42.1 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out! A special issue on "Arts and Culture of Resistance in Portuguese-Speaking Africa: 50 Years of Independence", edited by Lurdes Macedo, Tom Stennett, and Elísio Macamo. ToC: www.mhra.org.uk/publications... @themhra.bsky.social

We're very excited to be partnering with @livunipress.bsky.social Subscription Services for our subscription journals from July of this year. Read our news item about the partnership here: www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/05...

Fortieth Anniversary Issue of Portuguese Studies In 2025, the journal Portuguese Studies marked forty years of publication and this milestone is being commemorated with a Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue. 👉 www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02... Follow them here 👉 @portuguesemhra.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce a range of new benefits of being a member of the MHRA, beginning this year: see our blog post for more details. We'd love to have you as a member! www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...

Announcing our new MHRA Member Benefits

We have a new online membership platform, making it easier than ever to join, and many new benefits too.

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Two pieces relating to REBRAC published in Portuguese Studies Fortieth Anniversary Issue @portuguesemhra.bsky.social rebracweb.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/t...

Two pieces relating to REBRAC published in Portuguese Studies Fortieth Anniversary Issue

At the recent REBRAC 10th anniversary conference held at King’s College London, an informal celebration was held to mark the publication of a Special Issue of Portuguese Studies to mark forty…

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New blog post published on the @themhra.bsky.social website about the Fortieth Anniversary Issue of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social and a recent celebration of this milestone at the @rebracweb.bsky.social conference held at King's College London. www.mhra.org.uk/news/2026/02...

Fortieth Anniversary Issue of Portuguese Studies

Our journal Portuguese Studies celebrates its fortieth anniversary with a special issue.

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(3/3) The second reflection piece in the issue with a REBRAC connection is Sara Brandellero, Stephanie Dennison and Tori Holmes's 'Building a Brazilian Cultural Analysis Network in Europe and Beyond: Reflections on a Ten-year Milestone and Future Plans for REBRAC' muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...

🧵(1/3) We're delighted that the Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social includes two texts with a REBRAC connection. And also that we were able to help celebrate this milestone in the journal's history at the recent #rebrac10anos conference in London (on which more soon).

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · 7mo ago

41.2 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out: our Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue 🎉🥳. It combines reflection pieces on the history of the journal & the field of Portuguese and Brazilian studies + seven research articles chosen via call for papers. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55394 @themhra.bsky.social

(2/3) The first reflection piece in the issue with a REBRAC connection is David Treece's 'A Special Case? Exceptionalism and Interdisciplinarity in Brazilian Cultural Studies' (originally prepared as the keynote for REBRAC's inaugural conference held in London in 2015): muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti...

41.2 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out: our Fortieth Anniversary Special Issue 🎉🥳. It combines reflection pieces on the history of the journal & the field of Portuguese and Brazilian studies + seven research articles chosen via call for papers. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55394 @themhra.bsky.social

Some members of the Portuguese Studies Editorial Board, pictured with the journal's lovely new banner, at the recent Association of British and Irish Lusitanists (ABIL) conference held at the University of Birmingham in September 2025.

In case you missed news of our most recent (special) issue! Contents: "Introduction: Decentring the Human in Lusophone Studies" + articles by Patricia A. Bonchristiano, Carlos Garrido Castellano, Łukasz Kraj, @petehr.bsky.social, Patrícia Vieira, Andrzej Stuart-Thompson, @doboulanger.bsky.social.

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · last yr.

41.1 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out! 'Luso-Ecologies: Ecocritical Perspectives on Lusophone Arts and Literatures", special issue edited by @doboulanger.bsky.social & Andrzej Stuart-Thompson. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55275 @themhra.bsky.social

📚🍃🇦🇴🇧🇷🇵🇹 So happy this is out, and what a privilege to work on Lusophone ecocritical perspectives alongside Andrzej Stuart-Thompson and so many talented scholars, most of them early-career!

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · last yr.

Contents: "Introduction: Decentring the Human in Lusophone Studies" + articles by Patricia A. Bonchristiano, Carlos Garrido Castellano, Łukasz Kraj, @petehr.bsky.social, Patrícia Vieira, Andrzej Stuart-Thompson, @doboulanger.bsky.social + book reviews. Cover: Amazonia Dreamers by Juli Manara.

I hereby present Portuguese Studies, 41(1), "Luso-Ecologies: Ecocritical Perspectives on Lusophone Arts and Literature”! Check out my article, "Eco-Consciousness with a Queerful Face: Ana Luísa Amaral’s World(s)": muse.jhu.edu/pub/427/arti... Or read the whole issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55275

41.1 of @portuguesemhra.bsky.social is out! 'Luso-Ecologies: Ecocritical Perspectives on Lusophone Arts and Literatures", special issue edited by @doboulanger.bsky.social & Andrzej Stuart-Thompson. ToC muse.jhu.edu/issue/55275 @themhra.bsky.social

Want to win a 2025 print subscription to our journal 'Portuguese Studies'!? Follow @portuguesemhra.bsky.social and repost their message to enter!!

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · last yr.

Portuguese Studies has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky, alongside Facebook (www.facebook.com/PortugueseSt...), to share news relating to the journal. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a prize giveaway here on Bluesky! @themhra.bsky.social

A warm welcome to our new followers! Just a reminder that if you want to take part in the prize giveaway, to have the chance to win a print subscription to the journal for 2025, you need to repost the post below before 14 July 2025. Thanks for the interest so far.

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · last yr.

Portuguese Studies has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky, alongside Facebook (www.facebook.com/PortugueseSt...), to share news relating to the journal. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a prize giveaway here on Bluesky! @themhra.bsky.social

Follow @portuguesemhra.bsky.social because it's a great journal but also: print subscription giveaway! 🤩

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · last yr.

Portuguese Studies has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky, alongside Facebook (www.facebook.com/PortugueseSt...), to share news relating to the journal. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a prize giveaway here on Bluesky! @themhra.bsky.social

Follow @portuguesemhra.bsky.social and repost the post below for a chance to win a print subscription to the journal for 2025 (including the anniversary issue coming out later this year).

Portuguese Studies@portuguesemhra.bsky.social · last yr.

Portuguese Studies has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky, alongside Facebook (www.facebook.com/PortugueseSt...), to share news relating to the journal. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a prize giveaway here on Bluesky! @themhra.bsky.social

Portuguese Studies has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky, alongside Facebook (www.facebook.com/PortugueseSt...), to share news relating to the journal. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a prize giveaway here on Bluesky! @themhra.bsky.social

Did you know that Portuguese Studies, published by @themhra.bsky.social, will mark 40 years of publication later this year? Check out this archive of past issues of the journal, including cover images going back to 2003: www.mhra.org.uk/publications...

The MHRA has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky to communicate our work. We are excited to contribute to establishing Bluesky as a dynamic, inclusive, and engaging platform for academic exchange and collaboration. To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a book giveaway! 👇

40.2 is out! 'Filmed Representations of Former Portuguese Asia & The Indian Ocean', special issue ed. Maria do Carmo Piçarra. Articles by Yuxuan Liu, Maria do Carmo Piçarra, Paulo Cunha, Jessica Falconi, Ana Isabel Soares, Lurdes Macedo, H. Benedito Ferrão + reviews. www.mhra.org.uk/publications...

Happy and proud to have an article included in this number. I am thankful to the editor, Carmo Piçarra, as well as to the MHRA!

Modern Humanities Research Association@themhra.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔈Volume 40.2 of Portuguese Studies is out! Special Issue 'Filmed Representations of Former Portuguese Asia and The Indian Ocean',edited by Maria do Carmo Piçarra. Introduction, 8 articles & books reviews👉 mhra.org.uk/publications... Access via @projectmuse.bsky.social👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/53989

🔈Volume 40.2 of Portuguese Studies is out! Special Issue 'Filmed Representations of Former Portuguese Asia and The Indian Ocean',edited by Maria do Carmo Piçarra. Introduction, 8 articles & books reviews👉 mhra.org.uk/publications... Access via @projectmuse.bsky.social👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/53989