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ROSA SIMAS
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2024
The Migrant Woman,Rosa Along the Years
The Grandfather Emigration Took from Me
(2024) “The Grandfather Emigration Took from Me”, Baptista, A. & Marujo, M. (Org.). Viseu: Alma Letra Publisher, June, ISBN: 978-989-9140-14-1 https://www.almaletra.pt/produtos/antologias/livro-avos-e-netos-uma-viagem-de-afetos-2932
2024
Gender Issues,Language, Literature and Translation,The Migrant Woman,Azores: Nature and Culture,Feminist Criticism,Rosa Along the Years
Storm on the Atlantic: A Escrava Açoriana and Margarida in Mau Tempo no Canal
“Storm on the Atlantic: A Escrava Açoriana and Margarida in Mau Tempo no Canal” in Filamentos da Herança Atlântica, 2024-PBBI-Fresno State University – Professor Rosa Simas – University of the Azores, May 4, 2024.
2024
Rosa Along the Years
Memorial for Marlene
(2024) “Memorial for Marlene”, California, April 6 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/marlene-angeja-obituary?id=54375939
2023
Language, Literature and Translation,The Migrant Woman,Azores: Nature and Culture,Feminist Criticism,Rosa Along the Years
Storm on the Atlantic: A Escrava Açoriana and Margarida in Mau Tempo no Canal
“Storm on the Atlantic: A Escrava Açoriana and Margarida in Mau Tempo no Canal” in 8th International Conference The Voice and Choice of Portuguese Immigrant Women: Mobility and Interculturality, University of Toronto, Canada, May 10-12. https://www.almaletra.pt/produtos/migracoes/ebook-viii-congresso-internacional-a-vez-e-a-voz-da-mulher-imigrante-portuguesa-mobilidades-e-interculturalidades-ebook-gratuito-2930
2023
Gender Issues,Feminist Criticism,Environment and Generations,Rosa Along the Years
Gender and Aging
“Gender and Aging” in +Voice: Aging with Dignity, Ribeira Grande Municipality and Association New Day, March 30.
2022
Gender Issues,Feminist Criticism,Rosa Along the Years
Feminism(s) in the 21st Century: From where? To where?
(2022) Feminism(s) in the 21st Century: From where? To where?, I Conference Zuraida Soares, Bloco de Esquerda Azores, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, 6 November 2022
2022
Gender Issues,Feminist Criticism,Rosa Along the Years
Feminism(s) in the 21st Century: Quo Vadis?
(2022) “Feminism(s) in the 21st Century: Quo Vadis?” in Conference Women, Gender and Intersectionality in the Lusophone World, Lusophone Studies Association (LSA), University of the Azores, 29 June – 2 July
2022
Rosa Along the Years
Website Launch
(2022) Platform on language, literature, culture and immigration, Women in the Azores and the Immigrant Communities and the facets of a migrant woman, June 22
2022
Rosa Along the Years
“Carnival Fritters” poetry reading
(2022) “Carnival Fritters” poetry reading
2022
Rosa Along the Years
From a California Farm to Comparative Literature
(2022) “From a California Farm to Comparative Literature: In Homage to Professor Alberto Machado da Rosa” in Gávea-Brown: Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies, Volume XLV, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University, 22-23, ISSN 02767910 Photo of Powell Library, University of California, Los Angeles: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Powell_Library,_UCLA.jpg Photo of Alberto Machado da Rosa:…
2021
Rosa Along the Years
Um Outro 3º Andar em Campo de Ourique
(2021) “Um Outro 3º Andar em Campo de Ourique” in Webinar Homenagem d’Além Mar ao Professor Eduardo Mayone Dias, Ciclo Maria Archer, 10 July Video: Ciclo Maria Archer and Aida Baptista Photo of Eduardo Mayone Dias: https://portuguese-american-journal.com/andre-correia-de-sa-tribute-to-professor-eduardo-mayone-dias-interview/
2021
Gender Issues,The Migrant Woman,Rosa Along the Years
Because of a Dream
(2021) “Because of a Dream” in Menina e Moça Me Levaram, (Organization) Baptista, A., Coimbra: Alma Letra Publications, (forthcoming). ISBN: 978-989-735-161-1
2021
Rosa Along the Years
“Forte Mulher” poetry reading
(2021) “Forte Mulher” poetry reading Video: Marisa Simas
2021
Gender Issues,Women in the Azores and the Immigrant Communities,Rosa Along the Years
Tribute by the Azorean Emigrants Association on the 20th Anniversary of the 2001 Conference
(2021) Tribute by the Azorean Emigrants Association on the 20th Anniversary of the 2001 Conference, Câmara Municipal Ribeira Grande, 8 March Photos: Azorean Emigrants Association (AEA) Video: RTP Açores On International Women’s Day, March 8, of 2021, the Azorean Emigrants Association (AEA), based in the city of Ribeira Grande, honored Rosa Maria Neves Simas for…
2020
Gender Issues,UMAR-Azores and the ASAS page,Rosa Along the Years
Imprópria Tribute: The 2nd Cinema Cycle on GENDER EQUALITY
(2020) Imprópria Tribute: 2nd Cinema Cycle on GENDER EQUALITY, 25 October. GENDER EQUALITY MEANS THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS, WHETHER WOMEN OR MEN, BE FREE TO DEVELOP THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITIES WITHOUT THE LIMITATIONS DICTATED BY STEREOTYPES. During the annual film cycle on GENDER EQUALITY, which began in 2019, Imprópria honors two figures that have done outstanding…
2018
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Retirement Dinner
2012
Rosa Along the Years
Amigas Day, 2012 – Present
The Azorean tradition of celebrating Amigas Day, dedicated to Amigas (female friends), and Amigos (male friends), Compadres (male buddies) and Comadres (female buddies) too, is thought to have started in the early 20th century, when village people would get together to “make the evening” (spend the evening together), many times preparing the wheat and other…
2007
Language, Literature and Translation,Rosa Along the Years
Found in Translation
(2007) “Found in Translation” in 2007 European Year for Equality, UMAR-Azores, Municipal Center for Culture, Ponta Delgada, 9 June Photomontage: Maxine Olson
2005
Azores: Nature and Culture,Rosa Along the Years
Ponta Delgada: Lessons of a City
(2005) “Ponta Delgada: A cidade lição” in Ponta Delgada Ficções, (Coordination) Fátima Sequeira Dias, Ponta Delgada Municipality, 55-58. Book Cover: Painting Tomaz Borba Vieira “Romanceiro de Lagoa”
1996
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of Reports on RTP-Açores
(1996 – 2022) A Sampling of RTP-Açores Recordings
1985
Rosa Along the Years
Initiatives at the University of the Azores
(1985 – 2017) Initiatives in the University of the Azores Back in São Miguel after a trip to Washington, D.C., where I visited the Folger Shakespeare Playhouse, I coordinated the “Life in Elizabethan England” Renaissance Fair, a recreation of life in the time of William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, held on campus at the…
1982
Rosa Along the Years
Poetry in Portuguese Literature in the United States
(1982) Poesia in Literatura de Expressão Portuguesa nos Estados Unidos, (Estudo e Selecção) Fausto Avendaño, Lisboa: Publicações Europa-América, 169-174.
1981
Rosa Along the Years
Woman Cooking Underground
Although the famous Cozido das Furnas (meat and vegetables cooked in the volcanic soil of Furnas) is usually prepared by women, I’ve been told that there are virtually no images of women participating in the process of cooking this delicious dish. It was in 1982 that I did this outing with two couples from California…
1978
Rosa Along the Years
Azorean Music and Folclore in the USA
(1978) “Folclore Musical Açoriano nos EUA” in Atas 1º Congresso de Comunidades Açorianas, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island: Office of Emigration and Azorean Immigrant Communities, 1st Regional Government of the Azores, 117-120 As I noted in the talk I presented in Angra do Heroísmo at the 1st Conference of Azorean Immigrant Communities, which was published…
1977
Rosa Along the Years
Cooking Portuguese
(1977) “Cooking Portuguese” in Food and Nutrition Education Program, US Department of Agriculture, Tulare County, University of California, 21 pages After completing my bachelor’s degree at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 1974, and before accepting the invitation, in 1977, to work for the National Materials Development Center, on the East Coast, developing materials…
1972
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of newspaper articles
(1972 – 2022) Sampling of newspaper articles
1972
Rosa Along the Years
Luso-American Fraternal Federation / Education Foundation
Among the Portuguese fraternal associations of the United States, the Luso-American Fraternal Federation is the oldest, founded in 1868 in California. Growing up as an immigrant, ever since I can remember my sisters and I participated in the local and state initiatives and the whole family took part in Luso, as we call it affectionately.…
1950
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of Photos
(1950 – 2022) Sampling of Photos Photo: Taken in April of 1953 at the iconic studios of Foto Nóbrega in Ponta Delgada Plaque Design: Marlene Simas Angeja
ROSA SIMAS
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ROSA SIMAS
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1950
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of Photos
(1950 – 2022) Sampling of Photos Photo: Taken in April of 1953 at the iconic studios of Foto Nóbrega in Ponta Delgada Plaque Design: Marlene Simas Angeja
1972
Rosa Along the Years
Luso-American Fraternal Federation / Education Foundation
Among the Portuguese fraternal associations of the United States, the Luso-American Fraternal Federation is the oldest, founded in 1868 in California. Growing up as an immigrant, ever since I can remember my sisters and I participated in the local and state initiatives and the whole family took part in Luso, as we call it affectionately.…
1972
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of newspaper articles
(1972 – 2022) Sampling of newspaper articles
1977
Rosa Along the Years
Cooking Portuguese
(1977) “Cooking Portuguese” in Food and Nutrition Education Program, US Department of Agriculture, Tulare County, University of California, 21 pages After completing my bachelor’s degree at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 1974, and before accepting the invitation, in 1977, to work for the National Materials Development Center, on the East Coast, developing materials…
1978
Rosa Along the Years
Azorean Music and Folclore in the USA
(1978) “Folclore Musical Açoriano nos EUA” in Atas 1º Congresso de Comunidades Açorianas, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island: Office of Emigration and Azorean Immigrant Communities, 1st Regional Government of the Azores, 117-120 As I noted in the talk I presented in Angra do Heroísmo at the 1st Conference of Azorean Immigrant Communities, which was published…
ROSA SIMAS
About my personal and professional life, about my world, shaped by two languages and cultures.
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Woman
ROSA SIMAS
Migrant
1950
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of Photos
(1950 – 2022) Sampling of Photos Photo: Taken in April of 1953 at the iconic studios of Foto Nóbrega in Ponta Delgada Plaque Design: Marlene Simas Angeja
1972
Rosa Along the Years
Luso-American Fraternal Federation / Education Foundation
Among the Portuguese fraternal associations of the United States, the Luso-American Fraternal Federation is the oldest, founded in 1868 in California. Growing up as an immigrant, ever since I can remember my sisters and I participated in the local and state initiatives and the whole family took part in Luso, as we call it affectionately.…
1972
Rosa Along the Years
Sampling of newspaper articles
(1972 – 2022) Sampling of newspaper articles
1977
Rosa Along the Years
Cooking Portuguese
(1977) “Cooking Portuguese” in Food and Nutrition Education Program, US Department of Agriculture, Tulare County, University of California, 21 pages After completing my bachelor’s degree at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 1974, and before accepting the invitation, in 1977, to work for the National Materials Development Center, on the East Coast, developing materials…
1978
Rosa Along the Years
Azorean Music and Folclore in the USA
(1978) “Folclore Musical Açoriano nos EUA” in Atas 1º Congresso de Comunidades Açorianas, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island: Office of Emigration and Azorean Immigrant Communities, 1st Regional Government of the Azores, 117-120 As I noted in the talk I presented in Angra do Heroísmo at the 1st Conference of Azorean Immigrant Communities, which was published…
ROSA SIMAS
About my personal and professional life, about my world, shaped by two languages and cultures.
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