O Centro de Língua Portuguesa Camões/University of Massachusetts Boston convida para a 8.ª edição da Conferência sobre Literatura em Português, a ter lugar no dia 26 de abril de 2019 em Boston, EUA, subordinada ao tema: O género na literatura lusófona.

O evento contará com a participação das escritoras Ana Luísa Amaral (Portugal), Angélica Freitas (Brasil) e Glória Sofia (Cabo Verde); e a moderação de Anna Klobucka (UMass Dartmouth).

As pessoas interessadas em participar podem contactar o professor José Rodrigues nos endereços jose.rodrigues@umb.edu ou yosef.rodrigues@gmail.com. A conferência é gratuita e aberta ao público. Todos os participantes receberão um Certificado de participação.

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VIII Conference in Portuguese Language Literature UMass Boston

With simultaneous interpretation/translation to Portuguese (screening panel)
The conference is free and open to the public!

When: Friday, April 26, 2019
Where: UMass Boston, Ballroom A – Campus Center, 3rd floor, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125

Program:

9:00AM REGISTRATION
9:30AM OPENING REMARKS
10:00AM Anna Klobucka, Professor, UMass Dartmouth l INTRODUCTIONS
10:15AM Guest Writers l PRESENTATIONS
11:45AM TRIBUTE to Nelson Harry Vieira, Brown University Professor Emeritus of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Professor Emeritus of Judaic Studies
12:15PM Dialogue with the writers
12:45PM Closing remarks

The Camões Language Center at UMass Boston is pleased to announce the Literature in Portuguese Language Conference 2019: “Gender in Lusophone Literature.” This conference aims to highlight key debates from the concepts of the construction of the gendered dimensions of Contemporary Lusophone Literature. To that end, the Conference will facilitate conversations surrounding gender and power, as well as their impact at the individual, community, institutional, state, and multilateral levels. Through these conversations, the conference hopes to deepen participants’ understanding of the relevance of gender in relation to status, access, and influence in all areas of international relations. The Conference seeks to reiterate the importance of applying an intersectional lens towards these issues and challenges, given that gender and power intersect and are enmeshed within other aspects of identity, such as class, citizenship, and sexuality. The main focus of this analysis is to reflect on what these authors in these three spheres of Lusophone production may think, how they think, and ultimately how they articulate their perspectives on this theme in the literary canon. Whether by way of juxtaposition or simple comparison, the visions of these various Portuguese-language writers will be put into contact and conversation with each other.

We will be celebrating cultures, identities, and diversity in the Portuguese-speaking world by tracing the roots of the Lusophone concept and discourse.

Writers, academic researchers, scholars, teachers, students, community members, and everyone who is interested in the aforementioned questions and ideas will create a memorable debate on the literature of the Lusophone world and the challenges of its effective interpretation.

Guest Writers:

• Ana Luísa Amaral (Portugal)
• Angélica Freitas (Brazil)
• Glória Sofia (Cabo Verde)

Special Guest/Moderator:

• Anna Klobucka (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)

If you are interested in participating in the conference, please contact José Rodrigues at jose.rodrigues@umb.edu or yosef.rodrigues@gmail.com

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 617-615-7503. Thank you for your time and we will see you in April 26th.

The conference is free and open to the public. All participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.

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