Our final takeover is dedicated to Brazilian poets, many of whom are also classicists! We will share some English translations of their Brazilian poetry and include some excerpts from interviews. … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #8
Lusophone Takeover
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #7
It’s our seventh CRSN Takeover this month. This time Prof. Susana Marques tells us all about a project led by scholars at the University of Coimbra called ‘Rewriting the myth’, … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #6
For this month’s takeover Maria de Fátima Silva tells us about one special area of classical reception research that she oversees at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. As Full Professor … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #5
Since launching our “Lusophone Takeover”, we have focussed mainly on the new and extraordinary pressures on theatre makers under COVID-19. We started in Brazil, then travelled to Portugal, and now … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #4
In the last post we heard from the Coimbra-based actor, Sofia Lobo, about her experience of making theatre during the COVID crisis. Here we interview Carlos J. Pessoa, a scholar … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #3
Theatre always bears the marks of the times in which it was made. Our own time has been riven by a global pandemic, which has made and will continue to … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #2
What will become of classical theatre post-COVID-19? Theatre — and to say ‘theatre’ means for us ‘Attic theatre’, ‘classical theatre’, ‘organic theatre with an Aristotelian base’, as well as its … Read More
Lusophone BLOG TAKEOVER #1
From the ashes of this uniquely chaotic academic year rises a fresh and vibrant CRSN Takeover series. This time the editorial torch is taken up by a crack team of … Read More