SPLAS seminar series 2011/12
Semester 2
All seminars are on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 pm
8 February
Dr. Luciana Martins, Birkbeck College
Claude Lévi-Strauss and Aloha Baker in Mato Grosso: Framing the Bororo
Mansfield Cooper 2.02
15 February
Dr. John Kraniauskas, Birkbeck College
A Small Andean History of Photography: ‘Yawar fiesta’
Mansfield Cooper 2.02
7 March
Dr. Jordana Blejmar, Cambridge University/University of Manchester
Photography and Kinship: Fictional Memories of Disappearance in Argentina
Mansfield Cooper 2.02
2 May
Professor Isabel Santaolalla, University of Roehampton
The Call of the World. Iciar Bollaín’s Filmmaking
Stephen Joseph 1.1
18 April
Mony Penny commemorative lecture
Professor Jean Franco, Columbia University
Cruel Modernity
Sam Alex A7
Semester 1
26 October
Dr. Katia Chornik, Post-Doctoral Fellow, SPLAS
A lost manuscript by Alejo Carpentier: the origins of ‘The lost steps'
Sam Alex A7
16 November
Professor Angel Smith, University of Leeds
Catalan Nationalism: an Overview
Sam Alex A215
23 November
Christian Aliaga, Argentine writer
Beggar’s corner: Poetry reading
Sam Alex A7
7 December
Márcia Moura da Silva, Post-Doctoral Fellow, CTIS
Macunaíma - From the Rainforest to the Big Cities: a Cultural Look at Translation Strategies
Sam Alex A215