20 February 2015
With more than 250 million speakers globally, the Lusophone world has a rich history of filmmaking. Themes of migration, nation, and displacement are frequent topics of concern, as directors and writers look to address the diasporic experience. This edited volume analyzes the representation of the migratory experience in contemporary cinema from Portuguese-speaking countries, exploring how […]
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19 February 2015
This book provides an historical critical analysis of the doctrine of the ‘civilising mission’ in Portuguese colonialism in the crucial period from 1870 to 1930. Exploring international contexts and transnational connections, imperial politics and colonial policies, this ‘civilising mission’ is analysed and assessed by examining the contentious debates about the recruitment, employment and distribution of […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Cape Verde, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Mozambique, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World
19 February 2015
By Len Port, Contributor(*) For those of us not savvy when it comes to serious money matters – which includes many more people than you might think – these are bewildering times. Journalists, along with estate agents, used to be the most disreputable creatures on the planet. Bankers, economists and politicians now hold this distinction. […]
Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Photography, Scholarships
17 February 2015
The Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) is hosting, this week in Lisbon, private talks between Portuguese political representatives and a delegation of US policy makers, of Portuguese descent, to address bilateral relations between Portugal and Washington. The talks, intended to follow up on contacts already established in the past, are taking place at a time of […]
Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira
17 February 2015
Professor Patrícia Vieira, researcher at Georgetown University, will present a special lecture, “Phytofabulae: Tales of the Amazon,” on February 19, at 5:00pm, in the Prince Henry Society Reading Room at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives (Claire T. Carney Library Building/ Parking lot 13). Professor Vieira will address the Amazon as the repository of myriad stories created […]
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16 February 2015
Twentieth-century Portugal saw dramatic political and social change. The monarchy was abolished, and a republic installed (1910), soon giving way to a long-lasting dictatorship (1926); a transition to democracy (1974) led to membership of the European Union (1986). But what do we know of how people lived during these periods? And how did men, in […]
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