Xavier Research Center Seminar Series

This is the first seminar in the series Bridges co-organized by Xavier Research Centre for Memory and Identity of the University of Saint Joseph and Instituto Oriente, ISCSP, University of Lisbon. The objective of the seminars is to stimulate intellectual exchanges between scholars in Macau (China) and Portugal on topics related to cultural sustainability. This year seminars are focusing on three key conceptual themes: Identity, Transitions and Power. Each seminar has a speaker and a discussant in Macau (or the Pacific) and in Portugal (the Atlantic).

Seminar 1: What’s next for our ‘furniture’? Re-visiting the role of the Portuguese community in the Macau SAR in the last decade
Prof. Vanessa Amaro, Centre for Portuguese Studies, Macao Polytechnic University
Discussant: Prof. Cathryn Clayton, University of Hawaii, USA

Seminar 2: Fragilities of Macanese Identity: Reflection on the theme
Prof. Carlos Piteira, ISCSP, Institute of Orient, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Discussant: Prof. Irene Rodrigues, ISCSP, Instituto Oriente, University of Lisbon, Portugal

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