08 March 2011
The newest edition of the European-Portuguese language dictionary “Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa,” published by Porto Editora, includes 410 new words such as “twittar”, “googlar”, “politólogo”, “audiolivro” and “ebook”. This new edition, with a total of 1,792 pages, added to the Portuguese lexicon more than six thousand words from Brazilian-Portuguese, Afro-Portuguese and Asian-Portuguese origin such as “gamação” […]
Posted in Portugal
08 March 2011
The February 2011 issue of News Photographer magazine features Portuguese-American New York Times contracted photojournalist, João Silva , as he continues to recover from injuries suffered when he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan covering American troops, and at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, where he is recovering. Recently the Frontline Club honored João Silva and […]
Posted in Community, People, Photography
07 March 2011
Renato Seabra, the 21-year-old Portuguese model from Cantanhede, Portugal, is considering a psychiatric defense against the charges that he castrated, tortured, and killed his gay companion, Carlos Castro, in a New York hotel room, January 7. His attorney, David Touger, believes that records from the psychiatric hospital will support a psychiatric defense. New York law […]
Posted in People
07 March 2011
Portuguese conductor Joana Carneiro, a 34 year old Lisboan, is on her second season (2010-2011) at the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra where she is conductor and music director. This season’s schedule includes a re-engagement with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw as soloist, a debut with Indianapolis Symphony, and a return to Sao Paulo where […]
Posted in Arts&Culture, Entertainment, Music, People
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
