Recently the Portuguese Flagship Program shared Brazilian culture with the Barrow County Senior Center. They were very attentive and asked very thoughtful questions. What a nice morning.
This summer six PFP students are doing a Portuguese immersion program at ISA Floripa in Brazil. We know that Katie O, Lilian Z, John G, Nick S, Jonathan D, and Aciana H are having a great time and learning a lot of Portuguese with their classmates. Here they are learning about Festa Junina in their …
The “Boi-de-Mamão” is an expressive folkloric manifestation that occurs in Santa Catarina state in Brazil, mainly in the coastal region of the state. It involves music, dance, singing, theater, human and animal characters. It deals with the epic theme of death and resurrection of the ox. The PFP students that are currently at the ISA Summer Program in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina were …
As part of the Flagship Program, the Capstone students give a final presentation about their internship experience in Brazil. Cohort 3 students presented their research projects in early December, 2015, in a professional conference setting in the historical city of Tiradentes, Minas Gerais. The internships took place in different sites in Brazil, in cities like Rio …
On Wednesday, September 16, 2015, students from 1000- and 2000-level Portuguese classes, along with students in Cohorts 4 (2016) and 5 (2017), gathered in the Miller Learning Center for two purposes: (1) to learn more about the Portuguese Flagship Program from Dr. Moser and other PFP faculty and staff, and (2) to learn more about …
From April 17th to April 26th, Cohort 3 went on a trip to the state of Rio de Janeiro. The group visited Petropolis, Rio, and Ilha Grande (“Big Island”). They saw many famous touristic places, such as Pão de Açucar, Cristo Redentor and Praia Lopez, one of the most beautiful beaches of the entire world. …
Born in 1977, Luanda, Angola, Ondjaki is one of the most prolific young Portuguese-language writers in Africa today. Since his literary debut in 2000, Ondjaki has published more than twenty fictional works, including novel, short-stories, novellas, plays, children`s books, film, and poetry. He has been awarded some of the most prestigious literary prizes in the …
On Friday, March 27, guest speaker Dr. Kirk Bowman, professor of international affairs from GA Tech, gave a talk to PFP students and other UGA students about the 2014 World Cup, the 2014 Brazilian Presidential Election, and the intersection between politics and sports. Prior to his lecture, he met with PFP students for a lunch …
Dia do Amigo 2015 was on March 18 at Herty Field. Students of Portuguese were encouraged to bring a friend to experience the Portuguese language & Brazilian cultural activities. Five classes at the 1000 and 2000 level participated. UGA’s Capoeira Maculelê demonstrated capoeira for the students, PFP recruited, and there were”marchinhas” performed in Portuguese by the students. PFP …