Fútbol in the Park: Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties
Fútbol in the Park: Immigrants, Soccer, and the Creation of Social Ties
A Public Talk Given by David Trouille, Associate Professor of Sociology, James Madison University
On Wednesday, October 13th at 6:00pm the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, in conjunction with the English Department, the Center for Poetry and Poetics, and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, will be hosting a poetry reading by our Distinguished Visiting Professor Federico Díaz Granados. Mr. Federico Díaz Granados, who resides in Bogotá, Colombia, is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Spanish-American poetry.
Mr. Federico Díaz Granados, who resides in Bogotá, Colombia, is one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Spanish-American poetry. Close to 200 critics from more than 100 universities (Harvard, Oxford, Columbia, and Princeton, among them) elected him the most significant Colombian poet born after 1970.
UVA's Zeta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi is accepting applications for new members. If you are interested in promoting Hispanic Literatures and Cultures and have met the membership requirements (see below), Sigma Delta Pi is for you. Some of the most notable benefits are developing relationships with fellow like-minded UVA Spanish majors and minors, and the opportunity for national awards, grants, and scholarships, which can facilitate study abroad programs and provide money for graduate research grants.
As part of the online exhibition Historias, Franklin Furnace, in collaboration with Pratt Institute Libraries, presents a panel discussion featuring Ruth Benítez, Flavia Krause, Carlos Motta, Liliana Porter, Rosaura Ramos y Inés Yujnovsky. Audience participation is encouraged.
Please join us on Oct. 6 at 1:30 Brasília time / 12:30 EST for the launch of the Princeton University Brazil LAB's Enciclopédia Negra. This new compilation features 400 thoroughly researched Afro-Brazilian biographies as well as images created by 36 Black artists to illustrate - in many cases for the first time - the faces and bodies of artists, healers, colonial and contemporary activists, religious leaders, writers, and many others.
The Graduation Ceremony for the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese will follow the Lawn Ceremony on Saturday, May 18 at 1:30 p.m. The ceremony will be in the ... Read»
Congratulations to Spanish students Luis M. Ruano Campos, Aden Bilchick, and Brenna Meehan and Portuguese student William Woodford who were awarded this year’s Distinguished Undergrad Awards!
Spanish Ph.D. student Elizabeth Mirabal has been announced as the 2024 Tibor Wlassics Dante Fellowship winner.