Abstract
The untimely death of Fernando Arenas on October 30, 2019 has left his partner, mother and brothers, who were by his side at the time, with much pain and an indescribable sense of loss. For his colleagues, his death is a major loss in Lusophone Studies, the field that he helped to forge with unrelenting conviction, generosity and kindness. As I share the outline of a memory that others will want to fill-in, I mourn a close friend and colleague of more than two decades without whom life in Minnesota will never be the same.
Highlights
The untimely death of Fernando Arenas on October 30, 2019 has left his partner, mother and brothers, who were by his side at the time, with much pain and an indescribable sense of loss
His death is a major loss in Lusophone Studies, the field that he helped to forge with unrelenting conviction, generosity and kindness
Ever a passionate and committed member of the profession, he still went on as planned to host the 11th International Conference of the American Portuguese Studies Association at the U of Michigan in October, where he presented his latest research towards a book that would tentatively have been titled, The Rise of Afro-Portugal: From African Migration to European Citizenship
Summary
The untimely death of Fernando Arenas on October 30, 2019 has left his partner, mother and brothers, who were by his side at the time, with much pain and an indescribable sense of loss. His death is a major loss in Lusophone Studies, the field that he helped to forge with unrelenting conviction, generosity and kindness.
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