This event aims to showcase recent developments in Portuguese literary, cultural and intellectual history.
Part 1: Portuguese Literature in the United States and the Portuguese-American Experience - A round table with Onésimo T. Almeida (Brown University, publisher of the Gávea-Brown book series and author of O peso do hífen: ensaios de cultura luso-americana [The Weight of the Hyphen: Essays on Luso-American Culture]), Frank F. de Sousa (UMass Dartmouth, publisher of the journal Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies and the book series Portuguese in the Americas), and award-winning writers Frank Gaspar (author of Stealing Fatima, Leaving Pico, and several books of poetry) and Katherine Vaz (author of Saudade, Fado, Our Lady of the Artichokes).
Literary interlude - Readings by distinguished translator Gregory Rabassa (Queens College; translator of Padre Antonio Vieira, Antonio Lobo Antunes, Gabriel García Márquez, among others).
Part 2: Revisiting Luso-Asian Encounters: Why Goa Matters for Theory and Connected Histories - A round table with Goan writer Victor Rangel-Ribeiro (author of Tivolem), historian Angela Barreto Xavier (Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon; author of The Invention of Goa), and art historian Filipa Lowndes Vicente (Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon; author of Other Orientalisms).
Followed by a reception.
New York City, NY; NYC