In celebration of the Portuguese World Language Day on 5 May 2022, the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, ANCLAS, and the Centre for European Studies organised a wonderful lecture with the Portugese, Timor-Leste, and Brazilian embassies.

Speakers discussed Portuguese literature, and the enduring spirit of the language as it imbues the culture of a multitude of nations. Globally, Portuguese is the eighth most widely spoken language with over 250 million speakers across eight countries and five continents. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, and São Tomé, and Príncipe.