A fresh view of the classics: Camões and Shakespeare revisited

The year 2024 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Luís de Camões (1524-1580), Portugal’s national poet and author of the epic poem Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads, 1572).

On November 6, 2024, The Camões Institute Chair at Lancaster University will celebrate the quincentennial by bringing together two renowned scholars to provide a fresh view of Camões and his near contemporary, William Shakespeare (1564-1616).

Professor Frederico Lourenço (Coimbra) and Professor Jonathan Culpeper (Lancaster) will cover Camões and Shakespeare, respectively. Their short presentations will be followed by moderated discussion and audience Q&A.

Professor Frederico Lourenço is Professor of Classics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is Portugal’s most renowned classicist, and a best-selling author and translator of major Greek and Latin literature. In 2016, Professor Lourenço was the recipient of the prestigious Pessoa Prize (Prémio Pessoa), which recognized outstanding cultural and scientific merit. Most recently, he has published an annotated anthology of Camões’ Lusiads.

Professor Jonathan Culpeper is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University. He recently finished his period as Head of the Department of English Language and Linguistics, a period in which the Department became third in the world for Linguistics (QS World Subject Rankings, 2024). He has (co-)authored around 140 publications, covering pragmatics, stylistics and the history of English. He is a Fellow of the English Association, and one of the Top 2% Scientists in the Stanford/Elsevier rankings.

Refreshments will be served. The event is free to attend, but registration is required. Please register by following this link by Friday, October 25.

The event is by Lancaster’s Camoes Institute Chair. To find out more, please visit our webpage.