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Curriculum Vitae
JOÃO MANUEL SILVA SARDINHA
Born: November 18th, 1971 – Estoril, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese/Canadian
Institutional address:
Centro de Estudos das Migrações e das Relações Interculturais (CEMRI), Universidade Aberta
Palácio Ceia, Rua da Escola Politécnica, nº141-147, 1269-001 Lisboa
Tel: 213 916 300
Home address:
Praceta Emília Charola, Bloco 1 - 4ºC, 2675-312 Odivelas, Portugal
Tel: (+351) 968 735 497
E-mail: [email protected]
CURRENT POST
Since 2009
Associate Researcher – Centro de Estudos das Migrações e das Relações Interculturais
(CEMRI), Universidade Aberta
Since 2010
Coordinator – Migration Research Group – Centro de Estudos das Migrações e das
Relações Interculturais (CEMRI), Universidade Aberta
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Second-generation migrant return, migrant life histories; qualitative research
methodologies, immigrant associative phenomenon; immigrant integration and identity
strategies; transnationalism and transnational social spaces; immigrant active and
political participation; geographies of ethno-cultural manifestations, symbolism and
space; urban/rural contrasts of immigrant settlement; immigrant services provision;
lifestyle migrations; the Portuguese migration and diaspora.
EDUCATION
2008-2009
(granted
until 2010)
Post-doctoral research fellow (Sciences and Technologies Foundation - FCT)
Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES), Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra
Project title: The Return of the Portuguese Second-Generation to Portugal: Identity,
Belonging and Transnational Lives
Mentor: Professor Maria Ioannis Baganha
2007
DPHIL – Migration Studies
Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom
Thesis: Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity: Angolan, Brazilian and
Eastern European Communities in Portugal
Supervisor: Professor Russell King
2002
Masters Degree – Geography and Regional Planning
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon,
Portugal. Grade: 4 -Very Good (on a scale of 1-4)
Thesis: Preservar a Identidade: Integração da comunidade cabo-verdiana na área
metropolitana de Lisboa: Associativismo e perspectivas das associações (Preserving
Identity: The Integration of the Capeverdian Community in the Metropolitan Area of
Lisbon: Associations and their Perspectives).
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Supervisor: Professor Maria Nazaré Roca.
1998/99
Portuguese Undergraduate Equivalency Degree
Geography and Regional Planning Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Scientific Aptitude Thesis: Etnicidade em Portugal com a Cidade de Lisboa em Foco
(Ethnicity in Portugal with the City of Lisbon in Focus).
1996
Bachelor of Arts Degree – Geography
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.
Grade 2.99 GPA.
PUBLICATIONS
Book (Refereed)
2009
Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity: Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern
European Communities in Portugal. IMISCOE Dissertations / Amsterdam University
Press. (ISBN 978 90 8964 036 9).
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
2012
(in print)
“Portuguese-Canadian and Portuguese-French second-generation migrant women narrate
‘return’ to Portugal”, Revista Ex aequo, n. 24 (Submitted March, 2011, Accepted
November, 2011).
2012
(in print)
“Negociações Identitárias dos Luso-descendentes no Canadá através do Futebol
Português e do Hóquei no Gelo Canadiano” (“The Identity Negotiations of Portuguese
Emigrant Descendents in Canada through Portuguese Soccer and Canadian Ice
Hockey”), Revista Etnográfica, vol. 16, n. 1, pp.
2011
“‘Returned’ Second-Generation Portuguese-Canadians and Portuguese-French: Return
Motivations and Sense of Belonging”, Journal of Mediterranean Studies, vol. 20, n. 2
(special issue on second-generation return migration to the Mediterranean region),
pp. 231-254.
2011
“Portuguese-Canadian emigrant descendents in multicultural Canada: Ambiguous
identity in a sure-footed nation or cultural awareness in an uncertain country?”, Journal
of International Migration and Integration, vol. 12, n. 4, pp. 371-389.
2011
“Highlighting the Contrasts, Downplaying the Divergences: Insertion and Visibility
Tactics of Brazilians in Portugal”, in Race and Ethnic Studies, vol. 34, n. 6, pp. 9861005.
2010
“‘Things Haven’t Been the Same for 500 Years…’ Reflections on the Integration and
Identity Constructions of Angolans in Portugal”, in Migracijske i Etnike Teme, vol. 26, n.
2, pp. 143-167.
2010
“Quadros Identitários e Estratégias de Integração: Posicionamentos das Associações
Angolanas, Brasileiras e Leste Europeias em Portugal” (“Identity Frameworks and
Integration Strategies: Positionings of Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European
Associations in Portugal”), in Migrações, n. 6 (special issue on migrant associations),
pp. 59-80.
2003
“O associativismo caboverdiano na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa e a inserção da
comunidade caboverdiana na sociedade portuguesa” (“Cape Verdean Association
Movements in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and the Insertion of the Cape Verdean
Community into Portuguese Society”), in GeoINova, Revista do Departamento de
Geografia e Planeamento Regional, vol. 8, pp. 35-60.
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Book Chapters (Refereed)
2012
(In print)
“Immigrant Associations as Political and Institutional Partners in Portugal: Empowering
or Empowered?” in Halm, D. and Sezgin, Z. (eds.), Migration and Organized Civil
Society - Rethinking National Policy. Oxford: Routledge.
2011
“Neither Here nor There: Identity Constructions, Conceptions of ‘Home’ and the
Transnational Lives of Second Generation Luso-Canadians and Luso-French in
Portugal” in Fagundes, F. C., Blair, I. M., Alves, T. and Cid, T. (eds.), Storytelling the
Portuguese Diaspora: Piecing Things Together. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 153-174.
2010
“Identity, Integration and Associations. Cape Verdeans in the Metropolitan Area of
Lisbon” in Bastos J., Dahinden J., Góis P. and Westin C. (eds.), Identity Processes and
Dynamics in Europe. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp. 168-187.
2010
“Immigrantenverbände und Möglichkeiten der Teilhabe in Portugal: Intervention zu
welchem Preis? (“Immigrant associations and participation opportunities in Portugal:
Intervention at what cost?”) in Pries, L. and Sezgin, Z. (eds.) Jenseits von ‘Identität oder
Integration’ Grenzenüberspannende Migranten Organisationen (Beyond ‘Identity or
Integration’ Cross-Border Migrant Organizations) Wiesbaden: VS Verlag Fur
Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 251-284.
2006
Co-authored with José Bastos, Aitor Ibbarrola-Armendariz, Charles Westin and Gisela
Will. “Identity, Representation, Interethnic Relations and Discrimination” in Penninx, R.,
Berger, M. and Kraal, K. (eds.) The Dynamics of International Migration and Settlement
in Europe. A State of the Art. Amsterdam: IMISCOE / Amsterdam University Press, pp.
201-232.
1997
“Ethnicity in Prince George” in Halseth, G. e Halseth, R. (eds.), Prince George: A Social
Geography of B.C.’s Northern Capital. Prince George: University of Northern British
Columbia / UNBC Press – UNBC Northern Land Use Institute, pp. 155-180.
Conference Proceedings
2006
“Solidarity, Alternative and ‘Empowerment’: The Associative Mobilisation of and for
Immigrant Descendents of African Origin in Greater Lisbon” in International
Conference: Sub-Saharan Immigration in Europe – I & II International Conferences,
Oeiras & Odivelas, Portugal, (2006, 2007) (CD-ROM).
2004
“The Future of Ethnic Communities in Portugal within a Multicultural Framework” in II
International Socio-Cultural Investigation and Development Conference Proceedings,
Paredes de Coura, Portugal (October 28-30) (CD-ROM).
2004
“O associativismo caboverdiano na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa e a inserção da
comunidade caboverdiana na sociedade portuguesa” (Cape Verdean Associativism in the
Lisbon Metropolitan Area and the Insertion of the Cape Verdean Community in
Portuguese Society), in A Questão Social no Novo Milénio, Actas do VIII Congresso
Luso-Afro-Brasileiro, Coimbra, CES-UC, edição electrónica. www.ces.uc.pt/lab2004 /
http://www.ces.uc.pt/lab2004/inscricao/pdfs/painel1/JoaoManuelSardinha.pdf
Working Papers
2011
Lifestyle Migrants in Central Portugal: Strategies of Settlement and Socialisation, 2nd
International Workshop: Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism Working Papers.
http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/lifestylemigration/sites/congresos.cchs.csic.es.lifestyle-migration/files/Paper%20Joao
%20Sardinha.pdf
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2010
Integration, Identity and Gender: Portuguese-Canadian and Portuguese-French secondgeneration emigrant women narrate 'return' to Portugal. CEMRI – Centro de Estudos
das Migrações e das Relações Interculturais Working Paper Series, Working Paper
CEMRI nº 01/10. http://www.univ-ab.pt/cemri/pdf/joao_sardinha.pdf
2007
Providing voices? Civic participation opportunities for immigrants in Portugal.
University of Oldenburg. POLITIS Working Paper Series, Working Paper n. 7. www.unioldenburg.de/politis-europe/download/WP7__POLITIS_Sardinha_2007.pdf
2005
Cape Verdean Associations in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and their Role in
the Integration of the Cape Verdean Community into Portuguese Society. Sussex Centre
for Migration Research Working Paper Series, Working Paper n. 26.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/documents/mwp26.pdf
Reports
2012
(Coord.) Activities Report. Prepared for the project: “Identity, Belonging, Civic
Engagement and Multiculturalism: Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants in
Canada”, submitted to the International Council for Canadian Studies.
2010
Canada Country Report. Prepared for the project: “Diasbola – Football and Migrations”.
http://www.diasbola.com/uk/documents/Canada.pdf
Book Review
2004
Review of the book Integration and Resistance. The Relation of Social Organisations,
Global Capital, Governments and International Immigration in Spain and Portugal by
Ricard Morén-Alegret (2002) in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 31(2): pp. 425426.
Opinion Articles (by invitation)
2008
“O Natal dos longínquos” (“Christmas of the Far Away”) in Entrecidades #177;
December, 2008.
2008
“Sextas-feiras de alegria, domingos de tristeza” (“Friday’s of Joy, Sunday’s of Sadness”)
in Entrecidades #176; November, 2008.
2008
“Viver na terra dos nossos pais” (“Living in our Parent’s Homeland”) in Entrecidades
#175; October, 2008.
2006
“O Estado do Associativismo de Imigrantes em Portugal” (“The State of Immigrant
Associations in Portugal”) in Boletim Informativo #35, Alto-Comissariado para a
Imigração e Minorias Étnicas; February, 2006.
Edited Special Journal Series (Peer Reviewed)
Co-edited with Robert Kenedy (York University, Canada), Fernando Nunes (Mount Saint
Vincent University, Canada) and Ana Paula Beja Horta (Universidade Aberta, Portugal),
Portuguese Studies Review – Special issue Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants
in Canada and Portugal; scheduled to be out in 2013.
Co-edited with Sandra Silva (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) and Emanuel da Silva
(University of Toronto, Canada), InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora
Studies – Special Issue Portuguese Descendants in the Diaspora; scheduled to be out in
2013.
Invited Refereeing of Manuscripts for Scientific Journals
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2006, 2007, 2011); Ethnicities (2008).
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AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION
2011
With António João Savaiva. Documentary: Regressa Urgente (Return Urgent), 52´ min.
Showings:
- Official lauch of documentary, Museu do Fado (Fado Museum), Lisbon, Portugal
(December 9, 2011).
- Sextas à tarde Seminar Series – special edition (Science and Technology Week –
Live Science), Universidade Aberta - Porto Campus, Porto, Portugal (November 23,
2011).
- International Symposium: Identity, Civic Engagement, Multiculturalism and
Transnationalism: Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada, York
University, Toronto, Canada (October 11-12, 2011).
2011
With António João Savaiva. Short documentary: Marta Raposo – Narrativas de
Regresso (Marta Raposo – Narratives of Return), 14´32 min.
Showings:
- International Gathering of Portuguese Women in the Diaspora. Maia, Portugal
(November 24-26, 2011).
- Workshop: Return Migration and Deportation: Processes and Challenges. 16th
International Metropolis Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (September
11-17, 2011).
- Workshop: Luso-descendants and Transnational Lives: Some Lines of Research,
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (June 15, 2011).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2011
(with António Saraiva) Between the Imagined Return and the Realised Return: Stories
from a Feminine Perspective, International Meeting Portuguese Women in the Diaspora,
Maia, Portugal (November 24-26).
2011
But I Still Haven’t Found ‘the Home’ I’m Looking For: Returned Portuguese-Canadian
Descendants Negotiate Belonging. Identity, Civic Engagement, Multiculturalism and
Transnationalism: Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada Symposium,
York University, Toronto, Canada (October 11-12).
2011
“Physically in Canada, Spiritually Somewhere Above the Atlantic”: Second and 1.5
Generation Portuguese-Canadians Narrate Sense of Identity and Belonging. Workshop:
Second-Generation Portuguese and Diaspora: Identity in Question and Transnational
Lives (Parts 1 and 2). 16 th International Metropolis Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores,
Portugal (September 11-17).
2011
Leaving ‘Home’ to go ‘Home’: The ‘Return’ to Portugal of Second-Generation
Portuguese-Canadians and Portuguese-French. Workshop: Return Migration and
Deportation: Processes and Challenges. 16th International Metropolis Conference, Ponta
Delgada, Azores, Portugal (September 11-17).
2011
When the Idyllic Becomes a Myth: Portuguese-Canadian Descendants Narrate Pre- and
Post-Return to Portugal. Canadian Studies International Research Linkages Project
Workshop: Luso-Canadians and their Descendants in Canada and in Portugal: Questions
of Civic Participation and Diversity Management, Lisboa, Portugal (June 27).
Where is my home? The negotiations of belonging of returned Luso-descendants in
Portugal, Workshop: Luso-descendants and Transnational Lives: Some Lines of
Research, Lisbon, Portugal (June 15).
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2009
Lifestyle Migrants in Central Portugal: Strategies of Settlement and Socialisation, 2nd
International Workshop on Lifestyle Migration and Residential Tourism. Madrid, Spain
(March 23-25).
“In this country, being Portuguese is also being Canadian”: The identity negotiations of
Luso-descendants in Multicultural Canada, Conference Sons/Daughters of Portuguese
Emigration/Imigration, Lisbon, Portugal (February 24).
(With Ana Paula Beja Horta) Civic Participation and Immigrant Associativism. Future
Tendencies and Perspectives, International Conference Migrations in Europe and in
Portugal. In Homage of Maria Ioannis Baganha, Lisbon, Portugal (November 26).
Portuguese-Canadian immigrant descendents in multicultural Canada: Ambiguous
identity in a sure-footed nation or cultural awareness in an uncertain country?,
Association for Canadian Studies and the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Joint
Annual Conference - Ethnicity, Governance, and Social Justice: Linking Canada to the
World, Panel Session: Questions of Identity, Belonging, Civic Engagement and
Multiculturalism: Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada, Toronto,
Canada (November 5-6).
Integration, Identity and Gender: Portuguese-Canadian and Portuguese-French secondgeneration migrant women narrate ‘return’ to Portugal, 7th Annual IMISCOE
Conference, Workshop: Gender-Age-Generations: Exploring Intersectionality, Liege,
Belgium (September 13-14).
Stuck in the middle with you, him and her: Sense of identity and belonging among second
and 1.5 generation Portuguese-Canadians in Canada, International Conference Cultural
Minorities in Canada: Expressions and Territories. Avignon, France (June 9-12).
Returned’ Second-Generation Portuguese-Canadians and Portuguese-French: Return
Motivations and Sense of Belonging, Workshop: Links to the Diasporic Homeland:
Comparative Experiences of Second-Generation and Ancestral ‘Return’ Migration and
Mobility. Brighton, UK (May 14-15).
Identity frameworks and Integration Strategies: The positions of Angolan, Brazilian and
Eastern European associations in Portugal, Launching of the publication Migrações,
n. 6 – Associativismo Migrante. Observatório da Imigração, ACIDI, Lisbon, Portugal
(April 26).
(With Fernando Sequeira) Integration and the future perspectives of immigrant youth:
Inquiry results of immigrant students who attend the São João da Talha Secondary
School (Loures) evening courses, International Conference: Interculturality(ies),
Communication and Development: Education, Health and Management Dynamics,
Loures, Portugal (April 23-24).
Immigrant associations as political and institutional partners in Portugal: Empowering
or empowered?, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Joint Sessions of
Workshops, Workshop: Cross-Border Migrant Organisations - Rethinking National
Policy. Münster, Germany (March 22-27).
An ‘Insider’ Looking ‘In’: Methodological Considerations of Auto Ethnography,
International Conference Interethnic Relations: Multidisciplinary Approaches, Workshop:
The methodological dilemma's of studying interethnic relations, Lisbon, Portugal (May
13-15).
Perceptions of Belonging, Feelings of Alienation: When Portuguese Descents Return to
the Ancestral Homeland, International Conference – Coming Home? Conflict and return
migration in twentieth-century, Southampton, England (April 1-3).
The ‘return’ of the sons and daughters of Portuguese emigrants to Portugal, I Centre for
Social Studies (CES) Post-doctoral Working Seminar – ‘Contemporary Narratives:
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capital, culture and subjectivity’, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (January 19).
Neither Here nor There: Identity Constructions, Conceptions of ‘Home’and the
Transnational Lives of Second Generation Luso-Canadians and Luso-French in
Portugal, International Conference Narrating the Portuguese Diaspora (1929-2008),
Lisbon, Portugal (October 23-25).
Highlighting the Contrasts, Downplaying the Divergences: Visibility and insertion
tactics of Brazilian in Portugal, 5th Annual IMISCOE Conference – Cluster C7
Interethnic Relations, Identity, Representation and Discrimination Workshop, Bilbao,
Spain (September 9-12).
Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European Associations and social-political activism in
Portugal: A Historical Perspective, International Conference Migrations and Civic
Participation in a European Context, Lisbon, Portugal (April 24).
Immigrant associations as socio-political mediators: The Angolan, Brazilian and
Eastern European Communities in Portugal, 11th International Metropolis Conference
Paths & Crossroads: Moving People, Changing Places, Lisbon, Portugal (October 2-6).
Solidarity, Alternative and ‘Empowerment’: The Associative Mobilisation of and for
Immigrant Descendents of African Origin in Greater Lisbon, International Conference:
Sub-Saharan Immigration in Europe, Oeiras, Portugal (June 23).
Providing Voices: Civic Participation Opportunities for Immigrants in Portugal, Sixth
EUROFOR Marie-Curie Conference From Immigration Politics to Migration
Management – Changes in Migration Governance, Maratea, Italy (June 15-18).
Notes on Identity in the Age of Transnationalism, IMISCOE Cluster C7 Interethnic
Relations, Identity, Representation and Discrimination Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal
(January 20-21).
Integration, Identity and Associations: Cape Verdeans in the Metropolitan Area of
Lisbon, IMISCOE Cluster C7 Interethnic Relations, Identity, Representation and
Discrimination Workshop, Paris, France (April 22-23).
Collective Identity, Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups: Theoretical concepts and debate, 1st
Annual IMISCOE Conference - Cluster C7 Interethnic Relations, Identity,
Representation and Discrimination Workshop, Coimbra, Portugal (December 4-5).
The Future of Ethnic Communities in Portugal within a Multicultural Framework, II
International Socio-Cultural Research and Development Conference, Paredes de Coura,
Portugal (October 28-30).
Cape Verdean Associations in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and the Integration of the
Cape Verdean Community into Portuguese Society, VIII Annual Luso-Afro-Brazilian
Social Sciences Conference, Coimbra, Portugal (September 16-18).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, KEYNOTE SPEECHES AND DISCUSSANT SESSIONS
BY INVITATION
2011
2009
Presentation: The Identity Negotiations of Portuguese Emigrant Descendants through
Portuguese Soccer and Canadian Ice Hockey, Conference Generations: Current Findings
on the Acculturation and Integration of Portuguese Immigrants and their Descendants.
Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (October 14-15) Invitation:
Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies, Rhode Island College.
Presentation: At the Service of Immigrants – the Portuguese High Commissariat for
Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI), Conference Being Seen - Being Heard,
Ljubljana, Slovenia (January 29-30). Invitation: British Council – Slovenia.
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Discussant: NORFACE Seminar Series - Challenges of Immigration for Smaller
Countries of Europe, Seminar 2: Promoting Integration through Civic Integration
Programs and Nationality, Braga, Portugal. Discussant of paper: “The relevance of
immigrant associativism in the process of social and political integration of migrants”,
presented by Rosana Albuquerque (June 15-16). Invitation: Prof. Isabel Estrada
Carvalhais, Universidade do Minho – Norface seminar leader.
Presentation: Portugal: New Challenges and Political Opportunity Structures for
Immigrants, Conference Immigrant Participation in Public Life: European and Greek
Experiences, Athens, Greece (May 31). Invitation: ELIAMEP – Hellenic Foundation for
European and Foreign Policy.
Presentation: Analysis and perspectives of immigrant associations in Portugal and the
ways in which they can contribute to defining and implementing immigrant policy, I
Immigrant Institutions National Forum, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (April 7-8).
Invitation: Associação dos Imigrantes nos Açores / ACIME.
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP CHAIR
2011
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Panel Session: Integration and Identity: Some Factors, Workshop: Luso-descendants and
Transnational Lives: Some Lines of Research, Universidade de Lisbon, Lisbon (June
15).
Panel Session: Qualitative and Quantities Approaches: From Focus Groups to
Hypermedia, Migration Methodologies – Interdisciplinary Approaches Workshop,
Lisbon (November 17).
Panel Session: Brazilian Diaspora in the World II, International Migrations Conference:
Brazilians in the World, ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal (October 18).
Workshop: Citizenship and Political Integration of Immigrants, X Annual Luso-AfroBrazilian Social Sciences Conference, Braga, Portugal (February 4-7).
Workshop Immigrant Associations in Portugal, I Immigrant Institutions National Forum,
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (April 7-8).
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP ORGANISATION
2011/2012
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Organiser, Workshop Series: Projects in Construction 2011/2012 – Universidade Aberta,
Lisbon (Workshop 1 – December 15; Workshop 2 – January 26).
Organisation committee member, Identity, Civic Engagement, Multiculturalism and
Transnationalism: Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada Symposium.
York University, Toronto, Canada (October 11-12).
Co-organiser (with Sandra Silva, IGOT/Universidade de Lisboa and Emanuele da Silva,
University of Toronto), Workshop: Second-generation Portuguese and Diaspora:
Identity in Question and Transnational Lives (Parts 1 and 2). 16th International
Metropolis Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (September 11-17).
Organiser, Canadian Studies International Research Linkages Project Workshop: LusoCanadians and their Descendants in Canada and in Portugal: Questions of Civic
Participation and Diversity Management, Oeiras, Portugal (June 27).
Co-organiser (with Sandra Silva, IGOT/Universidade de Lisboa), Workshop: Lusodescendants and Transnational Lives: Some Lines of Research, Universidade de Lisbon,
Lisbon, Portugal (June 15).
Co-organiser (with Rosana Albuquerque, Universidade Aberta), Conference
Sons/Daughters of Portuguese Emigration/Immigration, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon,
Portugal (February 24).
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Co-organiser (with Barbara Backstrom, Universidade Aberta), Workshop Series:
Projects in Construction 2010/2011 – Universidade Aberta, Lisbon (Workshop 1 –
November 25; Workshop 2 – February 3).
Co-organiser (with Robert Kenedy, York University, Toronto, Canada and Fernando
Nunes, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada), Panel Session: Questions of
Identity, Belonging, Civic Engagement and Multiculturalism: Portuguese-Canadian
Immigrant Descendants in Canada, Association for Canadian Studies and the Canadian
Ethnic Studies Association Joint Annual Conference - Ethnicity, Governance, and Social
Justice: Linking Canada to the World, Toronto, Canada (November 5-6).
INVITED LECTURESHIPS
2011
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The ‘Return’ of Portuguese Emigrant Descendants to Portugal: Identity, Belonging and
Transnational Lives. Seminar Trans-continental Migrations. Coming to the Americas and
returning home - The case of Portuguese immigration to the United States and Canada.
San Jose State University, San Jose, USA (14 April). Invitation: Prof. Deolinda Adão
(University of California – Berkeley).
The ‘Return' of Portuguese Emigrant Descendants to Portugal: Identity, Belonging and
Transnational Lives. Seminar Coming to America... Forum on Emigration to North
America and returning home - the case of Portuguese immigration to the United States
and Canada. Portuguese Studies Program, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley,
USA (13 April). Invitation: Prof. Deolinda Adão (University of California – Berkeley).
Portugal, País de Emigração, País de Imigração. São João da Talha Secundary School
Seminar Series, São João da Talha Secundary School, Loures, Portugal (Janeiro 27).
Invitation: Dr. Fernando Sequeira (São João da Talha Secundary School).
Place, Identity and Belonging: Returning to Portugal and the Transnational Lives of
Portuguese-Canadian Emigrant Descendants, Portuguese Studies Seminar Class,
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (October
5th). Invitation: Prof. Manuela Marujo (University of Toronto).
Cultural identity and the return of the Portuguese second-generation to Portugal,
Portuguese Communities’ Council – France (CCPF) First Annual Summer School, Casa
da Cultura, Coimbra, Portugal (July 13-20). Invitation: Portuguese Communities’
Council – France (CCPF).
Analysis and perspectives of immigrant associations in Portugal and the ways in which
they can contribute to defining and implementing immigrant policy, Migrations, Ethnic
Minorities and Transnationalism Masters Seminar ‘Between Power and Politics:
Citizenship and Public Politics’, Department of Sociology – CESNOVA, Universidade
Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (June). Invitation: CESNOVA, Prof. Margarida
Marques Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
INTERVIEWS
2011
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Ligação aos luso-descendentes deve ser mais estudada. (Luso-descendant ties should be
studied more). Media: O Emigrante Mundo Português (newspaper).
http://www.mundoportugues.org/content/1/9427/ligacao-aos-lusodescendentes-deve-sermais-estudada/
Report and interview – Canadian Studies International Research Linkages Project
Workshop Luso-Canadians and their Descendants in Canada and in Portugal:
Questions of Civic Participation and Diversity Management. Media:
Program Universidade Aberta / RTP2 (television). http://tv1.rtp.pt/programasrtp/index.php?p_id=27342&c_id=8&dif=tv&idpod=59395
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Mesmo após o regresso, os portugueses continuam a sentir-se emigrantes [entrevista a
João Sardinha] (Even after returning, the Portuguese continue to feel like emigrants
[interview with João Sardinha]). Media: Observatório da Emigração (online).
http://www.observatorioemigracao.secomunidades.pt/np4/2199.html
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Interview, 96.1 FM KSQQ Portuguese Radio Network, San Jose (radio); April, 2011.
Interview, 102.3 FM Radio Centreville, Montreal (radio); October, 2009.
Interview, 97.9 FM CHIN Radio, Ottawa (radio); October, 2009.
THESIS ORIENTATION
2011
(ongoing)
Silva, Ana Cunha. Migrantes Desportistas: o Caso dos Basquetebolistas Profissionais
na Ilha Terceira (Sports Migrants: the Case of Professional Basketball Players on the
Island of Terceira). Masters in Intercultural Relations, Universidade Aberta.
THESIS DEFENSE COMMITTEE MEMBER
2011
Linares, Ruth Maria Pereira. Desempenho Escolar de Alunos de Origem Imigrante: os
Jovens da Europa de Leste, em Duas Escolas da Região de Lisboa (Scholastic
Performance of Immigrant Children: Eastern European Youth in Two Lisbon Region
schools). Masters dissertation in Population, Society and Territory, Department of
Geograghy, Universidade de Lisboa.
2011
Satalecka, Margorzata. A Resposta do Estado às Barreiras Linguísticas dos
Imigrantes. O Caso Português (State Response to the Linguistic Barriers of
Immigrants: The Portuguese Case). Masters dissertation in Migrations, Inter-ethnicities
and Transnationalism, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova
de Lisboa.
PROJECT LEADERSHIP AND/OR INVOLVEMENT
2008-2014
Project leader (individual project) - ‘The Return of the Portuguese Second-Generation to
Portugal: Identity, Belonging and Transnational Lives’, Centro de Estudos das Migrações
e das Relações Interculturais, Universidade Aberta; funded by FCT – Sciences and
Technologies Foundation Post-Doctoral Award (2008-2009), FCT – Sciences and
Technologies Foundation Ciência 2008 (2009-2014).
2009-2013
Project team member - ‘Migrações Contemporâneas em Cidades Globais: Intolerâncias
e Solidariedades’ (Contemporary Migrations in Global Cities: Intolarence and
Solidarity), in partnership with Laboratório de Estudos sobre a Intolerância (LEI),
Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Portuguese sub-project: ‘Biographical
Histories of Immigrants in Lisbon - Memories, Trajectories and Social Processes’;
funded by CEMRI – Universidade Aberta.
Project leader - ‘Identity, Belonging, Civic Engagement and Multiculturalism:
Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant Descendants in Canada’ in partnership with York
University, Toronto and Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada; funded by
International Research Linkages Program, International Council for Canadian Studies.
Project leader (individual project) - ‘Place, Identity and Belonging: Returning to
Portugal and the Transnational Lives of Portuguese-Canadian Emigrant Descendants’;
funded by Faculty Research Program, International Council for Canadian Studies.
Project collaborator - ‘Multicultural Cities and the Political Intergration of Immigrants in
the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon’, coordinated by Ana Paula Beja Horta (CEMRI –
Universidade Aberta), Jorge Malheiros (Centro de Estudos Geográficos – Universidade
de Lisboa) e Paulo Manuel Costa (CEMRI – Universidade Aberta); funded by
Observatório da Imigração, ACIDI.
2011-2012
2009-2010
2008-2010
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2007-2010
Project collaborator - ‘DIASBOLA – Futebol e Imigração’, coordinated Nina Tiesler
(Instituto de Ciências Sociais); funded by Fundação para a Ciência e para a Tecnologia.
DIASBOLA Canada country expert and head of sub-project: ‘Impact of Portuguese
soccer and Canadian ice hockey on the Portuguese in Canada’
2005-2007
Project collaborator - ‘POLITIS – Building Europe with New Citizens? An Inquiry into
the Civic Participation of Naturalised Citizens and Foreign Residents in 25 Countries’,
coordinated by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Education and Communication in
Migration Processes at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany; funded by the
European Commission.
GRANTS
Major individual grants
2008-2010
FCT – Sciences and Technologies Foundation Post-Doctoral Award – Sciences and
Technologies Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. 18,000.00 euros / annual
2003-2007
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Doctorate Studentship Award – Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. 12,100.00 euros / annual
Project funding and other grants
2011
FLAD – Luso-American Foundation Conference Participation Grant (Portugal).
To participate in the 16th International Metropolis Conference Migration Futures:
Perspectives on Global Changes, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (September 11-17).
Grant value: 650.00 euros.
2011-2012
International Council for Canadian Studies Research Award (Canada), within the
International Research Linkages Program. To carry out the project ‘Identity,
Belonging, Civic Engagement and Multiculturalism: Portuguese-Canadian Immigrant
Descendants in Canada’; Grant value: 10,000.00 Canadian dollars
2009
International Council for Canadian Studies Research Award (Canada). To carry
out the study ‘Place, Identity and Belonging: Returning to Portugal and the
Transnational Lives of Portuguese-Canadian Emigrant Descendants’. Grant value:
4,850.00 Canadian dollars
2009
FCT – Sciences and Technologies Foundation Conference Participation Grant
(Portugal). To participate in the International Conference – Coming Home? Conflict
and return migration in twentieth-century, Southampton, England (1-3 April). Grant
value: 450.00 euros
2008
FCT – Sciences and Technologies Foundation Conference Participation Grant
(Portugal). To participate in the International Conference Narrating the Portuguese
Diaspora (1929-2008), Lisbon, Portugal (October 23-25). Grant value: 150.00 euros
2006
FCT – Sciences and Technologies Foundation Conference Participation Grant
(Portugal). To participate in the 11th International Metropolis Conference Paths &
Crossroads: Moving People, Changing Places, Lisbon, Portugal (October 2-6). Grant
value: 300.00 euros
2006
EUROFOR Marie-Curie Conference Participation Grant – European Research
Forum on Migration and Ethnic Relations (EUROFOR). To participate in the Sixth
EUROFOR Marie-Curie Conference From Immigration Politics to Migration
Management – Changes in Migration Governance, Maratea, Italy (June 15-18). Grant
value: 450.00 euros
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2005-2006
Geography and Regional Planning Studies Centre Research Support Fund –
Geography and Regional Planning Studies Centre, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Lisbon, Portugal. Carry out fieldwork relating to DPhil thesis (September, 2005 –
September, 2006). Grant value: 900.00 euros
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING
2006
II POLITIS Summer School, Schwerte, Germany, July 13-17. Theme: qualitative
research analysis.
2005
I POLITIS Summer School, Delphi, Greece, July 12- 17. Theme: intercultural
communication, representation of migrants’ interests and immigrant activism,
interviewing techniques.
2004
Social research methods course ‘Methods in Migration Research’, School of Social
Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, May-June.
Social research methods course ‘Questionnaire Design, Interviewing and Coding’,
School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK,
May-June.
Social research methods course ‘Qualitative Data Collection: the in-depth
interview, from talk to text’, School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies,
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, February-March.
RELATED ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2001-2003
Assistant: Geography and Regional Planning Studies Centre (Centro de Estudos de
Geografia e Planeamento Regional), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Duties: Upload of data into digital database and maintenance – CEGPR document
centre; literature and document research; editing and translating reports and
manuscripts for publication and conference presentations; preparation and translation
(Portuguese to English) of Centre’s Activity Report (research centre evaluation period
2003-2006); preparation of conferences; liaising with other institutions; tasks of an
organisational and administrative nature.
ACADEMIC NETWORK AFFILIATIONS
2011present
Founding member – Lusophone Studies Association
2011present
Member – L i f e s t y l e
Migration
Hub
http://www.uta.fi/yky/lifestylemigration/index.html
2004present
Member – IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in
Europe) Network of Excellency http://www.imiscoe.org/
Research
Network
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Since 2010
Contributor
to
the
blog
canadiansinportugal.com
found
at:
www.canadiansinportugal.com and
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/CanadiansinPortugal/121181374609484
Since 2010
Founding member of Luso-Descendants Observatory (Observatório dos LusoDescendentes) http://luso-descendentes.blogs.sapo.pt/
OTHER INFORMATION
Fluent in English and Portuguese; working knowledge of Spanish and French.
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