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The Appreciation and Painting of Portuguese Azulejos Workshop
Session#1 on 15/03: Introduction on the history of Azulejos and tools Demonstration of preparation of tiles (glaze) and painting techniques Glazing of own tiles for the next session Session#2 on 22/03: Practice of painting traditional pattern Paint your own tiles Session#3 on 29/03: Continue to paint your own tiles Wrap-up Registration link: https://forms.gle/cKksuQZJ7UE1YMWk6 (Deadline: 15:00 March 10th 2023) Seats limited to 20 (minimum of 15), on a first-come-first-served basis. Participants must be able to attend ALL three sessions.
Portuguese Legal Translation: A Procedural Approach Intensive Course
Organizers: Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) & Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC) of University of Macau Admission requirement: Translators and Interpreters dealing with legal Portuguese language or anyone with an interest in legal Portuguese language with a B1/B2 level of Portuguese as a Foreign Language. Period: March 27th to April 24th 2023, (20 hours) Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 18h15 to 20h15 Costs: MOP600 deposit and refundable if participants meet 80% of attendance requirement; and MOP250 for course materials; Please pay the deposit to IPOR at their reception counter (10:00-18:30). Registration link: https://forms.gle/HxG6GhaAL6sPkG9r6 (Deadline: 15:00, March 20th, 2023) Seats limited to 15, on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the registration and pay the deposit to IPOR. Courses […]
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Cesário Verde’s Vision of Lisbon
Cesário Verde’s Vision of Lisbon
Registration link (for those who would like to collect Smart Points for the seminar): https://forms.gle/7rgPNr8UJm1JH5wm7 Abstract: Posthumously regarded as a peculiar pioneer of modern Portuguese poetry, Cesário Verde (1855-1886) started sketching Lisbonian scenery in the latter half of the 19th century. Those urban poems intersected with Verde's inner landscape got him an ironic name as a Portuguese Baudelaire. This talk will guide the audience to revisit the Lisbonian sites in poems like “Num Bairro Moderno” and “O Sentimento dum Occidental.” Conjoining historical background of the urbanization and sanitation of Lisbon, we will see Verde’s transformation of memory and reality, the modernity of his poetic language that is both objective and visionary, and the underlying associations between the memories of the […]
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Su Tong’s Seminar: Ways into Creative Writing
Su Tong’s Seminar: Ways into Creative Writing
About the speaker: Su Tong is an acclaimed author in China who holds several prestigious positions, including member of the Presidium of the Chinese Writers Association and distinguished professor at Beijing Normal University. He began his literary career during his university years, after graduating from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University in 1984. Over the years, he has written and published many novels, including Wives and Concubines, Petulia’s Rouge Tin, My Life as Emperor, Rice, The Boat to Redemption, and Shadow of the Hunter. Among them, Wives and Concubines and Petulia’s Rouge Tin have been adapted into film and television productions, generating significant social impact. He is a recipient of the fifth Lu Xun Literary Award. He also received […]