10 DEC | LITERARY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ASIA, with Joaquim Magalhães de Castro

Literary conversations about travels to Asia, led by renowned writers, reveal themselves as spaces for cultural sharing, reflection, and discovery. In these exchanges, authors explore not only the places visited but also the encounters, social contrasts, and inner transformations provoked by travel. By sharing experiences, authors reflect on the limits of language, the challenges of cultural translation, and the ethical responsibility of representing distinct realities.

These conversations highlight the role of the traveler-writer as a cultural mediator, who interprets the “other” and confronts themselves, where travel transforms into an intellectual and emotional journey that broadens horizons — both for the writer and the reader.

Biographical note
Joaquim Magalhães de Castro was born in Caldas de São Jorge, in Santa Maria da Feira. A writer, independent journalist, photographer, and researcher of the History of Portuguese Expansion, he is the author of the books Mar das Especiarias, Viagem ao Tecto do Mundo – O Tibete Desconhecido, No Mundo das Maravilhas (included in the National Reading Plan), Oriente Distante and Na Senda de Fernão Mendes Pinto. He has published the photographic albums Os Bayingyis do Vale do Mu – Lusodescendentes na Birmânia, A Maravilha do Outro – No Rasto de Fernão Mendes Pinto and Sagres – Nossa Barca.
He is also the author of the television documentaries Bayingyi, a Outra Face da Birmânia, Himalaias – Viagem dos Jesuítas Portugueses and De um Lado para o Outro – Diários da Mongólia. He collaborates with the press in Portugal and Macau, where he usually resides.

Information:
ca.cfc@scml.pt I +351 213 235 004

Maximum of 50 participants

Casa Ásia – Francisco Capelo Collection
Largo Trindade Coelho, 22, 1200-450 Lisbon (near Chiado)