Spanish & Portuguese Department

Juliana Vicente is a film director and founder of Pret a Portê Filmes, a production company created 11 years ago. It carries out socially and artistically relevant content, aiming to train and improve audiovisual professionals and to create new narratives …

Luis Mauro Filho is a journalist and advertiser who explores the relation between politics, sports and culture with a particular focus on Brazilian cultural and Brazil's social framework. He will be presenting about the historical context of multimedia in Brazil, …

The Brazilian singer and composer Octavio Arcanjo will present a retrospective about Brazilian music connecting with Portuguese 360 class "A Journey through the Music of the Lusofphone World". As a musicien Arcanjo will perform Brazilian musics connecting with the idea …

The Portuguese writer Dora Gago will share her experiences living in Macau through her writing. This event connects with Portuguese 310 class "Advanced Composition and Conversation".

Olinda Beja, a writer from São Tomé & Príncipe will share her experience born on a small island through her writing. This event connects with Portuguese 310 class "Advanced Composition and Conversation".

A public talk on craft and globalism by Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky Alperstein, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). This lecture will center on folk art (handcraft / arte-popular) as a cultural agent during the Global …