InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies (IJPDS) Volume 3.1 (2014)  

 

It has been a year of rigorous and committed work, and we must thank all contributors as well as countless colleagues throughout the world who have assisted us since the inception of this academic journal. A very special thank you to the colleagues who have reviewed and evaluated (double blind) the works included in this volume, the colleagues who have written the reviews, and the *hidden* colleagues, friends and family, who have given us their unwavering support. We are profoundly thankful to you ALL!

This academic journal was founded in 2011, and the first volume was published in 2012. The online access has already received more than 100 thousand visitors from all parts of the world. Even with the increasing interest in the e-journal, the print volume is successfully gaining space on many public and private shelves throughout the world. The special issue entitled "Luso-Descendants in the Diaspora: Negotiating Identities and Transnational Mobility" will be published online by the end of this month, and the print volume in January. Also organized by colleagues, two forthcoming special issues will appear in 2015: "Neither Here Nor There, Yet Both: The Portuguese-American Experience" (Spring); and "Words in Exile: Poetics of Female Voices of the Portuguese-Speaking World" (Fall).

Best wishes,

Irene Maria F. Blayer  and Dulce Maria Scott