February 17, 2025
Launch of the FLAD Rui Machete Award: 200 thousand euros to distinguish paths of excellence in the Portugal-USA relationship
The Award, worth 200 thousand euros, will distinguish a personality or institution…
January 22, 2025
Applications Open: Atlantic Security Award 2025
Two researchers will receive 15 thousand euros each for research projects on…
January 14, 2025
Applications Open: FLAD Political Science Award 2025
The two students with the best master's theses will participate in the congress of…
January 7, 2025
Applications Open: FLAD Legislative Internships 2025
Young people of Portuguese ancestry, with ages between 18 and 25 will be given the…
September 24, 2024
Open Call: Visiting Professor at Georgetown University 2025/26
Professors may apply by November 18 to teach a semester or academic year at…
September 24, 2024
Now available: ‘O Burro e o Elefante’ podcast first episode
'O Burro e o Elefante' is the new podcast from FLAD and Expresso dedicated to…
September 24, 2024
‘Até à Casa Branca´: new US election 2024 special newsletter Observador/FLAD
Until the elections, the Observador newsletter supported by FLAD will analyze the…
September 24, 2024
Portugal joins the Bertelsmann Foundation’s Transatlantic Periscope
This international platform aggregates information, analysis and data that allows…
September 13, 2024
‘O Burro e o Elefante’: FLAD and Expresso new podcast about US elections
O Burro e o Elefante is the new podcast from FLAD and Expresso dedicated to…
July 3, 2024
Rita Marcelino dos Santos and Marta Ramilo Abrantes win FLAD Political Science Award 2024
The master's degree from NOVA University Lisbon will participate in the next…
June 14, 2024
8th Legislators Dialogue brings together 19 Portuguese-American elected politicians in Lisbon
Between June 17 and 18, FLAD brings together elected political leaders from the…
April 26, 2024
Five thesis selected for the final phase of the FLAD Political Science Award
Because of the high quality of research, in a competition with dozens of…
April 19, 2024
Alexandra Mendes and Jan Stockbruegger win Atlantic Security Award 2024
Professors from the University of Porto and the University of Copenhagen will…
January 15, 2024
Applications Open: FLAD Political Science Award 2024
The student with the best master's thesis will travel, at FLAD's invitation, to…
January 8, 2024
FLAD Legislative Internships 2024: eight internship positions in the office of Portuguese American elected officials
Portuguese Americans with ages 18 to 25, will have the opportunity to work closely…
November 8, 2023
Applications open: Atlantic Security Award 2024
Two researchers will receive 15 thousand euros for research projects on current…
October 23, 2023
Getting to know the Portuguese American Community – Online Session, October 25th
ZOOM session to present the groundbreaking study ‘Portuguese immigrants and…
September 19, 2023
Call for Visiting Professors at Georgetown University 2024/2025
Professors can apply to teach for one semester or one academic year at Georgetown.
September 19, 2023
Call for Visiting Professors at Georgetown University 2024/2025
Professors can apply to teach for one semester or one academic year at Georgetown.
July 3, 2023
FLAD presented research of Portuguese American Community in Washington D.C., New York and Massachusetts
In the last few weeks, FLAD has presented the findings of this portrait of our…
June 16, 2023
Research: There are 1.3 million Portuguese-descendants and immigrants in the U.S.
A study developed at the request of FLAD by ICS, shows a community dispersing to…
May 31, 2023
FLAD hosts elected politicians of Portuguese descent from seven states
The annual meeting will bring together some thirty Portuguese-descended politicians…
March 27, 2023
Raquel Freire and João Cancela next Visitant Professors at Georgetown University
Professors from the University of Coimbra and NOVA/FCSH University will teach…
March 27, 2023
Tribute to Nuno Monteiro and presentation of the book Theory of Unipolar Politics
Launch of the Portuguese edition of Nuno Monteiro's book March 29, 6h30 p.m. -…
January 6, 2023
Democracy: The Way Ahead – The Future of Democracy in Debate
John Ikenberry is the first guest in this series of conferences that will bring to…
November 24, 2022
New FLAD Political Science Award will award best master’s thesis
Author of the best master's thesis in Political Science and International Relations…
November 16, 2022
US Midterms elections: Democrats retain control of Senate
Victories in Arizona and Nevada allow Democrats to maintain control over the…
November 7, 2022
US Midterm elections: what are they, who goes to votes and why are they important?
On November 8, Americans go to the polls for a midterm election that could…
October 14, 2022
Murilo Costa and Andreas Østhagen win FLAD Atlantic Security Award
Investigators will receive 20 thousand euros each to investigate defense…
October 4, 2022
Portugal integrates Transatlantic Trends 2022 of the German Marshall Fund
Portuguese are among those who show the greatest confidence in the European Union…
September 19, 2022
New Competition for Visiting Professor at Georgetown University 2023/2024
New rules allow Teachers to apply to teach a semester or a school year in…
May 9, 2022
Legislators Dialogue: FLAD received 19 Luso-American politicians elected in Lisbon
Legislators met with the President of the Republic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs…
April 19, 2022
FLAD Atlantic Security Award 2022: 40,000 euros for research
Second edition of the prize will distinguish two proposals with 20,000 euros each.…
March 2, 2022
Open Call: FLAD Legislative Internships for Portuguese-Americans
Internships for Portuguese-Americans aged 18 to 25 who want first-hand experience…
January 25, 2022
2022: consolidation, Azores, and reencounters
New projects, more gatherings, and more Portugal in the United States.
January 11, 2022
Susana Ferreira and Frank Mattheis win FLAD Atlantic Security Award
Researchers will receive a prize of 20,000 euros each to develop security and…
September 21, 2021
FLAD Atlantic Security Award: 40,000 euros for research on security and defense
Initiative will award two research projects with 20,000 euros each. Apply until the…
July 22, 2021
Carlos Jalali chosen as Georgetown University visiting professor
Professor at the University of Aveiro will teach a course on institutions and…
July 19, 2021
Miguel Faria e Castro at the Atlantic Talks
The consequences and responses to the economic shock of the pandemic, with Miguel…
July 5, 2021
Francisco Seixas da Costa at the Atlantic Talks
The international political and diplomatic context seen through the eyes of one of…
May 20, 2021
36 years investing in the future
Today we celebrate 36 years of work for Portugal, the Portuguese and…
May 10, 2021
Lívia Franco at the Atlantic Talks
Democracy in the USA, ghosts of a new Cold War with China and the relationship with…
March 10, 2021
Georgetown University: Visiting Professor Open Call 2022
See how to apply for Visiting Professor at Georgetown, in the areas of Political…
March 1, 2021
Atlantic Talks are back with Mário Centeno
From the road trip on the East Coast of the US to the sound of Portuguese radio and…
February 15, 2021
Atlantic Talks, now in book format
FLAD's first podcast, the Atlantic Talks, is now available in book format. Find out…
February 10, 2021
FLAD creates a space dedicated to the elected officials of Portuguese descent
From Hawaii to New York, there are many Portuguese-Americans that have been elected…
January 6, 2021
2021: a year to nurture with hope and determination
Rita Faden, president of FLAD, reviewed the Foundation's work for the year that…
November 30, 2020
Augusto Santos Silva at the Atlantic Talks
Minister of Foreign Affairs is the guest of the last episode of the Atlantic Talks.…
November 23, 2020
Monica Ferro at the Atlantic Talks
Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Monica Ferro, in the new…
November 16, 2020
Bernardo Pires de Lima at the Atlantic Talks
IPRI associate researcher and one of the most prominent international relations…
November 3, 2020
Michael Rezendes: “This election is about much more than the pandemic”
The Portuguese-descendant journalist, winner of a Pulitzer at the Boston Globe, on…
October 14, 2020
FLAD/Expresso Debate: The pandemic and the economy create many unknowns in polls
Arrival of a second wave can disproportionately affect Republicans. Trump's…
October 13, 2020
What the polls say: the first debate of the FLAD/SIC-Expresso partnership
Debates with experts and interviews with our congressmen are the initiatives we…
July 30, 2020
FLAD and Açoriano Oriental launch newsletter in English
A newsletter that will allow us to reach all generations of the Portuguese-American…
July 27, 2020
Nuno Severiano Teixeira at Atlantic Talks
Who will lead the world and how can the pandemic change the balance of forces…
July 6, 2020
How was the What’s Next for Politics and Law Making webinar?
How are Parliaments and legislators responding to COVID-19? What measures have been…
July 6, 2020
Helena Garrido at Atlantic Talks
The economics journalist and author talks about the emergence in national politics…
June 30, 2020
What’s Next: law making after the pandemic
How are Parliaments working to support the lives and livelihoods of workers and…
June 29, 2020
Paulo Portas on the Atlantic Talks
CDS historic figure and former Vice-Prime-Minister Paulo Portas talks about the…
June 22, 2020
Capicua is this week’s guest at Atlantic Talks
The rapper and activist from Porto recounts how she found Hip Hop, talks about…
June 17, 2020
FLAD launches What’s Next webinars this Thursday
Every week during the next month we will promote an online debate about the present…
June 15, 2020
Atlantic Talks, FLAD’s new podcast
Atlantic Talks will explore the impact of the U.S. on Portugal over the past 35…
May 29, 2020
FLAD and PÚBLICO launch bilingual platform with news from Portugal
FLAD supported project allows those who do not master the Portuguese language to…
May 20, 2020
We’ve accomplished 35 years. What’s next?
Today we celebrate 35 years of history at FLAD. A history of the development of…
May 5, 2020
FLAD and Camões join forces to promote Portuguese language in the US
On the day we celebrate the World Portuguese Language Day, FLAD and Camões…
March 14, 2020
FLAD: Temporary conditioning of the Foundation’s activities
The exceptional situation we live in affects our activities, but the open calls…
November 18, 2019
NATO: 70 years and a future of challenges
We celebrated NATO's 70th anniversary, bringing together, in FLAD's headquarters,…
November 6, 2019
Support for the Portuguese Diaspora: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs creates an open call for financial support to…
October 29, 2019
FLAD at the Açoriano Oriental/TSF-Azores Conference
FLAD's president, Rita Faden, was the guest speaker at the luncheon organized by…
October 20, 2019
Call for Visiting Professor at Georgetown University
We are no longer accepting applications for Visiting Professor at Georgetown…
October 14, 2019
FLAD’s visit to Fresno State University
FLAD visited the University of Fresno State for a discussion between…
October 13, 2019
3rd Annual Summit of the California Portuguese American Coalition
At the 3rd annual summit of CPAC, FLAD reinforced the fight for greater political…
May 30, 2019
Luso-American Legislators’ Dialogue
The annual makes it possible to shorten the distance between Portugal and the…
February 22, 2019
The Atlantic Strategy Group: the role of the Atlantic in today’s world
The Atlantic Strategy Group (ASG) aims to strengthen the capacity of North and…