Learn about Portuguese history in New England

UMass Dartmouth is hosting an “International Colloquium on Portuguese Migration and Mill Work in New England” on Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25. 

The event will feature talks and discussions about racial tensions, upward mobility, the politics of assimilation and multiculturalism, as well as labor and ethnic revival movements. Meals will be provided.

Friday will include “Setting the Context” and “Portuguese Spaces in Urban New England” in the morning, and “Narrating Portuguese Lives” and “Politics of Portuguese American Communities” in the afternoon, followed by dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

Saturday there will be a showing of the award-winning documentary “Saudade,” which was an outcome of the Portuguese Oral History Project from when UMass Dartmouth was Southeastern Massachusetts University. There will also be a discussion about the film and a lunch after the showing.

Both days start at 9 a.m.

The event is free and open to the public, by registration is expected. To register, email mroberge1@umassd.edu. 

The colloquium is sponsored by the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press. The event was organized by Mario Pereira (UMass Dartmouth), in collaboration with Bela Feldman-Bianco (Universidade Estadual de Campinas) and Cristiana Bastos (University of Lisbon).

The event will be held at UMass Dartmouth at 285 Old Westport Road.