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January 25, 2019 11:00 AM
Every Friday during the Spring 2019 semester, practice your Portuguese in an informal setting where students can enjoy some delicious homemade Brazilian treats and conversation! Admission is free. All levels welcome. For more information, please contact Megwen at portuguese@tulane.edu. These events are sponsored by TULASO and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies.
February 01, 2019 2:00 PM
The Brazilian Studies and the Portuguese Language Program at Tulane University will host a public poetry reading of O Navio Negreiro, The Slave Ship as part of a Black History Month Special Program on Friday, February 1, at 2:00 PM.
February 22, 2019 2:00 PM
This spring, join the Africana Studies Program, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Departments of Spanish & Portuguese, the Latin American Library, the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane University in collaboration with The Labyrinth-NOLA Wesley for the 2019 Afro-Brazilian Film Series.
The films are free and open to the public.
2019 Spring Schedule
Friday, February 22 Black Orpheus
September 27, 2019 1:30 PM
The Spanish and Portuguese Department is hosting this talk with two masters of the art of capoeria. Mestre Joao Grande is one of the last remaining Mestres from the Velha Guarda. He moved to New York in 1990 and, at 86 years old, he continues to hold capoeira classes at his academy in Harlem. He is a student of Mestre Pastinha, the father of capoeira Angola. Mestre Jelon is also from Bahia, and he was the first capoeirista to open up a school in the US back in the 70's.
November 08, 2019 2:00 PM
A weekly hour of Portuguese conversation and tasty treats hosted by Prof. Megwen Loveless. All levels are welcome!
The theme for this semester will be Passion Fruit. So bring your sweet tooth to try this week’s homemade delicacy: Cheesecake de maracujá.
November 14, 2019 2:00 PM
Join the Spanish & Portuguese Department, Africana Studies, the SLA Center for Scholars, and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies for a presentation by Lamonte Aidoo, entitled “Without a Name and Under the Tongue: Sexual Violence, Brazilian Slavery, and the Archive.” Aidoo is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at Duke University and the author of Slavery Unseen: Sex, Power, and Violence in Brazilian History.