Camões Institute Cátedra
Welcome, bem-vind@s!
Welcome to the webpage of Lancaster’s Camões Institute Chair for Multilingualism and Diversity, or Cátedra Camões para o Multilinguismo e a Diversidade in Portuguese.
Here, you will find information about the Lancaster Cátedra, our objectives and our partners, Portugal’s Camões Institute. We regularly publish news items and organize events, which can be found on this website.
The Cátedra was officially launched in June 2023. It is directed by Professor Patrick Rebuschat, a specialist in bilingualism and additional language learning (L2, L3, L4, Ln...), based in Lancaster's Department of Linguistics and English Language.
Accordion
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What is a “Cátedra”?
The term “Cátedra” translates as Chair or Professorship in academic contexts. It is essentially a financial endowment to support a range of activities at a given university.
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How do you pronounce the words "Cátedra" and "Camões"?
We are working on audio clips so that you can hear what these words sound like in Portuguese.
In the meantime, this is how we would transcribe the European Portuguese pronunciation of the words "cátedra" and "Camões" using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), a system of phonetic notation used in linguistics.
Cátedra: [ˈkatɨdɾɐ]
Camões: [kaˈmõj̃ʃ]
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How to contact us
For general enquries, please contact catedra-camoes@lancaster.ac.uk.
Who was Camões?
The Camões Institute is named after Luís Vaz de Camões, Portugal’s national poet. He is most well-known for the epic poem Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads, 1572), which celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama. In 2024, Portugal celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Camões.
Lancaster and Portugal
Did you know that Lancaster has long-standing ties to Portugal? Today, nearly 190 Portuguese citizens and students are valued members of the Lancaster University community, one of the largest Portuguese student bodies in the UK.
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