Portugal: country of “Discoveries”?

© M & G Therin-Weise. See at UNESCO. This Wednesday, 1s March 2017 (18h30), we will have a singular opportunity to listen to two great experts in Portuguese memory and heritage, Elsa Peralta (University of Lisbon) and Teresa Pinheiro (University of Chemnitz). Last week, we already shared with you a link to a very interesting project … Continued

Lust im Vorfeld der nächsten Let’s Talk About History-Konferenz ein bisschen Wissen vorzuschnuppern?

Die Juniorprofessur Kultureller und Sozialer Wandel der TU Chemnitz liefert in ihrem Projekt “Ehrendes Gedenken, Schatten der Vergangenheit: Portugiesische Erinnerungskulturen” erste Einblicke in das Gedenken und das Vergessen Portugals an seine Geschichte.   Anmeldungen zur nächsten Konferenz: https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/remembering-portugueseempire-today-tickets-31827500912

Portugal – Drawing the World

If you have visited the shopping center La Belle Etoile last year, you might have seen some of the activities to promote history and culture of Portugal. The initiative was an avant-première of the common project among Musée national d’histoire et d’art Luxembourg (MNHA) and the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (MNAA, Lisbon) entitled “Portugal … Continued