On February 17, at 10 am, in room 2.13 of the School of Arts and Humanities (University of Lisbon), Professor J. Gerald Kennedy will give an open class focusing on the short story “The Man of the Crowd” and its relevance for understanding mechanisms of reciprocal terrorism in modern times and up to our time. […]

Omnipresente na sociedade contemporânea, o discurso publicitário (re)produz o consumo como lugar de identidade e propõe narrativas de infinito desejo para alimentar a utopia do crescimento contínuo. Este colóquio pretende refletir sobre os mecanismos de significação da publicidade, recorrendo a vários modelos analíticos, de modo a desconstruir a sua naturalização sociocultural e política. Assumindo-se como […]

The University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies – ULICES/CEAUL Research Group on Translation and Reception Studies invites you to the 48etc... Talks on Translation Studies. This talk will be broadcast on Zoom, Monday December 7th, 2020, at 5:30 pm. Our invited speaker is Rita Menezes, CEAUL/ULICES who will talk about Subtitling for the Deaf […]

EMBASSY OF IRELAND LECTURE 2021 Date: 11 March, 18h00 Venue: Online - https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/85681516570 Organisation: CETAPS – Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies & ULICES – University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies Sponsor: Embassy of Ireland in Portugal ULICES Research Group 4 – Other English-speaking Literatures and Cultures invites you to attend the Embassy […]

RHOSE – Representations of Home Open Seminar Date: 6 April 2021, 11h00 Venue: Online Title: Hearing the Voice, Listening for Silences in the Poetry of Maria Teresa Horta Guest speaker: Lesley Saunders Lesley Saunders is the author of several books of poetry as well as many academic articles. Her collection Cloud Camera (Two Rivers Press 2012) was described in Poetry […]

Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Laurel Brake (Professor Emerita, Birkbeck College, University of London) | Professor Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow) It has been 150 years since Matthew Arnold published his groundbreaking work, Culture and Anarchy. His essays in book form are not only a powerful critique of Victorian society and values but also of modern ones. Contemporary […]

The University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies – ULICES/CEAUL Research Group on Translation and Reception Studies invites you to the 49etc... Talks on Translation Studies. This talk will be broadcast on Zoom, Tuesday, April  27th, 2021, at 12:30. Our invited speaker is Telma Carvalho,  who will talk about her experience of translating Liu Cixin […]

Title: Irish English in a time-capsule: Irish emigrant voices in speech and writing Guest speaker: Carolina Amador-Moreno Date: 3 May 2021, 14.00 (Western European Time Zone) Link – https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/83937099303 Organisation: ULICES Research Groups 4 & 5 and RHOME – Representations of Home project Abstract: The legacy of Irish English (also known as Hiberno-English) in places such as Newfoundland, Australia, the United […]

Title: (Be)longing: A poetry reading about homes within and without Guest speaker: Jona Ray Date: 6 May 2021, 14.30-15.30 (Western European Time) | 7pm-8pm (India time) Link - videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/85775879953?pwd=YmJVa2E1ZjdyK0lEeUdSSlVyTDQyUT09 Organisation: RHOME – Representations of Home project Bio note: Jonaki Ray was educated in India (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) and the USA (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). […]

Women and Ageing: Towards equality, dignity and improvement of life and well-being.A ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM, 11th MAY, 2021 The paradox of ageing is that it is an ambivalent and malleable category. On one hand it outlines the limits of one’s usefulness for the system. It marginalizes those who no longer fit the categories of beauty, […]