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Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada Arts Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV
 

Community | The FABRIC Arts Festival explores themes of identity and place – Fall River (MA)

The FABRIC Arts Festival, founded in 2019 and now in its seventh edition, returns to Fall River October 8–11, showcasing  Portuguese contemporary art, music, performances, exhibitions, food, and storytelling, exploring themes of migration, identity, memory, belonging and place and connections across borders. The festival has established itself as a multidisciplinary platform for contemporary art and […]

Diplomacy | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit Lisbon this week – Portugal

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Portugal this coming week as part of a European tour from October 5–8, with Lisbon as the final stop. Secretary Rubio is expected in Lisbon on Thursday, October 8, following visits to Reykjavík, Iceland, and Athens, Greece.  He is expected to meet with Prime Minister […]

Community | PALCUS celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Leadership Awards Gala in Ponta Delgada – Azores

The Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS) prepares to celebrate its 35th anniversary and 28th Annual Leadership Awards Gala on October 17 at the Coliseu Micaelense in Ponta Delgada, Azores. For the first time in the organization’s history, the PALCUS Leadership Awards Gala will be held outside the continental United States, bringing […]

Arts & Letters | Portugal Takes Center Stage at Lincoln Center – New York, NY

Portuguese culture will take center stage at New York City’s Lincoln Center on Saturday, October 3, with a full day of cinema, literature and live music featuring acclaimed Luso-American writer Katherine Vaz, Portuguese musical performances by Expresso Transatlântico and The Gift, and a festival of Portuguese animated short films. The program, titled “Contemporary Portugal at […]

Diplomacy | President António José Seguro to meet Pope Leo XIV – Vatican

Portugal’s President, António José Seguro, arrived in Rome on Wednesday, September 23, for a two-day official visit to the Holy See, with an audience with Pope Leo XIV scheduled for Thursday, September 24, at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Vatican.  The Portuguese Presidency confirms that the official visit program also includes talks with Archbishop […]

Book: The ‘Civilising Mission’ of Portuguese Colonialism, 1870-1930 – Editor’s Note

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 […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Books, Cape Verde, East Timor, Featured, Guiné-Bissau, Heritage, Mozambique, People, Portugal, São Tomé and Prince, World

Opinion: The HSBC scandal – Understanding economics histrionics – By Len Port

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. […]

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Posted in Angola, Arts&Culture, Azores, Community, Photography, Scholarships

Lisbon: Portuguese and US policy makers to debate bilateral relations – Portugal

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 […]

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Posted in Azores, Community, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, Politics, Portugal, Terceira

Lecture: Patrícia Vieira presents ‘Phytofabulae: Tales of the Amazon’ – UMass Dartmouth

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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Posted in Arts&Culture, Brazil, Community, Conferences, Education, Featured, Heritage, Organizations, People, World

Book: ‘Lisbon Revisited’- Urban Masculinities in 20th-Century Portuguese Fiction – Editor’s Note

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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Posted in Arts&Culture, Books, Featured, Heritage, People, Portugal, World

Honor: Portuguese student wins ‘Cambridge Top in the World’ award – Portugal

16 February 2015

Maria Miguel Cardoso Carlos, a Portuguese high school student, at Colégio Luso-Internacional do Centro (CLIC) Marinha Grande, mainland Portugal, was distinguished with the ‘Cambridge Top in the World’ award, in the  category of environmental studies in the international IGCSE examinations. Bestowed by the University of Cambridge (UK), the ‘Cambridge Top in the World’ award distinguishes […]

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Posted in Awards, Education, Organizations, People, Portugal, World

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