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The Carnation Revolution: Global Perspectives 2024
The Carnation Revolution: Global Perspectives April 4-6, 2024

Explores the global cause and impact of the Carnation Revolution reflecting scholarship on the metropole, the empire and the diaspora.

Photographer Kenton Thatcher
Internationally acclaimed photographer, Sir Kenton Thatcher, to visit UMass Dartmouth

UMass Dartmouth | March 30,2024 | Free and open to the public

Natália Correia at 100: an international colloquium - Poster
Program for Natalia Correia at 100: an international colloquium

UMass Dartmouth | October 13 - 14, 2023 | Free and open to the public

Natália Correia at 100: an international colloquium
Natália Correia at 100: an international colloquium

UMass Dartmouth | October 13 - 14, 2023 | Free and open to the public

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FADOalado to perform at UMASSD

Saturday the 27th of May 2023, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Main Auditorium in the MacLean Campus Center at the University of Massachusetts

Maria Lawton 23 April 2023
Celebrity chef Maria Lawton on the UMASSD campus

Sunday, 23 April 2023 | 2-5pm - Grand Reading Room in the Claire T. Carney Library, Umass Dartmouth

Patricia Lino Lecture March 2023
Poet and Essayist Patricia Lino on the UMASSD campus

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 | 6pm - Liberal Arts 104, Umass Dartmouth

Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo
Angolan author João Melo at UMASSD

Monday, 27 March 2023 at 6 pm.| 8 pm . University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth: Charlton College of Business

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Portuguese Cinema Under the Dictatorship

March / April 2023 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth / New Bedford Whaling Museum, Cook Memorial Theater

Clepsydra And Other Poems
Tagus Press book launch of Clepsydra by Camilo Pessanha

Thursday, March 2, 2023 // 4–6pm | Marketplace, UMass Dartmouth

Coloquio Saramago Dezembro 2022
Colloquium “SARAMAGO AT 100: BODIES AND MATERIALITIES”

December 2-3, 2022 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Prof Nuno Amado
"A child so human that's divine": A Critical Reading of Fernando Pessoa's (Alberto Caeiro's) The Keeper of Sheep VIII by Prof. Nuno Amado, University of Lisbon

A free public Zoom lecture on a canonical and blasphemous poem by the Portuguese modernist Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) by a leading close reader of Pessoa's texts - Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 5pm (Boston), 19h (São Paulo), 22h (Lisbon).

Ursula by Maria Firmina dos Reis.
Book launch of the first English-language translation of Ursula by Maria Firming dos Reis

Thursday, October 27 | 6-8pm - Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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Bellis Azorica Book Series: Celebrating Azorean Literature in Translation

The UMASSD Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture is pleased to announce that it will be hosting President José Manuel Bolieiro at the New Bedford Whaling Museum this Monday, 29 August 2022 at 3 pm.

Community Meeting - Museum of the Portuguese Speaking World
You are Invited! Come Imagine a New Museum of the Portuguese Speaking World!

The Virtual Community Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8th from 6:30-8:00pm on Zoom

Translation Slam
Translation Slam: A Portuguese-English Bilingual Poetry & Prose Reading

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 5pm - Center for Portuguese Studies Atrium, which is on the first floor of the Liberal Arts building, UMass Dartmouth

Social Movements and Civic Engagement in the Lusophone World - Colloquium
CPSC International Colloquium Zoom Link

Saturday, April 9th - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Social Movements and Civic Engagement in the Lusophone World - Registration
Registration and Logistical Information for the International Colloquium "Social Movements and Civic Engagement in the Lusophone World"

Friday, April 8th - New Bedford Whaling Museum // Saturday, April 9th - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Richard Zenith - 22 Marco 2022
The Person Behind Pessoa: An Evening with Biographer Richard Zenith

March 22, 2022 at 6pm - Robert F. Stoico/FirstFed Charitable Foundation Library, Grand Reading Room Claire T. Carney Library - UMass Dartmouth

Contraponto - 20 Fevereiro 2022
Contraponto Interview with Prof. Elizabeth Lowe, on Happy People in Tears (Tagus Press, 2015)

Sunday, February 20, 2022 at 11:00 am. Listen live at 97.3FM, wjfd.com., WJFD Radio App or iHeart Radio!

Contraponto 23 jan 2022
Contraponto Interview with Prof. Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey on Ursula (Tagus Press, 2022)

Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 11:00 am. Listen live at 97.3FM, wjfd.com., WJFD Radio App or iHeart Radio!

Contraponto 21 november 2021
Contraponto Interview with Prof. Cristiana Bastos on Ocean Crossings (Tagus Press, 2021)

Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 11:00 am. Listen live at 97.3FM, wjfd.com., WJFD Radio App or iHeart Radio!

Jihadism in Mozambique
Talk on “Jihadism in Mozambique. Where does this conflict come from and where is it going?" by Prof. Eric Morier-Genoud

November 17, 2021 at 5pm - Charlton College of Business Auditorium, CCB-149, UMass Dartmouth

Contract Documentary
"Contract" Documentary Screening with filmmaker Guenny K. Pires

Wednesday 20 October 2021 at 5:30 PM. - Charlton College of Business Auditorium, UMass Dartmouth

Capitaes de Abril
Celebrate the Carnation Revolution with the film Capitães de Abril, by Maria de Medeiros

The film will be available for public viewing for 24 hours from 24 April 2021 at 12pm [midnight] through 25 April 2021

Contraponto Prof. Emerita Renata R. M. Wasserman
Contraponto interview with Prof. Emerita Renata R. M. Wasserman on Freedom Sun in the Tropics, by Ana Maria Machado

Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 11:00 am. Listen live at 97.3FM, wjfd.com., WJFD Radio App or iHeart Radio!

Contraponto 21 marco 2021
Contraponto interview with Prof. Carlos A. Almeida on Chiquinho: A Novel of Cabo Verde

Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 11:00 am. Listen live at 97.3FM, wjfd.com., WJFD Radio App or iHeart Radio!

Contraponto
Contraponto, a program series sponsored by CPSC and FLAD

Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 11:00 am. Listen live at 97.3FM, wjfd.com., WJFD Radio App or iHeart Radio!

Make Portuguese Count 2020
"Make Portuguese Count™ in the 2020 Census Campaign" presentation at UMass Dartmouth

Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 5pm (snow date: March 2, 2020, at 5pm) | Claire T. Carney Grand Reading Room, UMass Dartmouth

Eula Mendes
Talk by Dr. Miguel Moniz on “Eula Mendes: Portuguese migrant labor activism and the criminalization of protest”

Thursday, January 30, 2020 | Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, UMass Dartmouth

2019 Holiday Gathering
CPSC / Tagus Press 2019 Holiday Gathering

4 December 2019, 6-8pm | Consulate of Portugal in New Bedford, New Bedford, MA

International Tea and Coffee
Tagus Press titles available during International Tea and Coffee Event at the Claire T. Carney

November 20, 2019, 10am-2pm | Claire T. Carney Library Lobby, UMass Dartmouth

Rui Gomes Coelho
The Sensorial Regime of “Second Slavery”. A lecture by Rui Gomes Coelho

4 November 2019, 11am - 12:15pm | Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, UMass Dartmouth

Democracy and Contemporary Brazilian Literature
Democracy and Contemporary Brazilian Literature. A lecture by Leila Lehnen

October 23, 2019 at 5pm | LARTS 374, UMass Dartmouth

Shirley Nigri Farber
"Sexuality in Brazilian Media" by Shirley Nigri Farber

October 16, 2019 - 11am | Charlton College of Business

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CANI partnership: Tagus Press Azorian classics available during the "Grandes Festas do Divino Espírito Santo da Nova Inglaterra" - Fall River

August 22-25, 2019 | "Grandes Festas do Divino Espírito Santo da Nova Inglaterra" - Fall River

Stromy Isles
Book Launch of "Stormy Isles" by Vitorino Nemésio during the "Dia dos Açores" celebration dinner

Saturday, June 15, 6:30 PM | Our Lady of Light Band – Banquet Hall, Fall River, MA

Livro Chiquinho. A Novel of Cabo Verde
Chiquinho: A Novel of Cabo Verde. Book launch at the Consulate General of Cabo Verde

Friday, May 10, 2019 from 5:00pm to 7:30pm | Consulate General of Cabo Verde, Quincy, MA

Lisbon Travelogue
"Lisbon: A Travelogue" at Viva Portugal Fest in Downtown New Bedford

Saturday, May 4 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM | Downtown New Bedford, MA

Festival of Short Movies in Portuguese
Festival of Short Movies in Portuguese

Wednesday, May 1, at 2:00 pm | Auditorium 006, Campus Center, UMass Dartmouth

Diana Simoes PHD Dissertation Defense
PhD Dissertation Defense - Posthumous Narration in Portuguese: Dead Story Tellers in Portugal, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, and Brazil

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 10:00 am | Foster Administration Building, Board of Trustees Room

Cristina Flores
Lecture by Prof. Cristina Flores, University of Minho: Portraying Bilingual Heritage Speakers

Foster Administration Building | Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 12:00-1:00pm

Daniela Melo
The Carnation Revolution in the Feminine: Portuguese Women's Movements, 1974 - 1977 by Dr. Daniela Melo (Connecticut College)

Wednesday, April 24 -5:30 pm | Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives UMass Dartmouth

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Ana Luísa Amaral and Margaret Jull Costa at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives | UMass Dartmouth

Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives (Library), UMass Dartmouth | Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 5:30 pm

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Behind the Stars, More Stars book launch

Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, Amherst, MA | April, 6th - 7:00 – 8:30pm

International Colloquium: Heritage(s) of Portuguese Influence: Histories, Spaces, Texts, and Objects
International Colloquium: Heritage(s) of Portuguese Influence: Histories, Spaces, Texts, and Objects

New Bedford Whaling Museum & University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Wednesday 3 & Friday 5 April 2019

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Lecture: "The Ends of Development: Portugal and Africa since 1945" by Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo

Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives, UMass Dartmouth | March 28, 2019 Thursday - 5:30 — 7 pm

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Retalhos da Minha Infância: A Memoir of Coming to America by Manuel Fernando Neto with special participation of Fadista Catarina Avelar

Grand Reading Room of the Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Sunday, March 24, 2:00 PM

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"Through Our Eyes" Photography Exhibit Opening and the kick-off to SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc. 40th anniversary celebrations

Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | March 23rd, 1-3 PM, 2019

Negotiating Place and Ethnic Experience
Negotiating Place and Ethnic Experience: Joseph Conforti's Another City Upon a Hill

Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives |UMass Dartmouth - March 5, 2019 - 5:00 — 6:30 pm

Livro Chiquinho. A Novel of Cabo Verde
Roundtable Discussion of Chiquinho: A Novel of Cabo Verde

UMass Dartmouth, Claire T. Carney Library, Grand Reading Room - March 1, 2019, 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Livro Chiquinho. A Novel of Cabo Verde
Book Launching of Chiquinho: A Novel of Cabo Verde

New Bedford Whaling Museum - February 22, 2019 - 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Unemembering Me
Book Launch and Lecture by award-winning author Luiz Ruffato

October 22. 2018, 5-7 PM. | Liberal Arts 397D, UMass Dartmouth

Joao Pedro Marnoto
«Voices in the Fog» New Bedford Chapter and Q&A with Pedro Marnoto

Cook Memorial Theater, NB Whaling Museum - Monday, May 21st - 7PM

Afonso Cruz Julian Fuks
A Luso-Brazilian Dialogue on Literature With Afonso Cruz and Julián Fuks

Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture / Tagus Press- Liberal Arts Building, Room 212 - Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 4:30 pm

Maria Jose Silveira
"On the Novel Her Mother’s Mother’s Mother and Her Daughters", by Maria José Silveira, Brazilian Novelist

April 11, 2018 (Wednesday), 4:30 pm | Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives (Claire T. Carney Library)

Filipe Lindoso
"Mapping the Brazilian Literature Abroad Program, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo" by Felipe Lindoso, Consultant of the Conexões Itaú Cultural

April 11, 2018 (Wednesday), 4:00pm | Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives (Claire T. Carney Library)

Angelica Freitas
"A Bilingual Poetry Reading" by Angélica Freitas, Brazilian Author

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 5:00 pm | Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives (Claire T. Carney Library)

Florbela
Screening of Portuguese Film "Florbela" (in portuguese with english subtitles)

New Bedford Free Public Library on Thursday, March 8th, 2018 - 7 PM (International Women's Day)