Línguas de Camões – Challenges and Opportunities for Portuguese as a Foreign Language in a Global World is a colloquium and continuous training action promoted by the Faculty of Human Sciences, which will take place on september 25, in online format.

This one-day event focuses on the importance of learning Portuguese as a foreign language and encourages critical reflection about the place and role of this language in a global world.

This colloquium is a joint initiative of the Undergraduate Program in Applied Foreign Languages and the Master Program in Portuguese as a Foreign Language/ Second Language and it seeks to disseminate research and teaching practice developed in the Faculty of Human Sciences.

The plenary session will be with Roberto Vecchi, from Università di Bologna.

Topics for discussion:

• Gosto de ser e de estar: linguistics and teaching Portuguese as a foreign language;
• Eu quero frátria: Portuguese Language, Literature and Culture;
• O que quer esta língua? Best practice in Portuguese as a foreign language class;
• O que pode esta língua? Portuguese, language of opportunities in the world.

Registrations until September 18, 2020

Registration fee: 15 EUR 

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More informations about the event and payment method here.

The Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC) and Universidade Católica Editora organise the launch of the book Era Uma vez a Tradução, a collection of essays on the history of translation organised by professors and researchers Maria Lin Moniz, Isabel Capeloa Gil and Alexandra Lopes.

The book presentation session will be directed by Professor Luísa Leal de Faria and will take place on March 8, at 6 p.m.

Watch the session here.

The Undergraduate Degree in Psychology of the Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais, of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Braga, invites to participate in the Open Class, within the scope of the discipline of Community Psychology, under the theme "Presentation of the Housing First community intervention programme".

The session, organised by Professor Liliana Trigueiros, will take place in a ZOOM room, on May 19, 2021, at 3 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Professor José Ornelas.

Open Class

 
The Faculdade de Filosofia de Ciências Socias of the Braga Regional Centre, of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, organizes on February 25, at 6 p.m., in the scope of the International Mother Language Day, celebrated on February 21, a conference integrated in the cycle of gatherings The Disquiet of Words.

This conference will feature Augusto Soares da Silva, linguist and Professor at the Braga Regional Centre, Mário Cláudio, writer, and José Moreira da Silva, linguist and writer, moderator of the session that will take place online.

More information here.

Next 24 May, under the co-organisation of the Município de Braga, the Tourism Degree of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Braga Regional Centre, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and the Cooperativa Minho de Porta Aberta, the action "Live the City like a Tourist" will take place.

The Small Scale Action takes place within the scope of the URBACT project - "Tourism Friendly Cities" - a European project aimed at sustainability in the area of tourism and is intended, in a first approach, for the citizens of the municipality of Braga.

The aim is to raise awareness of the opportunity and relevance of sustainability in tourism practices, as well as to show the city from another perspective, i.e., " wearing the shoes" of the visitor/tourist, thus contributing, in a certain way, to achieve the perfect symbiosis between the resident and the tourist.

The programme starts at 9 a.m. at Braga Tourism Office and ends at 11.30 a.m. at Nogueira da Silva Museum, where there will be a tasting of some regional products related to Braga's gastronomy.

Participation is free upon registration.

The professors and students of the Degree in Psychology and the Library of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, organize an interactive exhibition "Biblioteca ComVida" dedicated to the area of Psychology. 

The session will take place in the Library of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, on 1 June 2022, at 14h30.

On June 3, at 14h30, the Open Lecture "Inclusive Education: How to Operationalise it in the Educational Context?" will take place and will count on the presence of the expert Rosário Ferreira to reflect on how Inclusive Education is being operationalised among students in Portuguese schools.

Organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Braga Regional Centre of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, the lecture is integrated in the Curricular Units of Learning Difficulties and Special Educational Needs of the Undergraduate Degree in Psychology and of Psychological Intervention in Inclusive Education of the Master's Degree in Educational Psychology.

Attend in person or watch online here.

• Meeting ID: 870 4474 3578
• Access password: 557432

The Seminar "Challenges for Social Economy Organizations", to be held on April 1, is part of the Post-Graduation in Management of Social Economy Organizations 2021/22 - 10th edition, promoted by ATES - Área Transversal de Economia Social of the Porto Regional Centre, of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and is open to all interested parties who want to discuss some of the challenges faced by social economy organizations.

Admission is free, but registration is required here

PROGRAM

16h30 | Opening

• Communication challenge, with Carolina Tomaz and Mariana Rodrigues
• Challenge of Community Management, with Diogo Mendes

Break

18h30 

• Environmental Sustainability Challenge, with Inês Besugo
• Fundraising challenge, with João Mesquita

19h45 | Closing

The Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC), Faculty of Human Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, organizes the 2022 International Conference "Radio Soundscapes in (Post)Colonial Settings", which takes place from 7 to 8 July.

The conference integrates work developed by CECC under the research project BiPE: Broadcasting in the Portuguese Empire, and aims to bring together scholars researching the history of colonial and postcolonial broadcasting and sound, in order to shed light on the role of radio and music in forging audible and sonorous empires and new-born nations. The event will include papers that discuss technologies, programmes and audiences in both colonial and postcolonial settings, including those focusing on the construction of new soundscapes and radio ecosystems following decolonization.
 

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