With Professor Claire Hooker, University of Sydney Schedule:  15th Oct 16.00-20.00; 17th Oct 17.00-19.00; 22nd Oct 17.00-19.00 Location: American Corner (Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa) Language: English The aim of this open course is to introduce postgraduate students and researchers in the humanities to a range of empirical research methodologies already used in the […]

Medical Humanities Project Open Lecture “Grace Under Pressure: Using verbatim theatre for improving healthcare workplace culture" presented by Claire Hooker from the University of Sydney, Australia. Date and Time: 16 October 2024, 17.00-18.30 The next Medical Humanities Project Lecture “Grace Under Pressure: Using verbatim theatre for improving healthcare workplace culture" presented by Claire Hooker from […]

Heroes have been one of the main staples of the Fantasy genre. They are brave, determined, strong, and often embark on quests to save the world against an impending Evil. However, this raises a question: what about female heroes? How are they portrayed? Do they have different characteristics and functions when compared to male heroes? […]

Following a workshop model, the open class “How to Write an Academic Paragraph” aims to help attendees identify and produce the key components of a well-written academic paragraph. Attendees will understand structure and techniques; identify a weak paragraph (after peer editing and peer feedback) and understand how to write a strong academic paragraph; organize a […]

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged public health systems and the notion of "home" as a place of belonging and safety. This presentation explores how public discourse in New South Wales, Australia, and New Zealand reflected issues of identity, community, and dislocation during the crisis. By analysing the prosocial and individualistic values expressed by political leaders and […]

Join two educators from the University of Žilina, Slovakia, in this interactive workshop designed to help advanced learners improve their academic writing skills. Drawing on their extensive experience teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP), the instructors will guide participants through practical strategies for crafting clear, well-structured, and academically sound texts.  With hands-on exercises and personalized […]

Date: 4 November, 15h30 Venue: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa / School of Arts and Humanities, Room A201-Anfiteatro III Organisation:  ULICES – University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies, Research Group 4 – Other English-speaking Literatures and Cultures Sponsor: Embassy of Ireland in Portugal Guest speaker: Mary O’Donnell Bionote: Mary O’Donnell’s work includes eight poetry […]

American Studies Over_Seas: Active Ties, Tides, and Times University of Lisbon Center for English Studies (ULICES) is developing a project centered on coastal areas and intertidal zones, and on how they might be addressed through more hydro- and eco-centered perspectives on languages, arts, and literatures. We would like to contribute to the storytelling and the […]

This lecture will address the way different contexts, historical and contemporary, shape how we interpret the rabbit/duck perspective of Henry V. More specifically, this will be done with two particular angles in mind. The lecture will begin by focusing on the difference between following the “Crispin’s Day” scene with the Le Fer/Pistol scene, which is […]

This open seminar will address both the challenges and new research methods involved in creating what is known collectively as the MIT Global Shakespeare Project (https://shakespeareproject.mit.edu/). Since 1992, MIT’s Literature faculty have been developing and maintaining digital environments for teaching and research involving Shakespeare, with a particular emphasis on enlarging access and understanding of diverse […]

On Tuesday 12th November please feel free to join us for the “Looking at Canada from Portugal “Symposium.  The symposium will count with literary scholar, Eva Darias-Beautell, political scientist, Guy Laforest, historian of science, Dan Malleck aa well as established and emerging national scholars. Time & Place 12.30-14.00 Amphitheater II 14.20-19.00 Amphitheater III The session […]

Nobody can deny the power of the city to change and reorder all of life. Inglis, 2000 For many years leaving the countryside to move to urban areas was in itself a challenge.  The unknown that the city unveiled and the mystery in all the hidden corners was, as it is today, a free ride […]