Sumários

Textual diaspora: translation as re-place-ment. Erin Mouré's relocation of Fernando Pessoa / Alberto Caeiro.

11 Maio 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Erin Mouré - translation as re-place-ment; excerpts from Sheep's Vigil for a Fervent Person. 

The concept of transelation. Oral presentation.
Experimentalism and performance in diasporic poetry. Introduction to the beats approached through an international angle.

Portuguese-American transits. Katherine Vaz: the Mandarin Question

6 Maio 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Portuguese-American transits - powerpoint on moodle.
Presentation of a short story by Katherine Vaz ("The Mandarin Question"), followed by discussion and analysis.

Cape-Verdeans as majorly diasporic, and intro to Portuguese-American transits. Poems by Shauna Barbosa.

4 Maio 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

“Let”, "GPS" and “Making sense of what we are made for” (2018) by Shauna Barbosa.

Solidarity in diasporic literary making: "Welcome back" by Shauna Barbosa after Etheridge Knigth.

A diasporic graphic novel: Tessa Hulls, "Feeding Ghosts" (2024)

29 Abril 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The graphic novel and experimentation.

Chinese-American diaspora (recap of the larger Asian-American diaspora)
Tessa Hulls: Feecing Ghosts; revising text analysis and image analysis.

Mexican-American diaspora; Gloria Anzaldúa and Bordelands / La Frontera

27 Abril 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

The conflicted history of Mexico and the United States since the Annexation of Texas in 1845 and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo after the Mexican-American War to "La Raza" (see powerpoint on moodle).

Gloria Anzaldúa and the concept of borderland (equivalent to Homi K. Bhaba's 3rd space), "mestiza" and her contribution to border studies.
Diapsoric experimentalism: heterolingualism, low and high register, popular and high culture.