With the help of Google Translator, I translated this site's Portugese to English. I think I understood the Portugese better.

The Institute of Eastern Studies was created by would carry n. 62/CFH/00 of 13 of December of 2000 signed by then Managing of the Center of Philosophy and Sciences Human beings, Prof.a Dr.a Joana Maria Peter. It is therefore an organism of the Center, on to the Direction, as it makes use would carry it. Its creation resulted of the interest of some academics of the course of graduation in Philosophy for disciplines of Eastern Thought, whom they had frequented, and to which they wanted to give to continuity and greater amplitude of action under varied forms. For its origin the IEO has therefore as marcante trend of if prioritariamente dedicating to the study and the education of the doctrines and philosophical and religious theories of the not occidental cultures, and particularly of the Indians, tibetanas, Chinese, and Japaneses. It has however in sight other activities, want of research in similar areas, as History and the Anthropology, want of accomplishment of another type of cultural activities, as fóruns of cinema, or expositions of art. It enters the developed activities in 2001 and 2002 had mainly counted to the invitations the palestrantes, that had treated some subjects, as aspects of the buddhism, of the situation politics of Tibet, or the mística sufi. The Institute was also involved in interuniversitárias meetings that had dealt with the Brazilian support to the reconstruction of Timor; it supported with spreading and infrastructure a session multimedia that presented diverse eastern peoples; e was represented in the board of academic defense of work on Tibet and Butão. In as the semester of 2002 the first course of dedicated extension to the Indian and Chinese philosophies was become fullfilled entirely, and for 2003 it is initiated spreading of an organized calendar of activities, and a page in the net.