ISCAP

School of Accounting
and Administration
Polytechnic Institute of Oporto

Centre for Intercultural Studies

www.iscap.ipp.pt/cei

Centro de Estudos Interculturais (CEI)

ISCAP, office 333
Rua Jaime Lopes Amorim
4465-004 S. Mamede Infesta, Portugal
Phone: +351 22 905 0037
E-mail: cei@iscap.ipp.pt
Facebook: Centro de Estudos Interculturais
Twitter: ISCAPCEI

Presentation and Objectives:

Since 2007, the Centre for Intercultural Studies (CEI) of ISCAP-IPP develops applied and fundamental research and co-operates
with other national and international institutions in scientific, technical and cultural programs. Our designation and goals
comprehend the whole intercultural and interdisciplinary field created by our research, by our opportunities for cultural
interchange, and by our scientific and editorial projects. CEIs team is composed of lecturers and students from ISCAP and from
other national and international institutions, and has the support of a renowned Advisory Board. CEI hosts and supervises
classes, projects, dissertations, and the training of graduate and post-graduate students; CEIs specialized library is open to the
academic community; CEI supports the participation of its team members in national and international conferences and editorial
projects. Every year, CEI grants an award for the best final project of the Masters in Specialized Translation and Interpreting of
ISCAP-IPP.
CEI is a research associate of the Institute for the Study of Literatures and Traditions of Lisbons New University, and collaborates
with the CEMRI of the Portuguese Open University, Universities of Vigo, Bretagne, Spiru Haret and Tehnica of Bucharest,
Franche-Comt, Bourgogne-Dijon, ParisNanterre, Angers, Paraiba, Parana, Jan, Castilla la Mancha, Nicolas Copernicus-Torun,
Artois, Barcelona, Latvia, Macau, Mozambique, Kuban State University, Skopjie, Delaware State University, as well as with
Unyleya, Association of Women Entrepreneurs, Luso-Turkish Association and IPPs Brazilian Centre for Research, Projects and
Innovation. CEI is a founding member of ECREA Womens Network.

Research lines:
1. Intercultural Theories
Comparative Law across Cultures
Concepts of Interculturalism and Multiculturalism
Intercultural Representations of Gender
Life-Stories between East and West
Literary Geographies
Representations of Portugal in Non-Portuguese Fiction
Visual Culture and Intermodality

2. Cultural Representations
Cultural Translation: The representation of Portuguese characters
Intercultural Representations in 19th century Military Narratives
(Inter) Cultural competence in health care
Literature and (Inter)Culture in Iberian Studies
Luso-American intercultural relations
Manipulation, Censorship and Resistance in Cultural Translation
Narratives by Women in Times of War
Nomadic Writing
Portrayals of Gender in Popular and Mass Culture
The cultural background in African tales and novels
Travel Narratives by/about Women

3. Communication Strategies
Cross-Cultural Issues in B-Learning Strategies
Intercultural Communication Strategies in videogames
Intercultural Communication in Business
Juridical study of the legal condition of slavery, colonial compulsory work and the origins of labour law
Legal Translation
European Constitutionalism and the Language Question
Multimedia Investigation in Education, digital narratives, life stories, identity and self
Teachers narratives and Intercultural Dynamics in the Classroom
Translation & Interpreting, Identity and Ideology

Conferences and Seminars:

II International Conference Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire, ISCAP, 20-22 November 2006.
I International Conference on Intercultural Studies, ISCAP, 9 December 2008.
Seminar Colonialism and Interculture, ISCAP, 6 February 2009.
Seminar Interculturality in the Arts and the Media, ISCAP, 29 April 2009.
Seminar Voices of the Sea, Voices of the River, Maritime Museum of lhavo, 23 October 2009.
International ECREA Workshop Gender in European Academia, ISCAP, 25 November 2009.
Seminar Portuguese Globalization: An Intercultural Approach, ISCAP, 18 June 2010.
Seminar Intercultural Bridges: Translation and Cooperation, ISCAP, 9 July 2010.
Seminar Inter-Cultures & Inter-Arts, ISCAP, 14 January 2011.
II International Conference on Intercultural Studies, ISCAP, 25-27 May 2011.
Seminar & Workshop Urban Visual Culture and Popular Art, ISCAP, 17-18 November 2011.
I & II International Forum on Intercultural Communication, ISCAP, May 2012 and 2013.
Seminar Intercultural Dynamics in the East, ISCAP, 14 December 2012.
Seminar Education, Science and Culture in the Digital Era, ISCAP, 19 February 2014.
Workshop Digital Storytelling: Living Interculturality, ISCAP, 7 May 2014.
Seminar Marketing across Cultures, ISCAP, 14 May 2014.
Seminar Eco-Economics: Economics & Traditions, Literature & Cultural Practices, ISCAP, 12 June 2015.
International Conference Of Silk, Sugar and Spices: New Directions in East-West Cooperation, ISCAP, 11-13 Nov. 2015.
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII Conference Cycles 2007 2015

Books:
Eastwards / Westwards: Which Direction for Gender Studies in the 21 st Century? Cambridge Scholars Publishing (CSP),
2007.
An intellectual journey that is simultaneously exciting and disturbing. (Barbara Andaya, Univ. of Hawai'i)
Condio Feminina no Imprio Colonial Portugus. Edies Politema, 2008.
This book is a surprise. Because of its quality, its diversity and its courage. (Pblico)
Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire: The Theatre of Shadows. CSP, 2008.
Recent and very challenging feminist work on the position of women in the Portuguese colonial empire.
(International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter)
From Here to Diversity: Globalization and Intercultural Dialogues. CSP, 2010.
CSPs Book of the Month Social Sciences August 2012.
Invited by the government of Azerbaijan for the II World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, Baku, June 2013.
Dilogos Interculturais: Os Novos Rumos da Viagem. Vida Econmica, 2011.
A vast crossroads of disciplines. (Jornal de Notcias)
In Permanent Transit: Discourses and Maps of the Intercultural Experience. CSP, 2012.
A well-choreographed series of essays on a very poignant theme (Journal of International and Global Studies)
Entre Margens e Centros: Textos e Prticas das Novas Interculturas. Afrontamento, 2013.
Intercultural Communication, Representations and Practices: A Global Approach. UnyLeya, 2014.
Popular and Visual Culture: Design, Circulation and Consumption. CSP, 2014.
E-book Education, Science and Culturein the Digital Era. Online, 2015.
E-REI, Electronic Journal of Intercultural Studies.

VIII Conference Cycle 2014/2015

15 September2014 15.00
Potentials and Barriers in Intercultural
Understanding
Adrian Holliday
(Canterbury Christ Church University)

17 October 2014 16.00

Youth Cultures, Public Spaces
and Digital Circuits: A Reflection
Ricardo Campos
(CEI & CEMRI Univ. Aberta)

12 December 2014 16.00

16 January 2015 16.00

Po-ex.net: A Taxonomic Model for Digital

Archives of Experimental and Digital
Literature

FRUM YOUNG
RESEARCHERS AT CEI

Rui Torres
(Univ. Fernando Pessoa)
17 April 2015 15.00
Economy and Art in English and German
Avant-Guard magazines during World War 1
Manuela Veloso (CEI ISCAP)
&
Commitment, Emotions and the Influence of
Remembrance Narratives
Patryk Wawrzynski
(Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)

15 May 2015 16.00

Portuguese-Romanian Intercultural
Connections
Luiza Marinescu
(University Spiru Haret, Bucareste)

14 November 2014 16.00

The Image of Germany in the Portuguese
Media during the fall of the Berlin Wall
Marco Furtado
(CEI ISCAP)
13 March 2015 16.00
Travels in Spain: Living and representing
intercultural spaces
Sara Pascoal (CEI ISCAP)
&
Chinese Immigrants: A reflection on the
meaning of community
Isabel Pinto (CEI)
12 June 2015
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLOQUIUM
CEI IELT (FCSH/UNL)
ECO-ECONOMICS Economics &
Traditions, Literature and Cultural
Practices