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Luís Gomes
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Scholar, emblems, grammar, Portuguese.
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Jennifer Taylor on Charles Perrault's fairy tales as emblems and vehicles for female agency in Louis XIV's France, 12 Feb 2026, 5pm. All welcome.
www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome!
www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...

@srsrensoc.bsky.social @cvc-rhul.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social
A poster, background image is a copperplate engraving form a 16th century book, displaying a man that holds a heavy stone in his right hand and has feathers in his left hand. The right hand hangs down on his side, the left hand is raised to the sky, towards a representation of God, who appears in the top left corner, in-between clouds. The man has his back towards the viewer. The text of the poster is: Spring 2026 Seminar Series Designing women: the unillustrated moral devices of Perrault’s Fairy Tales Jennifer Taylor, University of Reading Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5 p.m. In-person: Archives and Special Collections Seminar Room, University of Glasgow Library (level 12) Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/h94mrxCSS02mfkQdhPGYkw A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Thursday, 05 March 2026, 5 p.m. In-person: TalkLab, University of Glasgow Library (level 3) Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Vdt43WFQd2fgh_aV6oaUg Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: the Comics Art of Frank Quitely David John Boyd and Julie Briand Boyd, University of Glasgow Thursday, 12 March 2026, 5 p.m. (book launch) In partnership with Leuven University Press. In-person: University Bookshop, Fraser Building Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/mI2-cHm0S5iPKJk2kZxGeQ Various locations, click on each event for find out more. ALL WELCOME.
February 6, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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Recruiting now:

Professor/a de português para o Ensino Oficial na Escócia.

Vem trabalhar connosco!

www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...
October 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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TODAY! Raise your Teacup to Catherine of Braganza

A talk by Isabel Stilwell on her bestselling novel on Catherine of Braganza, the Portuguese queen who helped make tea a British tradition.

Tea served!

👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1481488113...
@patbyrne.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Isabell Stilwell, Creative Conversations, University of Glasgow Chapel, Friday 19 September 1 p.m. and on Zoom. `Co-hosted with Portuguese Studies' @luisgomes.bsky.social @zoestrachan.bsky.social @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.glasgowwestend.co.uk/creative-con...
Creative Conversations: Isabel Stilwell - Glasgow West End
Friday 19, September, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. A co-hosted event with Portuguese Studies and Creative Conversations, historical novelist and journalist Isabel Stilwell is in conversation. University Chap...
www.glasgowwestend.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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We're hiring!

Local hire (ideally Scotland) to join Camões - UK to teach Portuguese as a Heritage Language and L2 in Glasgow and Edinburgh (application ref. MAN02).
Deadline is tight: 24th September.
Queries to cepe.reinounido@camoes.mne.pt

Apply👉 www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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howtobooks.bsky.social
Earlier this summer, project members Billy Grove and @luisgomes.bsky.social introduced our project at the 13th Society for Emblem Studies conference in Vienna. Read more here:

howtobook.hypotheses.org/4453

#howto #emblems #conference
Emblematically How-to in Vienna
Every three years, in the height of summer, scholars from around the world come together to exchange ideas and explore new directions in emblem studies. This year’s conference, organized as always by ...
howtobook.hypotheses.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Can't wait to welcome Isabel Stilwell to @uofglasgow.bsky.social's Creative Conversations on 19 Sep 25, 1pm, to discuss writing historical novels, balancing historical voices w/ fiction, w/ a drive to project silenced historical women. FREE tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1652169155...
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Not a moment too soon.
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UK advertises contract to run Erasmus scheme
Tender indicates ministers are preparing ground to rejoin European student swap programme
on.ft.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Fernando Pessoa et al, vertido por Richard Zenith, na maravilhosa livraria da @harvard.edu. E em boa companhia!
Livros numa prateleira de uma livraria. Inclui Fernando Pessoa. Livros numa estante de uma livraria. Inclui dois livros de Fernando Pessoa.
August 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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At the bookshop of @harvard.edu, delighted to see @valmcdermid.bsky.social in good company!

Oddly enough, they didn’t stock my book on the Portuguese subjunctive… 🤔 😜
August 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The @museudalingua.bsky.social's exhibition 'Nhe'ẽ Porã: Memory and Transformation' was shortlisted for the ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums (icom.museum/en/icom-awar...). A tribute to the recognition due to indigenous languages in Brazil in a global context.
#WeAreLanguage
Nhe'ẽ Porã
Virtual Tour
nheepora.mlp.org.br
July 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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A quick reminder that this is happening this week, on Wednesday 25th June. Get your registration from the link below.
Open to ALL students in the UK planning to do a Semester/Year Abroad in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira, of course) in 2025-26.
#StudyAbroad @ucflangs.bsky.social
luisgomes.bsky.social Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · Jun 12
Working with the Portuguese Consulate-General (Manchester) and @ucflangs.bsky.social to deliver an online student visa information session. Tackling misinformation and encourage students to participate in a #YearAbroad / #SemesterAbroad experience. Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A front view of a yellow tram in a street in Lisbon. There are white houses on both sides of the street. Text says 'Study Abroad in Portugal Visa Information Session, Consulate-General of Portugal (Manchester), Online, 25 June 2025, 14:30. There is a QR code pointing to the registration page for this event, which is https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/LgiVUmFRQz6h3UJIMVFnug
June 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Regrettably, Foreign Languages continue to be marked too harshly at GCSE. Nobody wants ‘easy’ grades, but fairness is a good starting point.

@ucflangs.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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This is how important languages are for a nation. Languages define us, move us to act. #Scotland leading on language policies.
parliament.scot The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot · Jun 17
The Scottish Languages Bill has passed this evening @parliament.scot. The results of the vote at Stage 3 were:

✅ Yes - 112
❎ No - 0
There were no abstentions.

The Bill gives the #Gaelic and #Scots languages official status in Scotland and includes changes to Gaelic and Scots education.
Scottish Languages Bill. A bar graph shows the results of the vote: Yes - 112, No - 0, Abstain - 0.
June 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
luisgomes.bsky.social
Working with the Portuguese Consulate-General (Manchester) and @ucflangs.bsky.social to deliver an online student visa information session. Tackling misinformation and encourage students to participate in a #YearAbroad / #SemesterAbroad experience. Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A front view of a yellow tram in a street in Lisbon. There are white houses on both sides of the street. Text says 'Study Abroad in Portugal Visa Information Session, Consulate-General of Portugal (Manchester), Online, 25 June 2025, 14:30. There is a QR code pointing to the registration page for this event, which is https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/LgiVUmFRQz6h3UJIMVFnug
June 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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We (Camões Institute) are hiring!

The Office for Portuguese Language Teaching in the UK (Instituto Camões) is recruiting Teachers of Portuguese.
👉 www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...
Imminent deadline of 29 May 2025!🫣

Come work with us!

@ucflangs.bsky.social @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Procura-se professores!

Contratação de professores de Ensino de Português no Estrangeiro/Coordenação do Ensino Português no Reino Unido (Instituto Camões), com vagas na Escócia (por ora, Glasgow e Edimburgo).

Prazo: 29 de Maio! 😳

Vem trabalhar connosco!

www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...
May 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Correct date 30/May!
Portuguese classes (Heritage Speakers or L2), and all things Lusophone, in Glasgow schools:

*PARENTS*: secure a FREE place for your child(ren) by 30 May👉 portalservicos.instituto-camoes.pt/SII_Registra...

📧 info@e-portuguese.co.uk

@ucflangs.bsky.social @glasgowcc.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Portuguese Language classes (Heritage Speakers or L2), and all things Lusophone, in Glasgow schools:

*PARENTS*: secure a FREE place for your child(ren) by 20 May👉
portalservicos.instituto-camoes.pt/SII_Registra...

Queries to info@e-portuguese.co.uk

@ucflangs.bsky.social @glasgowcc.bsky.social
Stock photograph of Glasgow City Council Chambers, facade view from George Square. It's an ornate 19th century stone building, light brown stone. Wording over the image: Aulas de português para crianças e jovens. Inscrições abertas. Glasgow. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal. Three-quarter sideways view of a child, a girl, wearing glasses, with a head scarf. Child is drawing on a piece of paper. Wording over the image: Cursos de português. Inscrições abertas. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal. Two children (boys) face the camera, sitting at a desk, seemingly in a classroom setting. Children are laughing. Wording over the image: Cursos de português. Inscrições abertas. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal. Two teenage girls face the camera. They ar wearing school uniform, typical of UK schools. They are smilling. Wording over the image: Cursos de português. Inscrições abertas. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal.
May 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Neste #DiaDoAutorPortuguês, lembrando os autores importantes ainda à sombra de outros.

[Soneto IX, Discurso ... (1596), fl. 64r]

am.uc.pt/item/46284 #vascomousinhodequevedo
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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With Baroness Coussins on myth busting learning languages. From #Brexit to #AI, only 6% of the world are English native speakers, and over 75% don’t speak English,
£90bn pa lost in UK income by foreign language deficit.
@ucflangs.bsky.social.
May 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Today, 1 May 23:59 CET/CEST is the closing deadline for this opportunity in languages with the European Space Agency based at their Paris HQ.
Find out more about this great opportunity here and how to apply:
ciol.org.uk/european-space-agency-seeks-minute-writer
#ESA #Jobs #Opportunities #Languages
May 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
EU may accept 12-month work visas for ‘youth experience’ scheme with UK
Exclusive: Post-Brexit plan would allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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25 de Abril, sem filtro.
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25 April 1974, no filter.
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM