April 27, 2024

Far East Currents

The Portuguese and Macanese Studies Project – U.C. Berkeley

New Papers to be Published

Two new papers by the Director will be published in late 2020:

Both can be accessed using the links below.


“The Paradoxes of Cultural Tourism in Macau: Attempts to Utilize and Empower a Traditional Diaspora” has been accepted by The Higher Institute of Economics and Management (ISEG), University of Lisbon, Portugal.

The paper will be presented in a September 2020 workshop:
Living with Tourism: Paradoxes, Empowerment and Future Direction.


“Peter Mundy’s Descriptions of Daily Life in Macau: June – December 1637” has been accepted for a book project on Macau identity.

The anthology is co-sponsored by the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal, and the International Institute of Macau, China.

The paper will be published in late 2020 in the 2nd edition of O Macaense.