Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives receives a donation from the Associação Académica

The materials, which include the Associação Académica flag, the portraits of past club presidents, team photos, opposition team pennants and other ephemera, will be collected and curated at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives

Helio and Amelia Pedroso Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Spring term of 2022

Employment Opportunities

Hélio and Amélia Pedroso/Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Fall term of 2021 (September to December)

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press (CPSC/TP) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is seeking candidates for the Hélio and Amélia Pedroso/Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Fall term of 2021 (September to December).

Publication of Freedom Sun in the Tropics by Ana Maria Machado

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Freedom Sun in the Tropics by Ana Maria Machado, translated by Renata Wasserman.

In Memoriam

24 December 2020 Professor Christopher E. Larkosh

Preserving Portuguese culture at UMassD

The generosity of several donors brings the rich history of the Portuguese to life at UMass Dartmouth

Publication of The Unknown Islands by Raul Brandão

In partnership with the Government of the Azores, Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of The Unknown Islands by Raul Brandão translated by David Brookshaw and with an introduction by Urbano Bettencourt.

Publication of News on the American Dream by Alberto Pena Rodríguez

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of News on the American Dream: A History of the Portuguese Press in the United States by Alberto Pena Rodríguez, translated by Serena J. Rivera with Gloria Sá and with a foreword by Frank F. Sousa.

UMass Dartmouth announces new Director of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture

Dr. Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa to lead the Center as it expands its international leadership in Portuguese education

Call for Papers: PLCS Special Issue "Past and Present Epidemics and Other Devastations Across the Portuguese-Speaking World"

Guest Editor: Isabel P. B. Fêo Rodrigues. Please send an abstract of up to 300 words before August 1, 2020. The proposals will be selected and authors informed by August 30, 2020.