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Acentos, revista universitaria - Call for Submissions

Posted on 18 January 2022

Thank you for your interest in publishing with Acentos! We proudly accept our undergraduate students’ works, which include essays, literature reviews, essays, poetry, and visual art. Submissions are accepted in Portuguese, Spanish and/or English. If applicable, please ensure that your work follows MLA format. Since our publications go through a peer-review process, we ask all students to […]

Portuguese Gives You Wings Award - our 2019-2020 winner wins a trip for academic excellence

Posted on 6 August 2020

York University’s Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced Jonathan Cabral as the 2019-20 recipient of the Portuguese Gives You Wings award, sponsored by Azores Airlines. This award aims to recognize academic excellence in an elementary Portuguese language course (POR1000). Aguiar excelled in Portuguese 1000, earning a […]

Students studying Portuguese at York University write book of short stories for children in Guinea-Bissau

Posted on 22 October 2019

Learning a language is, above all, a meaningful experiential and cultural opportunity. For students enrolled in Portuguese 2000 (Intermediate Portuguese) at York University, this past year provided the opportunity to learn about the Portuguese nation of Guinea-Bissau and the struggle for many children to access education and literacy. Students spent several months engaged in a […]

Student in Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies wins trip for academic excellence

Posted on 15 May 2019

York University’s Portuguese & Luso-Brazilian Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced Beatriz Aguiar as the 2018-19 recipient of the Portuguese Gives You Wings award, sponsored by Azores Airlines. This award aims to recognize academic excellence in an elementary Portuguese language course (POR1000). Aguiar excelled in Portuguese 1000, earning a […]

York University and Portugal’s Camoes Institute celebrate 25 years of partnership

Posted on 13 May 2019

João Pinho Neves of the Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua in Portugal met with J.J. McMurtry, interim dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) at York University, on May 1 to celebrate and renew the institute’s long-standing commitment to funding Portuguese language teaching at York. J.J. McMurtry, interim dean, […]

Portuguese-language students earn academic excellence awards

Posted on 3 October 2018

York University’s Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) has announced Erogu Otasowie and Cassandra Moniz as the 2017-18 recipients of the Portuguese Gives You Wings award, sponsored by Azores Airlines. This award aims to recognize academic excellence in an elementary Portuguese-language course (POR1000). Moniz and Otasowie excelled in Portuguese […]

Portuguese Speaking Hour Returns This Summer

Posted on 12 May 2018

Portuguese Speaking Hour

Student’s response to Pessoa exhibit wins him $100 YU card

Posted on 12 February 2018

Mustafa Paiz, a third-year student studying law and society at York University, won a $100 YU card for submitting his thoughts on “Pessoa Unveiled/Pessoa Desdobrado/Pessoa Dépliée”, an exhibition that ran on campus at Scott Library. The program received numerous contributions from students and Mustafa’s contribution was selected as the most fitting of the criteria. Read […]

Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies partners with Toronto Black Film Festival

Posted on 12 February 2018

York University’s Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies program has announced a partnership with the Toronto Black Film Festival to present the Brazilian documentary BOY 23: The forgotten Boys of Brazil (Menino 23: Infâncias perdidas no Brasil) on Feb. 18. Read about it in the YFile story. Watch the Trailer.

Special Announcement: Expressions of Lusofonia Partners With The Academic Journal Portuguese Studies Review

Posted on 14 November 2017

We are delighted to announce that all conference papers will be considered for publication in a special number of the Portuguese Studies Review in Spring / Summer of 2019. All submissions for the Portuguese Studies Review are subjected to a double- blind peer-review process. The date for submission of papers will be announced at a […]