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Tagus Press announces the publication of Migration, Mill Work, and Portuguese Communities in New England, edited by Cristiana Bastos, Bela Feldman-Bianco, and Miguel Moniz. 

The publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture announces the publication of Leaving Pico by Frank X. Gaspar.

The publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces the publication of The Undiscovered Island by Darrell Kastin.

Guest Editors: Lígia Bezerra (Arizona State University), Maria das Dores Nogueira Mendes (Universidade Federal do Ceará), Mylene Mizrahi (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro), and José Peixoto Coelho de Souza (University of Manchester)

Employment Opportunity. The deadline for the applications is 28 August 2023.

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture is proud to announce that it will be hosting a colloquium on the 13th and 14th of Octoberl 2023 in honor of the centenary of Natália Correia.

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture is pleased to announce that it will host an international conference on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of April 2024 on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. The theme is “The Carnation Revolution: Global Perspectives”.

Guest Editors: Ricardo Vasconcelos (San Diego State University) and Mirhiane Mendes de Abreu (Universidade Federal de São Paulo). Please send an abstract of 300-400 words before February 15, 2023.

Employment Opportunity. New deadline for the applications is 22 August 2022.

Employment Opportunity. The deadline for the applications is 5 August 2022.

Thursday, June 30 - New Bedford Whaling Museum

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Clepsydra and Other Poems by Camilo Pessanha translated by Adam Mahler and with an introduction by K. David Jackson.

Friday, April 8th - New Bedford Whaling Museum // Saturday, April 9th - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

In partnership with the Government of the Azores, Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Dark Stones by Dias de Melo translated by Gregory McNab and with an introduction by Maria João Dodman.

Learn Portuguese from the comfort of your home or office. Five fully online courses will be offered this Summer.

Friday, April 8th - New Bedford Whaling Museum // Saturday, April 9th - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is offering a free translation workshop, open to the community, from February 23, 2022, to April 20, 2022. The workshop, titled “The Literary Translator’s Voice: A Generative Workshop”, will be led by Prof. Elizabeth Lowe, the Hélio and Amélia Pedroso / Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies, on Wednesdays, from 6 to 7:30pm, at the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture. Application deadline is February 10, 2022.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Ursula by Maria Firmina do Reis, translated by Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey.

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, in collaboration with the Department of Portuguese of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Elizabeth Lowe (New York University) as Hélio and Amélia Pedroso/Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Spring 2022 semester.

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Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Minotaur, Parrot, and the SS Man: Essays on Jorge de Sena by George Monteiro.

Guest Editors: Ana Bela Almeida (University of Liverpool) and Joana Meirim (Universidade Católica de Lisboa). Please send an abstract of up to 300 words before September 30, 2021.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Ocean Crossings (PLCS 33), edited by André Nóvoa.

Employment Opportunities

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press (CPSC/TP) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is seeking candidates for the Hélio and Amélia Pedroso/Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Fall term of 2021 (September to December).

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Freedom Sun in the Tropics by Ana Maria Machado, translated by Renata Wasserman.

24 December 2020 Professor Christopher E. Larkosh

The generosity of several donors brings the rich history of the Portuguese to life at UMass Dartmouth

In partnership with the Government of the Azores, Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of The Unknown Islands by Raul Brandão translated by David Brookshaw and with an introduction by Urbano Bettencourt.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of News on the American Dream: A History of the Portuguese Press in the United States by Alberto Pena Rodríguez, translated by Serena J. Rivera with Gloria Sá and with a foreword by Frank F. Sousa.

Guest Editor: Isabel P. B. Fêo Rodrigues. Please send an abstract of up to 300 words before August 1, 2020. The proposals will be selected and authors informed by August 30, 2020.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Smiling in the Darkness by Adelaide Freitas, translated by Katharine F. Baker and with a foreword by João de Melo.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of The Poems of Renata Ferreira by Frank X. Gaspar.

Prof. Rossa holds a PhD and Aggregate in Architecture from the University of Coimbra and will teach a graduate seminar on “Landscapes of Portuguese Influence,” in the MA/PhD program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory

Prof. Rossa holds a PhD and Aggregate in Architecture from the University of Coimbra and will teach a graduate seminar on “Landscapes of Portuguese Influence,” in the MA/PhD program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory

Finalists for all Book Awards, will be announced in January 2020 and the winners will be celebrated live at the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on March 2 at Town Hall in New York City.

It is with great sadness that we received the news of the untimely death of our dear colleague and long-time partner and friend of the UMass Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press and the Department of Portuguese, Professor Fernando Arenas (University of Michigan).

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Luso-American Literatures and Cultures Today (PLCS 32), a groundbreaking transnational approach to the contemporary Lusodiasporic cultures of North America and the Caribbean.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Eden-Brazil by Moacyr Scliar, translated by Malcolm N. McNee

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announces the launching of Bellis Azorica–an unprecedented book series dedicated exclusively to the literature, culture and history of the Azores—with the publications of its first two titles.

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press (CPSC/TP) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is seeking candidates for the Hélio and Amélia Pedroso/Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for the Spring term of 2020 (January through May).

Guest Editors: Inocência Mata & Iolanda Évora

Guest Editors:Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, Anna M. Klobucka, Walter Rossa. Please send 300-word proposals by April 15, 2019.

Tagus Press, the publishing arm of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces the publication of Lisbon: A Biography by Magda Pinheiro, translated by Mario Pereira.

Prof. Jerónimo will teach a graduate seminar on “New Brazils in Africa: The ‘Third’ Portuguese Empire,” cross-listed between the MA/PhD in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory and the MAT in History.

September 28, 2018

Edited by Christopher Larkosh, Mario Pereira and Memory Holloway

UMass Press will distribute and market UMass Dartmouth-based Tagus Press’s distinctive scholarly and trade series, as well as its textbook series and peer-reviewed journal

May 02, 2018

Guest Editor: Andre Novoa (University of Lisbon)

The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press (CPSC/TP) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is seeking candidates for the Hélio and Amélia Pedroso/Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies for Spring 2019.

First Meeting of the Advisory Council Members of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press