Schedule
Schedule – Camões @ Harvard
October 13–15, 2022
Thursday, October 13
9-9:30 am Opening Remarks
9:30-11am The first editions of Os Lusíadas: Fact Check, Rita Marnoto (U. de Coimbra)
11-12pm Panel: The Lusiads and the Sea
- Alma Delia Miranda (UNAM) – Os Lusíadas: The flipside of 15th-century maritime disaster literature
- Josiah Blackmore (Harvard) – The Inner Sea
- Lucy Graham (U. Johannesburg) – Decolonising Adamastor: From Os Lusíadas to Thirteen Cents
12-2pm Lunch
2-3:30pm Visit to the Houghton Library
3:30-4pm Coffee break
4-6pm Panel: The Lusiads and Its Reception
- Filipa Araújo (U. de Coimbra) – Painted Poetry: The Lusiads in the ephemeral art of Barroque festivities
- Fernanda Barini Camargo (UNESP) – Os Lusíadas as an allegorical symbolism in Manoel de Oliveira’s cinema
- Gabriel Peres Marques (U. Nova de Lisboa) – Os Lusíadas Illustrated: iconographic aspects in Vieira Portuense’s series
- Gil Clemente Teixeira (U. de Lisboa) – "Na laboriosa oficina do Parnaso": Reception of The Lusiads in the poem Carlos Reduzido, Inglaterra Ilustrada (1716), by Pedro de Azevedo Toja
6pm Dinner
Friday, October 14
9:30-11am Keynote – Readings in conflict: Manuel de Faria e Sousa and Manuel Pieres de Almeida's commentary on The Lusiads, Isabel Almeida (U. de Lisboa)
- 11-12pm Panel – Faria e Sousa
- Aude Plagnard (U. Paul-Valéry de Montpellier) e Maria do Céu Fraga (U. dos Açores) – The Houghton Library Manuscript (HOU F MS 32) in Faria e Sousa's monumental edition of Camões
- Maurício Massahiro Nishihata (USP) – Información, by Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1560-1649)
12-2pm Lunch
2-3:30pm Panel – Religion in The Lusiads
- Marcelo E. Fuentes (New Jersey City University) – An Empire of Faith and its infidels: Portuguese imperialism and stereotypical Muslims in Os Lusíadas
- John Hoffmeyer (Yale) – By the Hand of God(s): Christian anxieties and the making of Renaissance Epic in Camões and Tasso
- Maria Renata da Cruz Durán (UEL) – Iconic saints and miraculous words on the prow of Camões
3:30-4pm Coffee break
4-5:30pm Panel – The Lusiads and the Classical Tradition
- John Fleming (Princeton) – The double incipit of The Lusiads
- João Figueiredo (U. de Lisboa) – Don’t go East, young King!
6pm Dinner
Saturday, October 15
9:30-10:30am Panel - Teaching Camões
- Cristina Zhou (U. de Coimbra) – A contemporary approach to teaching The Lusiads in China
- Mara Castro Correia (U. de Évora) – Learning to enjoy reading The Lusiads: using the Serious Escape Game for informal instruction in Camões' works
10:30-12pm Keynote – K. David Jackson (Yale)
“Voyage into Being”: Subliminal Poetics in Camões's Lusiads
12pm Closing Remarks
12:30 Farewell Lunch (Casa Portugal)
Programa – Camões @ Harvard
13-15 de outubro de 2022
13 de outubro (quinta-feira)
9-9:30 am Abertura
9:30-11am Conferência 1: Rita Marnoto (U. de Coimbra)
“The first Editions of Os Lusíadas. Fact Check.”
11-12pm Painel 1: Os Lusíadas e o Mar.
- Alma Delia Miranda (UNAM) – “Os Lusíadas: O reverso da medalha das relações de viagens desastradas quinhentistas”.
- Josiah Blackmore (Harvard) – “The Inner Sea”
- Lucy Graham (U. Johannesburg) – “Decolonising Adamastor: From Os Lusíadas to Thirteen Cents”
12-2pm Almoço (Faculty club)
2-3:30pm Visita à Biblioteca Houghton
3:30-4pm Coffee break
4-6pm Painel 2: A Recepção d’Os Lusíadas
- Filipa Araújo (U. de Coimbra) – “Poesia pintada: Os Lusíadas na arte efémera das festividades barrocas.”
- Fernanda Barini Camargo (UNESP) – “Os Lusíadas as an allegorical symbolism in Manoel de Oliveira’s cinema.”
- Gabriel Peres Marques (U. Nova de Lisboa) – “Os Lusíadas Illustrated: iconographic aspects in Vieira Portuense’s series.”
- Gil Clemente Teixeira (U. de Lisboa) – “ ‘Na laboriosa oficina do Parnaso’: receção d’Os Lusíadas no poema Carlos Reduzido, Inglaterra Ilustrada (1716), de Pedro de Azevedo Tojal.”
6pm Jantar
14 de outubro (Sexta-feira)
9:30-11am Conferência 2 – Isabel Almeida (U. de Lisboa)
“Leituras em confronto: o comentário a Os Lusíadas por Manuel de Faria e Sousa e por Manuel Pires de Almeida”.
- 11-12pm Painel 3 – Faria e Sousa
- Aude Plagnard (U. Paul-Valéry de Montpellier) e Maria do Céu Fraga (U. dos Açores) – “O Manuscrito HOU F MS 32 da Houghton Library na edição monumental de Camões por Faria e Sousa”.
- Maurício Massahiro Nishihata (USP) – A Información de Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1560-1649).
12-2pm Almoço (Faculty club)
2-3:30pm Painel 4 – Religiões e Os Lusíadas
- Marcelo E. Fuentes (New Jersey City University) – “An Empire of Faith and its infidels: Portuguese imperialism and stereotypical Muslims in Os Lusíadas”.
- John Hoffmeyer (Yale) – “By the Hand of God(s): Christian anxieties and the making of Renaissance Epic in Camões and Tasso”.
- Maria Renata da Cruz Durán (UEL) – “Iconic saints and miraculous words on the prow of Camões.”
3:30-4pm Coffee break
4-5:30pm Painel 5 – Os Lusíadas e a tradição clássica
- John Fleming (Princeton) – “The double incipit of The Lusiads”
- João Figueiredo (U. de Lisboa) – “Don’t go East, young King!”
6pm Jantar
15 de Outubro (Sábado)
9:30-10:30am Painel 6 – Ensinar Camões
- Cristina Zhou (U. de Coimbra) – “Uma proposta para o actual ensino d’Os Lusíadas na China.”
- Mara Castro Correia (U. de Évora) – “Da leitura à fruição da leitura de Os Lusíadas: uma proposta de Serious Escape Game para o ensino não formal da obra camoniana”
10:30-12pm Conferência 3 – K. David Jackson (Yale)
“Voyage into Being”: Subliminal Poetics in Camões's Lusiads
12pm Encerramento
12:30 Almoço de despedida (Casa Portugal)