2nd Postgraduate Researchers Day

An opportunity to present and share projects, promoting exchange and the overview of the different research groups. Date: March 22, 2010 | 10h00-18h00 Venue: Anfiteatro III

Lingusitic Diversity in India

The lecture will be in English, with focus on various language families in India and their evolution.  It will also deal with the current status of English in Indian society.  Finally, the lecture will critically analyze the recent decision by the Government of India to declare some Indian languages as classical. Professor J. Prabhakara Rao […]

Louise Bourgeois: Melancholy Cannibalism – lecture by Ana Rito

Ana Rito (1978) Visual artist working on several media and supports – photography, video, sculpture. Author of Casa de Bonecas – Propostas Contemporâneas sobre a Mulher e a Subjectividade  (Museu Colecção Berardo: Lisbon, 2009). Since 2002, her work has featured on several collective exhibitions, namely: The Opposite Direction/Easily Reversible (Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, 2002); VV2 Recycling The Future, 50th […]

Cine Qua Non #2 – Launch

Cine Qua Non is an arts magazine of the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES). Brought into movement in 2009, Cine Qua Non has been built up by written movements that freely crisscross reflections, reviews or essays; movements that relate music to plastic arts, dance to theatre, cinema to literature. This publication intends […]

6th International Conference on Translation Studies in Portugal

Date: May 6-7, 2010 Venue: Catholic University, Lisbon Organization: Centre for Communication and Cultural Studies, Catholic Univ. | Univ. of Lisbon Centre fore English Studies, ULICES More info: http//anthologiescollections2010.blogspot.com/

ESC – English Summer Courses

A iniciativa ESC - English Summer Courses - foi concebida pelo CEAUL para proporcionar formação em áreas da sua competência que possam beneficiar não só os seus membros e tradicionais destinatários como outros agentes da academia, escolas, e cultura em geral. Numa perspectiva de aperfeiçoamento e desenvolvimento  de técnicas de expressão, interacção e criatividade, que […]

International Conference Narrative and Medicine: Illness and Dialogue

For more information, contact the University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (217920092), narrativaemedicina.flul@gmail.com, website http://medicineandnarrative.blogspot.com/ The concept of Narrative and Medicine stems from the belief that narrative awareness is crucial for the improvement of medicine practices and complementary to evidence-based methods. Attention to the patients’ body language and storytelling requires empathy and time, two […]

Mark Twain: Symposium and Exhibition

Mark Twain (1835-1910). See program of the event on the Luso-American Foundation Website. Dates: October 8, 2010: Mark Twain International Symposium - Luso-American Foundation October 1-31, 2010: Exhibition "Mark Twain in Portugal"- Portuguese National Library

Do You Bowles? Paul Bowles Centennial International Conference

Conference – Concert – Cinema – Exhibition Date: October 21-22-23, 2010 Venue: Faculty and Rectory of the University of Lisbon   October 21-29 – Pirates at Heart exhibition at the Library of the Faculty of Letters October 22 – Movie premiere of You Are Not I, by Sara Driver, at the Portuguese Cinematheque October 23- […]

Messengers from the Stars: on Science Fiction and Fantasy

Date: November 2-5, 2010 Venue: Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon Posters made by Pedro Marques: http://pedromarquesdg.wordpress.com More information at Mensageiros das estrelas