Alumni Travel Reading Lists 2020: Romance of the Douro River

The first Portuguese Republic stood between 1910 and 1926. Overview of the achievements and the internal and international limitations resulting in its downfall.

Examines the country in its current period of transition and growth. An ode of love for a country and its rich traditions.

Introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and to its search for economic modernization, political stability and international partnership.

Tells the story of the emergence of Portugal, a small, poor nation that enjoyed a century of maritime supremacy thanks to the daring and navigational skill of its explorers.

Examines Spanish and Portuguese art and architecture from the time of the Romans to the turn of the eleventh century. Includes a diverse range of academic studies.

A look at modernism as a movement of the 20th century, a broad spectrum of work across many countries we must explore its diversity.

Explores the relationship between artists, patrons, collectors and connoisseurs in Portugal in the period. The book also discusses artistic theory and the role of the academies.

A stunningly powerful novel of man's will to survive against all odds.

Melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions.

The story of a daughter's longing for her absent father and her determination to piece together the past and the future.

Historical record of Portuguese piano music from its start in the 18th century to the present.

Traces the history and explains the meanings of this enigmatic and often misunderstood Fado music.

Explores and interprets the world of Pessoa to English-speaking readers.

Brings together textual commentaries on thirty representative works of literature in Portuguese.

Looks at nine poets as though the eyes of a younger generation of critics. Starting with authors publishing since 1961 and ending with those who debuted in the 1980.

Combines history, geography, cultural study, and travelogue. An introduction to Portugal’s rich, turbulent history and people.

Introduction to the evolution of Portuguese politics, society and culture in the twentieth century.

Analysis of contemporary Portuguese culture from a historical perspective.

Study of the evolution of Fado music as the soundtrack to the Portuguese talkie. Analyzes successful Portuguese films from the first two decades of the Estado Novo era.

Analysis of Portuguese feature films produced in the first three decades of the New State (Estado Novo), a right-wing totalitarian regime that lasted between 1933 and 1974.

An overview of Spanish and Portuguese cinema, and includes films from the early era of cinema up to the present day.