Four Tri-College Scholars will discuss the 1974 "Revolution of Flowers" in Portugal and its ripple effect throughout the world in a conference on Tuesday, April 26, in Thomas 224. "A Re-Examination of the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974 and the Hot Summer of 1975" will feature three members of the Bryn Mawr faculty: Lecturer in Spanish Peter Brampton Koelle, Associate Professor of History Kalala Ngalamulume, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Science Paula Viterbo; and James R. Kurth, Claude C. Smith Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College.

The Revolution of Flowers, says Koelle, had repercussions far beyond the borders of continental Portugal. For the next 18 months after the fall of one of the world's oldest dictatorships, Portuguese factions struggled for control of the state and the political regime that it would embody. The struggle was closely watched and became subject to intervention by political factions and states from abroad. Furthermore, its legacy led to the emergence of six new states in Africa and Asia.

This program is sponsored by the Departments of History, Political Science and Spanish; the Center for International Studies; the Office of Intercultural Affairs; and the Africana Studies Program. All are welcome to attend; refreshments will be served.