07 March 2011
The George Monteiro Prize is a scholarship in partnership with the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)and the Kellogg Institute, created to be awarded each year to undergraduate students who submit the best essay in Portuguese on a subject related to the Lusophone world. George Monteiro is Professor Emeritus of English and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University, and […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Awards, Education, People, Scholarships
07 March 2011
The 10th Annual Summer Study Abroad will take place on July 12-10, 2011, in Lisbon, Portugal. The program offers two courses (6 credits) in political science, taught exclusively in English, that focus on the European Union’s impact on Portugal’s economy, society, and politics. The courses also examine comparative lessons for other small, open and relatively peripheral economies both […]
Posted in Education, Scholarships
07 March 2011
The Language Resource Center of Columbia University together with the Columbia Global Centers and the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning is organizing a one day conference, Saturday, April 30, 2011, on the theme of “What Future for the Less Commonly Taught Languages?” This conference is the first in a planned series of conferences exploring […]
Posted in Conferences, Education
07 March 2011
The Summer Program in Portuguese at UMass Dartmouth will offer three intensive undergraduate and graduate-level courses that highlight Brazil’s growing cultural, political and economic importance to the region’s cultural landscape. Brazilian literature Prof. Aileen El-Kadi from the University of Texas El Paso will teach this year’s advanced seminar on Special Topics in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and […]
Posted in Education
07 March 2011
The application deadline for the White House Internship Programs for the Fall of 2011 session, is Sunday, March 13, 2011. Young Portuguese-American leaders are encouraged to apply to serve as White House Interns. Information can be found at the White House Internship website. Applicants may find further information on how to apply at White House […]
07 March 2011
The Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center (AODVC) of Lisbon, with the endorsement of the American Embassy in Portugal, offers support servicesto Americans experiencing domestic violence. AODVC works with abused Americans and their families in foreign countries. There are about 20,000 Americans living in Portugal. AODVC provides victms of domestic violence with advocy, resources and tools so that they can navigate […]
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