Synopsis

DIIA - Iberian and Ibero-American Dialogues is a project developed within the research group LOCUS, at the Centre for Comparative Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon. 

The aim is to conduct in-depth research into the relationships between literatures in Portuguese and other Iberian languages produced in Europe and the Americas, especially since the 19th century. Taking Portuguese and Brazilian literatures as our point of departure, and exploring trans-lingual contacts, the research will involve the identification, from a comparative point of view, of intra-Iberian as well as trans-Atlantic and trans-American dialogues, considering Spanish, Galician, Catalan, Basque, and Hispano-American literatures and cultures.

With the current intensification of political, economic and cultural contacts in the Iberian and Ibero-American context, the critical reassessment of the history of these dialogues gains special relevance. This is particularly so given the modern panorama of established and emerging nationalities. Moreover, the historical approach should be accompanied by a careful consideration of geographical and symbolic spaces in the Iberian and Ibero-American universe, as well as of their permeable borders.

This kind of research must take account of the central role played by literature and the other arts in defining cultural identities. Thus, this project proposes several research paths, and takes as its main fields of analysis the critical reading and translation of literary texts, the reflection on the similarities and differences between the various literatures and cultures, and the thematization of identity matters in works of art and, more broadly, in relevant cultural productions.

The project, running since 2008, develops diverse initiatives in the following fields:

 - Research and training in the area of Iberian and Ibero-American studies (conferences, seminars, publications).
- Bibliographic survey of translations, reviews and relevant essays, to be made available on line, in conjunction with the project CECbase.
- Promotion of institutional partnerships through collaboration with members of national and foreign research units in the area of Iberian and Ibero-American studies.

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Team in 2012

Coordination: Ângela Fernandes (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Iberian Dialogues

• Amândio Reis (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Esther Gimeno Ugalde (U. Viena & U. Harvard) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it  
• Fátima Fernandes da Silva (U. Lisboa)  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
  

• Francisco Serra-Lopes (U. Lisboa & U. Pompeu Fabra) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Gabriel Magalhães (U. Beira Interior) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Irina Francisco (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Isabel Dâmaso Santos (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• José Pedro Sousa (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Orlanda Azevedo (U. Lisboa & U. California at Berkeley) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Rita Bueno Maia (U. Lisboa & ISLA) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Rita Reis (U. Nova de Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Santiago Pérez Isasi (U. Lisboa & U. Deusto) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Sara Rodrigues de Sousa (U. Nova de Lisboa & ISLA) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Ibero-American Dialogues

• Ana Silva (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Isabel Araújo Branco (U. Nova de Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
  
• Magdalena López (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
  
• Margarida Borges (U. Coimbra) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
  
• María Fondo (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
• Raquel Baltazar (U. Lisboa) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Publications

Diálogos Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos. Actas del VI Congreso Internacional de ALEPH [Iberian and Ibero-American Dialogues. Proceedings of the VI Internacional Conference ALEPH], ed. Ângela Fernandes, Fátima Fernandes da Silva, José Pedro Sousa, Isabel Araújo Branco, Isabel Dâmaso Santos, Margarida Borges, Rita Bueno Maia, Sara Rodrigues de Sousa, Lisbon: ALEPH & Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, 2010. 
CD-ROM - ISBN: 978-989-96677-0-9 (PT) & 978-84-96915-76-3 (ES)
Available Online - www.asociacionaleph.com/files/ActasVICongreso.pdf

A Europa na Literatura Latino-Americana. Textos de Gabriel García Márquez, Luis Sepúlveda, Alejo Carpentier e Julio Cortázar [Europe in Latin American Literature. Texts by Gabriel García Márquez, Luis Sepúlveda, Alejo Carpentier and Julio Cortázar], transl. Isabel Araújo Branco & Rita Almeida Simões, forewords by Maria Fernanda de Abreu and Ângela Fernandes, Lisbon: Câmara Municipal & Casa da América Latina, 2010. Cover, Index, and Preface.

Current Activities - 2012

- International Colloquium  ACT 29: Literaturas e Culturas em Portugal e na América Hispânica: Novas Perspectivas em Diálogo, org. Magdalena López, Ângela Fernandes, Raquel Baltazar, Margarida Borges, Isabel Araújo Branco, FLUL, 11-12 April 2013 -  Detailed Description

- Book editing: Catalunya, Catalunha (org. Esther Gimeno Ugalde, Fátima Fernandes da Silva, Francisco Serra Lopes).

- Bilingual book editing: Descrição do Vicereino do Peru, in collaboration with Instituto de Estudos Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos (FCSH-UNL) and Centro de História de Além-Mar (FCSH-UNL).
 

Previous Activities

2012: Painels on "Escenarios post-utopicos en al reciente narrativa cubana" and  "Literatura comparada Portugal-Brasil-Hispanoamérica" presented by Magdalena López, Margarida Borges, Isabel Araújo Branco e Raquel Baltazar at the XXXIX Congreso del IILI - Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana: Diálogos Culturales (Universidad de Cádiz, Spain, 3-6 July 2012)
http://www.iilionline.org/

2012: I Jornada de Escritores Españoles Contemporáneos [I Coloquium with contemporary Spanish writers] org. Ângela  Fernandes, Felipe Cammaert, Santigao Pérez Isasi, FLUL, 10 May 2012. Cartaz

2012: Cycle of public talks: Escritores Latino-Americanos Prémios Cervantes e Camões [Latin American Writers awarded Cervantes and Camões Prizes] in collaboration with  Instituto de Estudos Ibéricos e Ibero-Americanos (FSCH-UNL), Casa da América Latina and Livraria Bulhosa – Campo Grande (February- April 2012) - full description and poster

2012: Panel “Reescrituras del desencanto: perspectivas ibéricas e iberoamericanas” [Re-writing the disenchantment: Iberian and Ibero-american perspectives] presented by Ângela Fernandes, Felipe Cammaert, Magdalena López and Santiago Pérez Isasi at the II Congreso Internacional BETA – Asociación de Jóvenes Doctores en Hispanismo: Escritura(s) y Reescritura(s) en el Mundo Hispánico, U. Coimbra, 28-30 March 2012. http://www.asociacionbeta.com/

2011: ESF Exploratory Workshop Looking at Iberia from a Comparative European Perspective: Literature, Narration and Identity, org. Santiago Pérez Isasi and Ângela Fernandes, funded by the ESF – European Science Foundation (FLUL, 13-14 October 2011)

2011: International Conference ACT25 – Catalunya, Catalunha, FLUL, 11th April. Workshops, 12th and 13th April. Organized by Esther Gimeno Ugalde, Fátima Fernandes da Silva and Francisco Serra-Lopes .
http://www.comparatistas.edu.pt/act-25.html

2010: Panel “Diálogos Ibéricos: Cine y Literatura” [Iberian Dialogues: Cinema and Literature], presented by Esther Gimeno Ugalde, Fátima Fernandes da Silva, Isabel Araújo Branco and Isabel Dâmaso Santos at the Annual Conference of AHGBI - Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland, King’s College/University of London, 12th-14th April.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/hispanists/
 
2009-2010: Cycle of dramatized readings “A Europa na Literatura Latino-Americana” [Europe in Latin American Literature], in collaboration with Instituto de Estudos Ibéricos e Ibero-Americanos (FSCH –UNL) and Casa da América Latina (Lisbon, October 2009- June 2010). 
2009: Panel “Diálogos intra-ibéricos: cultura, literatura y lengua” [Intra-Iberian Dialogues: culture, literature and language], presented by Esther Gimeno Ugalde, Fátima Fernandes da Silva, Isabel Araújo Branco and Isabel Dâmaso Santos at the Annual Conference of ACIS - Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies,  Dublin City University, 8th-10th September.
Programme ACIS 2009
www.iberianstudies.net

2009: International Conference Diálogos Ibéricos e Iberoamericanos [Iberian and Ibero-American Dialogues] – VI Congreso Internacional de ALEPH - Asociación de Jóvenes Investigadores de la Literatura Hispánica, FLUL, 27th-30th April. Org. Ângela Fernandes, Fátima Fernandes da Silva, Isabel Araújo Branco, Isabel Dâmaso Santos, Margarida Borges, Rita Bueno Maia and Sara Rodrigues de Sousa.
 http://www.comparatistas.edu.pt/aleph-2009.html

2008-2010: Bibliographic research within CECbase developed by the four students hired as FCT Research Grant (José Pedro Sousa, Mónica Cunha, Irina Francisco and Rita Reis).
 http://cecbase.comparatistas.edu.pt/