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YEAR IN REVIEW: 2019 ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE FOR PORTUGUESE AND LUSOPHONE WORLD STUDIES AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
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Dear Friends,
2019 was abundant in activities sponsored by the Institute at Rhode Island College. Our lectures and workshops were attended by over 350 RIC students and community members, and student interest in Portuguese at Rhode Island College increased despite a national decline in enrollments in higher education! Our collaboration with regional, national and international partners and organizations was strengthened in 2019 for the benefit of RIC Portuguese Studies students. We look forward to 2020 with renewed enthusiasm in celebration of the Institute's
Tenth Anniversary of Permanent Status,
which was granted in 2010 by the Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner!
Please enjoy the highlights of 2019, and thank you for your continued support of Portuguese at Rhode Island College! On behalf of the Institute's Administration, Community Advisory Board, Faculty Advisory Council and interns of the Institute, we wish you
Boas festas e os melhores votos de um excelente novo ano
!
Dr. Sílvia Oliveira, IPLWS Director
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CELEBRATING PORTUGUESE STUDIES AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
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Keynote Lecture:
Justin Soares '14,
"Ancient Iberia: 200 Years of Resistance to Rome"
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$6,000
were awarded by the
John A. and Mary V. Lima Memorial scholarship
,
$3,000
by the
Lema-Fernandes Study Abroad scholarship
and
$1,000
by the
Arthur M. Andrade Memorial scholarship
of the Institute to four deserving students minoring and majoring in Portuguese at RIC.
Scholarship Awardees:
Uzziel
Gomez
(Nursing major/Portuguese minor);
Joshua
Abreu
(World Languages Education-concentration in Portuguese/Spanish minor);
Shayne
Dias
(Social Work major/Portuguese minor);
Raquel
Martins
(Social Work major/Portuguese minor).
Sigma chapter of Phi Lambda Beta National Portuguese Honor Society Inductees
:
Guilhermina Dasilva
(Nursing major/Portuguese minor); Honorary members:
Dr. Marlene Lopes
(Director, Special Collections, James P.Adams Library, Rhode Island College; member of the IPLWS Faculty Advisory Council);
Ms. Isabel Claro
(Portuguese teacher, Cumberland High School; interim chair, Community Advisory Board of the IPLWS).
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The 2020 Institute Scholarship Applications are now open:
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2019 Lectures, Workshops, Events
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January 23-25, 2019:
Transatlantic Dialogues
International Colloquium
on US and European Federalism:
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Dr. Carlos Amaral (Universidade dos Açores)
, "Regionalism and European Integration" and UAz Euro-Atlantic Studies students on a tour of the Rhode Island State House (below).
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Dr. Natalie Rogol, (RIC Political Science), "The American Federal Moment":
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Dr. Amy Barlow (RIC James P. Adams Library), Research workshop on Federalism and American Government:
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September 12, 2019: book launch of
Amílcar Cabral: African Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary
, by Dr. Peter Mendy (RIC History Dept) and roundtable discussion.
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Photo courtesy of Maria J. Carvalho,
OJornal/The Herald News
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Sílvia Oliveira, IPLWS Director, Associate Professor of Portuguese
Herminio Moniz, Consul General of Cabo Verde
Walter Tavares, President, P.A.I.G.C.-núcleo USA
Fernando Delfim da Silva, Guinea-Bissau Representative to the United Nations
Peter Karibe Mendy, Professor of History and Africana Studies, Faculty Advisory Council of the IPLWS
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March 28, 2019: Dr. Graça Índias Cordeiro (ISCTE-Portugal)
, “Lisbon’s Changing Narratives”; and September 25, 2019: class discussion of "marchas populares de Lisboa" and
Gosto de Ti Como És
(Documentary, Sílvia Firmino, 2005):
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April 8, 2019: Pedro Bicudo
“Stories from the Newsroom” (co-hosted with RIC Journalism program); and “Os media luso-americanos”:
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April 25, 2019: Ana Luísa Amaral
(Portuguese poet) in collaboration with Portugal's Instituto Camões:
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October 9, 2019: Dr. Timothy Walker (UMass Dartmouth)
, “Antagonistic Tolerance: Roman Catholic Competitive Domination of Hindu & Muslim Religious Sites in Colonial Western India”:
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November 6, 2019: Christian de Rezendes
(Film Director), Screening
and Q&A
of "Portuguese Alley" and
Alzira's Story (
co-hosted with RIC Film Studies program):
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RIC PORTUGUESE STUDIES STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
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Spring 2019 Graduates in Portuguese Studies:
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~Kasey Jeronimo,Modern Languages- concentration in Portuguese
~Nelida Silva, Management-concentration General Management/ Portuguese minor
~Sabrina Brum, Modern Languages-concentration in Spanish/Portuguese minor
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Joshua Abreu at the RIC Study Abroad Fair on September 25, 2019:
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PROMOTING PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE AND LUSOPHONE CULTURES IN THE COMMUNITY
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Winners of the 2019 Bilingual Lusophone Art Calendar Contest, June 7, 2019:
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Photo courtesy of Maria J. Carvalho,
OJornal/The Herald News
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36 Portuguese teachers in public, private, charter and community schools of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut participated in the Portuguese Teachers Workshop at Rhode Island College.
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Morning session: "A gramática na aula de PLE" sponsored by Instituto Camões, Porto Editora, Lidel Editora:
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Afternoon session: Make Portuguese Count in the Classroom, sponsored by PALCUS and the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies:
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Paintings by José L. Santos, from his Portuguese-American Series, are on exhibit at the Guardo Hall School of Social Work (Main Lobby) at Rhode Island College.
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Paulo Teves, Regional Director for the Communities, Regional Government of the Azores, visited the Institute on May 3, 2019:
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Mário Moura, Ph.D., RIC class of 1983 donated an autographed copy of his most recent book to the James P. Adams Library at Rhode Island College. The book was delivered by Conselheiro João Pacheco to Dr. Molly Bruce Patterson, accompanied by Dr. Silvia Oliveira and Representative Serodio, on October 3, 2019:
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Muitos parabéns,
Sr. Manuel Pedroso!
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The Institute joined the Portuguese community in celebrating with Sr. Manuel Pedroso his 100th birthday on November 18, 2019! On November 6, award winning film director Christian de Rezendes premiered "Portuguese Alley" at RIC featuring an interview with Sr. Manuel Pedroso.
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The Institute at the first M
ultilingual Advocacy Day
at the Rhode Island State House on April 23, 2019 (proudly standing next to Elizabeth Buffum Chace, 1806-1899, "The conscience of Rhode Island"):
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We are proud to partner with
PALCUS
as an affiliated organization in the
Make Portuguese Count in the Census 2020
campaign, for which the Institute is the sole translator of materials into Portuguese. We are also co-developing with PALCUS and Portuguese teachers nationwide, educational materials for Make Portuguese Count in the Classroom.
#MakePortugeseCount
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Learn more about Make Portuguese Count in the Census 2020:
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Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rhode Island College Renews Cooperation with Instituto Camões of Portugal
December 10, 2019
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Thank you for your kind attention.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sílvia Oliveira, IPLWS Director
soliveira@ric.edu
410-456-8496
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Established in 1854, Rhode Island College serves approximately 8,500 undergraduate and graduate students through its five schools: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Business, the School of Nursing and the School of Social Work. For more information, visit
www.ric.edu
Established in 2006, the Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies supports the Portuguese Studies academic program at Rhode Island College, bridges the connection between Rhode Island College and the Lusophone community, and pursues scholarly and cultural research in the areas of the Portuguese language and Lusophone cultures. For more information, visit www.ric.edu/iplws
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