Seminar archive 2006/07 - Semester I
The Centre holds a fortnightly seminar (Tuesday evenings) at which members of the Centre and invited guests discuss their work.
These seminars are aimed at people from any discipline who are interested in aspects of Latin American Cultural Studies. This year, the seminars are hosted by Spanish and Portuguese and will be held in the Arts Building. Students and staff are all welcome.
Time: Tuesdays (roughly alternate weeks ) at 5.00 pm
Place: Room 4.7 (Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street)
Semester ONE
17 October 2006 - Laurence Brown (History, University of Manchester), "Crossing between Revolutions: Afro-Caribbean Refugees to Trinidad, 1814-1815"
31 October 2006 - Elisabeth Acha (Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Dept, University of Newcastle), "Researching violence in multicultural societies: towards a "performative" social science methodology in the context of post conflict Peru"
7 November 2006 - Concepcion Zayas, "La Recepcion del Neoplatonismo en la Obra de la Heterodoxa Alumbrada Ana de Zayas"
21 November 2006 - Jorge Giovannetti (Caribbean Studies Centre, London Metropolitan University), "Racial Violence in Cuba: Between 1912 and 1917"
5 December 2006 - Steven Rubenstein (Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool), "Political Discourses of Elite Shuar (Ecuadorian Amazon) Women.
The Centre holds a fortnightly seminar (Tuesday evenings) at which members of the Centre and invited guests discuss their work.
These seminars are aimed at people from any discipline who are interested in aspects of Latin American Cultural Studies. Students and staff are all welcome.
Time: Tuesdays (roughly alternate weeks ) at 5.00 pm
Venue: Room 4.7 (Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street)
Semester two
6 February 2007 - Claire Lindsay (Latin American Literature, UCL), "Mobility and modernity in Mexico: Maria Novaro's Sin dejar huella"
13 March 2007 - Sarah Barrow (Film Studies, Anglia Ruskin University), "Transnational Trends in Contemporary Peruvian Cinema"
20 March 2007 - Esteban Castro (Sociology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne), "The 'privatization' of water and sanitation services in Latin America during the 1990s: a conceptual and empirical exploration"
17 April 2007 - Gordon Brotherston (Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University), "Spondylus as native American text: from Chavin to Canto general"