of April 25, 1974, has drawn much well-deserved scholarly attention: it offers an innovative example of a leftist military-led revolutionary process that unexpectedly resulted in the transition to a West European-style social democracy. Although much of the existing scholarship has logically focused on the emerging political elites and institutions of the period, […]

Diplomacy | Prime Minister Luís Montenegro holds phone call with President Donald Trump – Portugal

Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro held a phone call today with U.S. President Donald Trump, reaffirming Portugal’s commitment to strengthening the long-standing ties between the two nations. During the conversation, both leaders discussed expanding cooperation across economic, political, and cultural areas, underscoring the shared values and strategic partnership that unite Portugal and the United States. […]

Book: ‘Reading Henry James’ by George Monteiro – Editor’s Note

01 October 2016

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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Conference: Fado as a musical genre by Rui Vieira Nery – UMass Lowell, MA

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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Posted in Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Portugal

Community: Dr. Edward Leitão Scholarships for Medical Students – Cambridge, MA

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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Posted in Awards, Community, Education, Featured, Heritage, Scholarships

Margie Vieira: From Dairy Farmer to Novelist – Interview

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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Posted in Arts&Culture, Azores, Books, Community, Featured, Heritage, Interviews, Life Style, People, Terceira

Portugal: Minister of the Sea addresses the Atlantic Council – Washington,DC

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

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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