Elzbieta Sklodowska, who has just published Invento luego resisto: El Periodo Especial en Cuba como experiencia y metáfora (1990-2015), will give a lecture focusing on the material culture of the “Periodo Especial” on Wednesday November 8 at 4:30 pm, Gibson 211.
The title is “Post-Soviet (Re)collections: From Artifact to Artifice in the Wake of the ‘Special Period’ in Cuba”.
The fall Spanish Major Declaration Workshop will be Monday, September 11 at 6:00PM in New CAB 485
In order to declare a major in Spanish, students must complete SPAN 3010 (Grammar & Composition I), or the equivalent, with a grade of C or better.
The workshop will be presided over by Spanish Faculty Advisors who will review the highlights of declaring a Spanish major, answer questions from students, assign advisors, and sign major declaration forms during the workshop.
This 3D animated film is a free adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream. The legend says that on Saint John’s Night (the summer solstice), humans can reach the world of fairies and elves, where all dreams come true. But Elena does not believe in fairies. Her father, the Great Duke Theseus, an idealistic governor lost in dreams, is ill. As she tries to make him feel some excitement again, she parts on a voyage in search of Titania, the queen of all fairies, the only one that can help her.
Rome, 1984. Aria is a nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra-marital affairs to properly tend to any of Aria's needs. While her two older sisters are pampered, Aria is treated with cold indifference. Yet she yearns to love and to be loved. Watch the trailer here.
SIPFilmFest 2017: FEMALE VOICES FROM THE SOUTH (9/21 - 9/24)
On the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for seventeen-year-old María by her Kaqchikel parents. But María wants to migrate to the United States. Watch the trailer here.
SIPFilmFest 2017: FEMALE VOICES FROM THE SOUTH (9/21 - 9/24)
Join us September 21–24 at SIPFilmFest 2017!
La puerta abierta (Marina Seresesky, Spain): Rosa is a prostitute who inherited the profession from her mother, Antonia. Antonia now believes she is the famous actress and singer Sara Montiel, making Rosa’s life extremely difficult. Rosa does not know how to be happy, or something keeps her from achieving happiness. The arrival of an unexpected new member to her absurd and awkward family will provide her with a new opportunity to give happiness another chance. Watch the trailer here.
Que horas ela volta? (Anna Muylaert, Brazil): The longtime housekeeper for a wealthy Ṣão Paulo family, Val is committed to loyalty and respect. But her values, and the dynamic of the whole household, are challenged when her teenage daughter visits in this astute, socially-conscious comedy. Watch the trailer here.
SIPFilmFest 2017: FEMALE VOICES FROM THE SOUTH (9/21 - 9/24)
Over the last 3 years, Alessandro Questa (PhD candidate, Anthropology and Mellon Indigenous Arts Fellow) has served as a witness and mediator between Masewal people and Mexican federal authorities during the process of restoration, protection, and reevaluation of certain local Indigenous documents from the 17th century. His experience navigating between different regimes of value and systems of knowledge led him to ask "what is a document and what can it do?"
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 Professor Padrón on the upcoming publication of the second volume of The Spanish Pacific!
Congratulations to Professor Operé on the publication of the English version of his memoir, In the Name of the Father: Chronicle of Franco’s Spain to Trump’s America.
