On October 16 and 17, the city of Angra do Heroísmo will host the international colloquium “The World of Camões.”

“In this year when the whole country is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Luís de Camões, it is imperative to reflect on and study his work in an attempt to understand his world and relate it to ours, and to assess the reasons for its permanence in our culture,” the organization said in a press release.

The initiative is organized by the Center for Humanistic Studies of the University of the Azores (CEHu), in partnership with the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive.

The event will be attended by Portuguese and foreign university professors and researchers, who will address the richness and complexity of Camões’ work.

“The choice of Angra do Heroísmo as the venue for this meeting underscores that the Azores, and Terceira in particular, are part of Luís de Camões’ itinerary, as he landed here on his return from the East to the Kingdom,” explains the organization.

The colloquium kicks off on the 16th with the conference “Still in the shadow of Camões” at the Palácio dos Capitães-Generais at 6:00 p.m. This will be followed by a visit to the exhibition “A popular classic: Camões in the Azores.”

On Friday, the proceedings will continue at 9:30 a.m. at the Luís da Silva Ribeiro Library, with presentations and debates.

Participation in the colloquium and its activities is open to all interested parties on both days. Activities specifically dedicated to schoolchildren are planned.

The colloquium is supported by the Regional Directorate for Science, Innovation, and Development and the National Commission for the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Camões’ birth.

The Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) will participate in this Conference with a talk by Fresno State President Saúl Jimenez-Sandoval, a specialist on the poetry of Camões and Diniz Borges, lecturer of Portuguese and director of PBBI, with a talk on Camões and the construction of the Portuguese Diaspora in the US.

In Diário Insular and PBBI report

We thank the Luso-American Education Foundation for its support.

PROGRAM

16th of October

Palace of the Captain-Generals

6:00 p.m.: Opening Ceremony

Opening remarks

Still in the shadow of Camões

Lecture by Rosa Maria Goulart

Visit to the bibliographic exhibition

“A popular classic: Camões in the Azores”

17th of October

Luís da Silva Ribeiro Public Library and Regional Archive

Presentation of papers and debates.

9:15 a.m. – 1st Panel

Camões’ odes as a paradigm

in the Rimas Varias commented on by Faria e Sousa

by Soledad Perez-Abadín Barro:

The 16th-century epic between the implicit poetics of Camões

and the Poetic Arts of Torquato Tasso

by Manuel Ferro

Camões’ Theater and the models of Classical Antiquity:

genres, themes, and characters

by Rui Tavares de Faria:

Debate

10:45 a.m. – 2nd Panel

Camões, additional notes on his modernity

by Onésimo Teotónio de Almeida

Camões’ Lisbon: essay on socio-professional topography

by Mário Viana

Debate

11:15 a.m. – 3rd Panel

Camões by Eduardo Lourenço and cultural mythology

by Cândido de Oliveira Martins:

Echoes of immortality:

Camões and the maintenance of a national cultural project

by Micaela Ramon

Debate

2:30 p.m. – 4th Panel

The inspiration of Camões: “my beloved happy homeland”

by Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval

In search of Camões’ bookshop

by Isabel Almeida

What was the purpose of pastoral fiction in Camões’ time?

by Maria do Céu Fraga:

Debate

4:00 p.m. – 5th Panel

From Os Lusíadas, V: 37-60 to Aquilo que os olhos veem

ou o Adamastor: The survival of a giant at the hands of Manuel António Pina

by Paulo Meneses

Os Lusíadas: illustrated editions in the 21st century

by Carlos Severino

Debate

5:00 p.m. – 6th Panel

From Adamastor to Hawaii: Camões in the Cultural Construction

of the Portuguese Diaspora in the United States.

by Diniz Borges

A Brazilian space devoted to Camões:

the Royal Reading Room of Rio de Janeiro

by Gilda Santos

Debate

6:00 p.m.: Closing:

Towards an agenda for Camões studies

conference by José Augusto Cardoso Bernardes

Related activities

Oct. 16 | 10:00 a.m.

Auditorium of the Vitorino Nemésio Secondary School

Session for students from schools in the municipality of Praia da Vitória:

Camões today

by José Augusto Cardoso Bernardes

Camões: a poet for the world, a world for the poet

by Joaquim Coelho Ramos

Between the 16th and 21st centuries, Camões

by Maria do Céu Fraga