A Tribute to Gabriel García Márquez: A Symposium
Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave, MilwaukeeSpeakers David Draper Clark, University of Oklahoma Gabriel García Márquez: From Macondo to Milwaukee—One Reader’s Appreciation Germán Carrillo, Marquette University One Hundred Years of Solitude Reaches 40 (1967-2007): A Milestone in World Literature Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Sigma […]
Symposium on Latin American Indigenous Languages
Curtin Hall, 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSpeakers Anna María Escobar, University of Illinois-Urbana Vitality of Andean Languages in the Peruvian Context Fabiola Varela-García, UW-Eau Claire Guatemalan Intercultural Language Policy in the XXI Century. Multilingualism and 'Desarrollo con Identidad' Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Sigma Delta […]
Ernesto Cardenal: The Role of the Poet in Latin America
Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave, MilwaukeeSponsors: Special Collections Library and UWM Libraries, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Sigma Delta Pi National (Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society)
1st Student Colloquium of Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Studies
Curtin Hall, 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesKeynote Speaker Ksenija Bilbija, UW-Madison Tortured by Fashion: Making Memory Through Advertising Speakers Erika Almenara, UW-Milwaukee La poesía como terapia para José Fernández en De sobremesa de José Asunción Silva Heidi A. Backes, UW-Madison La Bella y la Bestia: el […]
The Battle Over Spanish in Contemporary Latin America: A Symposium
Lubar Hall, S220 3202 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WISpeakers Luis Gabriel-Stheeman, The College of New Jersey The Rhetorics of Rigor: Linguistic Reasoning, Legitimacy and the Battle over Spanish María del Pilar Melgarejo Acosta, UW-Milwaukee Language and Power: Nation-Building in Colombia Barry Velleman, Marquette University; The Language Battle in […]
Popular Culture in Latin America: Drama on Stage, Court, and Track
Curtin Hall, 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSpeakers David Sheinin, Trent University, Canada Did the Generals have Support? Sport and the Construction of a Dictatorship Culture in Argentina, 1975-1984 Luis Peirano, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú The Tradition of the Auto Sacramental in Peru (with Bertha Pancorvo) […]
Hispanic Sociolinguistics in Transatlantic Perspective: A Symposium
Bolton Hall, B52 3210 N Maryland Ave Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WIFernando Ramallo, University of Vigo, Spain Why is the Galician Sociolinguistic Situation Relevant from an American Perspective? Kim Potowski, University of Illinois– Chicago The Sociolinguistics of Mexirican Spanish in Chicago Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Sigma Delta Pi […]
Video Conference in Spanish
Curtin Hall, 739 MilwaukeeAdela Pineda Franco, Department of Romance Studies, Boston University Martín Luis Guzmán ante la Revolución Mexicana Sponsor: Department of Spanish and Portuguese
2nd Student Colloquium of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Studies
Garland Hall 104 MilwaukeeKeynote Speaker Dinorah Cortéz Vélez, Marquette University Incorporating Ambiguity: Sor Juana and the Aporía of the Neuter Body Student Presentations Amy Olen, UW-Milwaukee Giannina Reyes Giardiello, UW-Madison Allison Christine Reeve, UW-Milwaukee Jason Paul Doroga, UW-Madison Sponsors: Department of Spanish and […]
Latin/o American Writers Symposium
Lubar Hall, N110 3202 N Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WISpeakers José Castro Urioste, Peruvian Ricardo Chávez Castañeda, Mexican Pilar Melero, Mexican/US Latina For information contact Professor Nancy Bird-Soto birdsoto@uwm.edu Sponsors: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Sigma Delta Pi, Roberto Hernández Center, and […]