CPS EVENT

Pinto-Fialon Awardee Amélia Avila Presents at 2025 URAP conference

December 11, 2025

Pinto-Fialon Undergraduate Awardee Amélia Avila presented her research, Electoral Trends in Portugal, at the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) Fall Conference, demonstrating the program’s emphasis on rigorous, student-driven research informed by cultural heritage.

Avila analyzed how Portugal’s electoral patterns are shaped...

Nausica Palazzo | A Lecture on the Evolution of Registered Partnerships in Europe.

November 12, 2025

On November 12, 2025, Nausica Palazzo, Associate Professor of Family and Constitutional Law at NOVA School of Law, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, delivered a lecture at UC Berkeley Law School on the evolution of registered partnerships in Europe. The talk examined how partnership regimes have shifted from tools of queer liberation, to political compromises, to legally mandated forms of...

2025 Portuguese Teacher's Workshop

March 24, 2025

On March 24, 2025, the University of California, Berkeley hosted a special workshop titled “Digital Competences and Tools in the Teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language,” led by renowned educator and researcher Adelina Moura. Held at Philosophy Hall, the event brought together a diverse group of Portuguese language instructors from across California...

Berkeley-Portugal Program Showcased in San Diego at “Follow the Sun and Study in Portugal” Event

May 28, 2025

On May 28, 2025, Center for Portuguese Studies Executive Director, Sydney Weaver, presented at the “Follow the Sun and Study in Portugal” event held in San Diego at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Sydney was among an esteemed panel of presenters including the Consul General of San Francisco, Filipe Ramalheira, Executive Member of the Executive Consul of the Luso...

Catia Batista | Integrating Migrants: Experimental Evidence on Cross-Border Spillover

October 13, 2025

On the 13th of October 2025, Professor Catia Batista of NOVA SBE delivered a talk at UC Berkeley’s Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, presenting her work titled “Integrating Migrants: Experimental Evidence on Cross-Border Spillover.”

In her talk, Professor Batista drew on the findings of a recent randomized controlled trial that evaluated how a low-cost, scalable...

Pedro Vicente | On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

October 16, 2025

On the 16th of October 2025, Professor Pedro Vicente of NOVA SBE delivered a talk at UC Berkeley’s Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, presenting his work titled “On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique.” Speaking to attendees gathered for the event, Vicente introduced key themes from his research on rural–urban integration.

In his presentation, Professor...

2025 Ana Hatherly Lecture: Luís de Camões between Europe and Asia (1553–1570)

November 6, 2025

The Center for Portuguese Studies at UC Berkeley convened its annual Ana Hatherly Lecture on November 6, 2025, featuring Yale University professor Kenneth David Jackson, a leading scholar of Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures. Moderated by Professor Jeroen DeWulf, director of the Center for Portuguese Studies, the event gathered 17 attendees, including students, faculty, and community members, for an afternoon of intellectual engagement followed by a reception.

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