Founded in 2013, with generous gift from the Saab Family Fund, the Saab Center for Portuguese Studies promotes the multidisciplinary study of the language, literature and culture of the vast and varied Portuguese speaking world comprised of over 250 million people in eight countries on four continents and its diaspora.
Image by Pedro Letria
We hope you can join us on June 8 for the opening of this intimate view of Lowell’s Portuguese Community as captured by photographer Pedro Letria.
Learn more about The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New
Image by Lowell Historical Society
The Back Central Project is a comprehensive study of an historic urban neighborhood in Lowell, rich in its immigrant, social and cultural history. UMass Lowell’s Saab Center for Portuguese Studies is leading this interdisciplinary effort along with the History Department and Art & Design.
