Events
Join the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement and the UMass Dartmouth Episcopal Campus Ministry on March 27, 2025 from 12pm–1:30pm at the Campus Center Quad for SWORDS TO PLOWSHARES: Transforming Guns into Garden Tools. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the outdoor anvil and forge demonstration using blacksmithing techniques to transform previously surrendered and dismantled gun barrels into garden tools.
The demonstration is presented by the New Haven based Swords to Plowshares Northeast
Grace Holleran, "Lés instruída é mais divertida!: Translation as Consciousness Building in the Portuguese Lesbian Press"
Abstract:
Translation, when understood as a literary or political project rather than a transmission of information, has the capacity to influence, and even shape, individual and collective realities. This dissertation seeks to examine the role of translation as an activist tool in the Portuguese lesbian press. In my discussion, I explore the idea of a lesbian translation practice that prioritizes political urgency, intimacy, and community building, resulting in a form of activist translation that challenges binaries such as hetero/homosexual, male/female, and source/translation and facilitates LGBTQ+ organizing. The alternative press is an especially potent medium for this type of translation, not only due to its association with counter-cultural political movements, but also to the freedom of expression it affords and the communities it nurtures. Through tracing a genealogy of alternative media in Portugal and the ways in which the “translation” of foreign influence impacted LGBTQ+ activism, especially in the wake of the right-wing Estado Novo dictatorship, I identify a fundamentally translative character in the Portuguese lesbian press, principally the publications Organa (1990–1992) and Lilás (Portugal, 1993–2002). My conclusions are supported by findings from several archives dedicated to queer and feminist memory, especially the Centro de Documentação Gonçalo Dinis (IlGA – Portugal) and exclusive oral testimony with one of Lilás’s co-founders.
Dissertation adviser: Prof. Anna M. Klobucka (Dept. of Portuguese)
Committee members: Profs. Dário Borim Jr. and Viktor Mendes (Portuguese)
On March 31, 2025, the Haitian folkloric and contemporary dance troupe Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE) will perform excerpts from Traka and JAE’s new creation, Pouvwa at the UMass Dartmouth Main Auditorium at 5pm. RSVP online.
Pulsing with energy of live drumming and Afro-electronica, these works explore power dynamics, trauma, and healing. The performance will be followed by a Q&A session.
JAE is a Boston-based organization and dance company founded by Jean Appolon. JAE is dedicated to educating audiences about Haitian culture, traditions, history, and current issues. JAE’s repertoire seeks to preserve Haitian folkloric culture while also revitalizing the art form to make it accessible, healing, and educational to audiences.
This event is free and open to all. The show begins at 5pm (doors open at 4:30pm) in UMass Dartmouth’s Main Auditorium. The performance lasts approximately 50 minutes and will be followed by a Q&A session. Guests should park in Lots 5 and 6.
The performance is being sponsored by UMass Dartmouth’s Department of Global Languages & Cultures, Frederick Douglass Unity House and the College of Arts and Sciences Deans Office.
Are you graduating soon and looking to start your career? Are you looking for a summer internship? The Just in Time Fair is a great opportunity to meet with over 50 employers from a variety of fields and industries. All majors and degree levels are invited. We recommend you come professionally dressed and bring copies of your resumes. The Expo is from 1-4pm, but you do not have to stay for the entire time. You can come and go as your schedule permits. For a list of employers and opportunities, visit Handshake at Are you looking for a job or internship? Are you graduating soon and looking to start your career? Are you looking for an opportunity to build your experience? The Job & Internship Expo is a great opportunity to meet with over 50 employers from a variety of fields and industries. All majors and degree levels are invited. We recommend you come professionally dressed and bring copies of your resumes. The Expo is from 1-4pm, but you do not have to stay for the entire time. You can come and go as your schedule permits. For a list of employers and opportunities, visit Handshake at app.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/b4d387fb-4c8b-42d5-845e-50b290698487/student_preview.