CIELA Interdisciplinary Guest Talk Series

Rostos de Macau / Facets of Macau

Title of talk:   Macau and Brazil: Cultural Contacts

Speaker:         Leonor Diaz de Seabra, PhD

Date:               11/11/2020

Time:              19 – 20h (GMT+7)

Venue:            Zoom  link –      https://umac.zoom.us/j/91494589953

Abstract

To understand the relationships of Macau and Brazil it is necessary to consider the historical and geographical context of the relationship Europe/America/Asia. The Portuguese city of Macau was the only port in China permanently authorized to receive foreign embarkations.

In spite of the prohibitions, clandestine trips, since early times, allowed the direct contact from Macau to America, through the Philippines, evading the regulations.

The messages and goods carried via the route of the Cape of Hope, from Macau to Brazil, whether smuggling or legally, became gradually more frequent.

From 1810 tea growing in Rio de Janeiro began with plants imported from Macau and about 200 Chinese working on tea `plantations.

Traces of this cultural interchange still exist, especially in architecture, sculptures, porcelains and in paintings.

Short Bio Leonor Diaz de Seabra

Professor Leonor Diaz de Seabra obtained a Masters in Luso-Asian Studies from the University of Macau and holds a PhD in History from the University of Porto. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Macau where she has worked as teaching staff and researcher since 1996. Prof. Seabra was the 1^st Director of CIELA. Her field of research lies in History of Macau, History of Southeast Asia, Gender Studies, Culture and Mentalities and Population Studies and has published extensively through academic articles, book chapters and books on these topics.