The Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies is now an online publication dedicated to the promotion of the literatures and cultures of the Portuguese speaking world. As a peer reviewed journal, it invites the submission of articles about literature, culture and interdisciplinary fields related to the Portuguese speakinhg world in the following languages: Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish. The Santa Barbara Portuguese Studies is published by the Portuguese area of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese of the University of California, Santa Barbara.