Acknowledgements
The conferences on Global Portuguese were convened at the Institute of Modern Language Research (IMLR), School of Advanced Study, University of London, following interest in Portuguese linguistic and cultural flows globally. Professor Catherine Davies, Mrs Cathy Collins (Institute Manager) and Ms Jenny Stubbs (Academic Engagement and Impact Officer) were a great strength to Shihan in convening the conferences that led to the compilation of this book. Thanks are due to all the artists from the Portuguese and Sri Lankan diasporas in London for contributing to the performances of vibrant music and melodious songs that enlivened the conferences.
Awards from the John Coffin Fund, University of London, to convene the conferences on Global Portuguese at the University of London (2017 and 2018) and Transoceanic Lusitanian Linguistics and Cultures (2020) are gratefully acknowledged.
Augusto Soares da Silva’s chapter was originally published before as “O português no mundo e a sua estandardização: entre a realidade de uma língua pluricêntrica e o desejo de uma língua internacional”, in Barroso, Henrique (ed.), O Português na Casa do Mundo, Hoje, Húmus & Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho, 2018.
A Portuguese version of Gerhard Seibert’s text was published with the title ‘O teatro popular Tchiloli em São Tomé: origem quinhentista ou oitocentista?’ in the journal Ler História 80 (2022): 93–111. The author wishes to thank the constructive comments by the reviewers as well as the suggestions provided by the participants of a meeting of the African Studies research group of the postgraduate programme PósAfro at UFBA in Salvador, Brazil, where a first version of the text was discussed on 14 May 2021.
A previous version of Matthias Röhrig Assunção’s chapter was originally published as “ ‘Sustentar a Constituição e a Santa Religião Católica, amar a Pátria e o Imperador’. Liberalismo popular e o idéario da Balaiada no Maranhão”. In Monica Duarte Dantas (ed.), Revoltas, Motins, Revoluções. Homens livres pobres e libertos no Brasil do século XIX (São Paulo: Alameda, 2011), 295–328. Original text translated by Miriam Adelman, revised and expanded by the author.
Thanks are due to Greta Cirafici for her textual editing, and to Dr Justyna Robinson of the Concept Analytics Lab, Sussex University (
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