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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

UPDATE: Come hear Portuguese folk music at the University of Glasgow. Free pastel de nata for every attendee (courtesy of Pastéis Lisboa, Byres Road). Come for the music, come for the food. Free entry👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998638601... @uofgartshums.bsky.social

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Come hear Portuguese folk music at the University of Glasgow @uofgartshums.bsky.social The sound of summer and a nation’s memory. Free entry👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1998638601...

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Congratulations to our final year student, winner of the 2026 Camões Institute (UK) ‘Best Student of Portuguese’ prize (Final Year undergraduate). Setting out to be a @uofgartshums.bsky.social #WorldChanger.

Student and lecturer wearing academic gowns, facing the camera.

Student wearing academic gown processing to be graduate. This is in the University of Glasgow, in a room with neo-gothic architecture.

Camões Institute (UK) list of prize winners for 2026.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Parabéns, Louisa, prémio Instituto Camões (Reino Unido) ‘Melhor Aluna de Português’ (categoria Finalista, Ensino Superior)! Assim se aprende na Universidade de Glasgow. 😀

Duas pessoas com traje académico da Universidade de Glasgow olhando em frente, sorrindo.

Estudante com traje académico, de perfil, processando para receber a graduação, na Universidade de Glasgow. Salão nobre, com arquitectura neo-gótica.

Lista de premiados do Instituto Camões, Reino Unido, 2026.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This morning I had the pleasure of speaking to Diogo Miguel Pereira on the ‘Fuso Horário’ radio programme, on RTP Antena 1. We spoke about Scotland and today’s national election, the view from a Portuguese resident. Let’s see how the day goes. RTP Antena 1 em Glasgow www.rtp.pt/play/p12249/...

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Fuso Horário

RTP Antena 1 em Glasgow - Neste Fuso Horário, vamos até à Escócia ao encontro de Luís Gomes, professor na Universidade de Glasgow, no dia das ele

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Foi um prazer conversar esta manhã com Diogo Miguel Pereira no programa “Fuso Horário” da RTP Antena 1. Falámos sobre a Escócia e sobre as eleições nacionais, e como se afigura o futuro por cá. A ver vamos. www.rtp.pt/play/p12249/...

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Fuso Horário

RTP Antena 1 em Glasgow - Neste Fuso Horário, vamos até à Escócia ao encontro de Luís Gomes, professor na Universidade de Glasgow, no dia das ele

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Announcing the next visa information session for students and researchers planning a period of study in Portugal. Courtesy of the Consulate-General of Portugal (Manchester) and ABIL (Association of British and Irish Lusitanitsts). Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Jennifer Taylor on Charles Perrault's fairy tales as emblems and vehicles for female agency in Louis XIV's France, 12 Feb 2026, 5pm. All welcome. www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @labnf.bsky.social @gallicabnf.bsky.social @cbcp-unirdg.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

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Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It's here, and it's live -- our Spring 2026 Seminar Series has just been announced. All welcome! www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi... @srsrensoc.bsky.social @cvc-rhul.bsky.social @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @leuvenup.bsky.social

A poster, background image is a copperplate engraving form a 16th century book, displaying a man that holds a heavy stone in his right hand and has feathers in his left hand. The right hand hangs down on his side, the left hand is raised to the sky, towards a representation of God, who appears in the top left corner, in-between clouds. The man has his back towards the viewer. The text of the poster is: Spring 2026 Seminar Series
Designing women: the unillustrated moral devices of Perrault’s Fairy Tales
Jennifer Taylor, University of Reading
Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5 p.m.
In-person: Archives and Special Collections Seminar Room, University of Glasgow Library (level 12)
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/h94mrxCSS02mfkQdhPGYkw

A contemporary emblem book — wings and stones
Ingrid Hoepel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Thursday, 05 March 2026, 5 p.m.
In-person: TalkLab, University of Glasgow Library (level 3)
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/4Vdt43WFQd2fgh_aV6oaUg

Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity: the Comics Art of Frank Quitely
David John Boyd and Julie Briand Boyd, University of Glasgow
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 5 p.m. (book launch)
In partnership with Leuven University Press.
In-person: University Bookshop, Fraser Building
Online: https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/mI2-cHm0S5iPKJk2kZxGeQ

Various locations, click on each event for find out more.

ALL WELCOME.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Recruiting now: Professor/a de português para o Ensino Oficial na Escócia. Vem trabalhar connosco! www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

TODAY! Raise your Teacup to Catherine of Braganza A talk by Isabel Stilwell on her bestselling novel on Catherine of Braganza, the Portuguese queen who helped make tea a British tradition. Tea served! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1481488113... @patbyrne.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

We're hiring! Local hire (ideally Scotland) to join Camões - UK to teach Portuguese as a Heritage Language and L2 in Glasgow and Edinburgh (application ref. MAN02). Deadline is tight: 24th September. Queries to cepe.reinounido@camoes.mne.pt Apply👉 www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Can't wait to welcome Isabel Stilwell to @uofglasgow.bsky.social's Creative Conversations on 19 Sep 25, 1pm, to discuss writing historical novels, balancing historical voices w/ fiction, w/ a drive to project silenced historical women. FREE tickets 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1652169155...

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Fernando Pessoa et al, vertido por Richard Zenith, na maravilhosa livraria da @harvard.edu. E em boa companhia!

Livros numa prateleira de uma livraria. Inclui Fernando Pessoa.

Livros numa estante de uma livraria. Inclui dois livros de Fernando Pessoa.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

At the bookshop of @harvard.edu, delighted to see @valmcdermid.bsky.social in good company! Oddly enough, they didn’t stock my book on the Portuguese subjunctive… 🤔 😜

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The @museudalingua.bsky.social's exhibition 'Nhe'ẽ Porã: Memory and Transformation' was shortlisted for the ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums (icom.museum/en/icom-awar...). A tribute to the recognition due to indigenous languages in Brazil in a global context. #WeAreLanguage

Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

A quick reminder that this is happening this week, on Wednesday 25th June. Get your registration from the link below. Open to ALL students in the UK planning to do a Semester/Year Abroad in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira, of course) in 2025-26. #StudyAbroad @ucflangs.bsky.social

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Regrettably, Foreign Languages continue to be marked too harshly at GCSE. Nobody wants ‘easy’ grades, but fairness is a good starting point. @ucflangs.bsky.social

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is how important languages are for a nation. Languages define us, move us to act. #Scotland leading on language policies.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Working with the Portuguese Consulate-General (Manchester) and @ucflangs.bsky.social to deliver an online student visa information session. Tackling misinformation and encourage students to participate in a #YearAbroad / #SemesterAbroad experience. Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A front view of a yellow tram in a street in Lisbon. There are white houses on both sides of the street. Text says 'Study Abroad in Portugal Visa Information Session, Consulate-General of Portugal (Manchester), Online, 25 June 2025, 14:30. There is a QR code pointing to the registration page for this event, which is https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/LgiVUmFRQz6h3UJIMVFnug

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We (Camões Institute) are hiring! The Office for Portuguese Language Teaching in the UK (Instituto Camões) is recruiting Teachers of Portuguese. 👉 www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q... Imminent deadline of 29 May 2025!🫣 Come work with us! @ucflangs.bsky.social @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Procura-se professores! Contratação de professores de Ensino de Português no Estrangeiro/Coordenação do Ensino Português no Reino Unido (Instituto Camões), com vagas na Escócia (por ora, Glasgow e Edimburgo). Prazo: 29 de Maio! 😳 Vem trabalhar connosco! www.instituto-camoes.pt/activity/o-q...

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Correct date 30/May! Portuguese classes (Heritage Speakers or L2), and all things Lusophone, in Glasgow schools: *PARENTS*: secure a FREE place for your child(ren) by 30 May👉 portalservicos.instituto-camoes.pt/SII_Registra... 📧 info@e-portuguese.co.uk @ucflangs.bsky.social @glasgowcc.bsky.social

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Portuguese Language classes (Heritage Speakers or L2), and all things Lusophone, in Glasgow schools: *PARENTS*: secure a FREE place for your child(ren) by 20 May👉 portalservicos.instituto-camoes.pt/SII_Registra... Queries to info@e-portuguese.co.uk @ucflangs.bsky.social @glasgowcc.bsky.social

Stock photograph of Glasgow City Council Chambers, facade view from George Square. It's an ornate 19th century stone building, light brown stone. Wording over the image: Aulas de português para crianças e jovens. Inscrições abertas. Glasgow. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal.

Three-quarter sideways view of a child, a girl, wearing glasses, with a head scarf. Child is drawing on a piece of paper. Wording over the image: Cursos de português. Inscrições abertas. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal.

Two children (boys) face the camera, sitting at a desk, seemingly in a classroom setting. Children are laughing. Wording over the image: Cursos de português. Inscrições abertas. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal.

Two teenage girls face the camera. They ar wearing school uniform, typical of UK schools. They are smilling. Wording over the image: Cursos de português. Inscrições abertas. Onde o português te pode levar? Camões -- Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal. Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Neste #DiaDoAutorPortuguês, lembrando os autores importantes ainda à sombra de outros. [Soneto IX, Discurso ... (1596), fl. 64r] am.uc.pt/item/46284 #vascomousinhodequevedo

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

With Baroness Coussins on myth busting learning languages. From #Brexit to #AI, only 6% of the world are English native speakers, and over 75% don’t speak English, £90bn pa lost in UK income by foreign language deficit. @ucflangs.bsky.social.

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Chartered Institute of Linguists @ciol-linguists.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Today, 1 May 23:59 CET/CEST is the closing deadline for this opportunity in languages with the European Space Agency based at their Paris HQ. Find out more about this great opportunity here and how to apply: ciol.org.uk/european-space-agency-seeks-minute-writer #ESA #Jobs #Opportunities #Languages

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

25 de Abril, sem filtro. ------- 25 April 1974, no filter.

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Unexpected super surprise in the post: what a book opener this is, like I have not seen in many a year. From the last years of the PT dictatorship to the Scottish Highlands. Don’t call me today, I’m busy/left something in the oven/am washing my hair…

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Honestly excited about this. Hilary Macartney and I will be talking about illustrated books from Iberia and the Spanish Habsburg World in the Stirling Maxwell Collection. Come and meet this incredible archive! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1300545629... @uofgsmc.bsky.social @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social

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Celebrating Hispanic Collections at University of Glasgow

Listen to researchers and collection experts deliver short talks on the range of rich Hispanic collections across the University of Glasgow

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Luís Gomes @luisgomes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Inspiring talk by Liudmila Tomanek (@ciol-linguists.bsky.social) to our students at @uofgartshums.bsky.social School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Inspiring the next generation of language professionals, so desperately needed in the UK and beyond. It’s good to talk. @ucflangs.bsky.social

A lecture theatre (a room for teaching where the seating arrangement is tiered,) with students looking on towards the front of the room, towards a speaker (a woman) only the back of the students can be seen, as they face forward. It’s daytime.

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Stirling Maxwell Centre @uofgsmc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Concluding our Stirling Maxwell Centre Spring 2025 Seminar series: Chris Reyns-Chikuma (@ualberta.bsky.social) on 'Comics world/s in Canada: beyond the two solitudes'. Expanding the Canadian concept of the “two solitudes” (Hugh MacLennan, 1945). In-person and online. www.gla.ac.uk/events/listi...

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