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2011
MONTH
Place
Time
FEBRUARY
Wednesday, February 8

“Café Break Series: Mexican activism and the Internet: The case of Movimiento 5 de Junio” by Paola Ricaurte-Quijano

Francis Scott Key 2120 (Merrill Room)

3:30 pm-5:00 pm

Friday, February 17

"Latin American Democracy in 2012" by Prof. Marcelo Cavarozzi, Universidad Nacional de General San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina

2110 Taliaferro Hall

12:00 pm -2:00 pm

Tuesday, February 22

Lecture Title: “Can the Story Be Told? History, Memory, and Fiction in the Representation of Extreme Violence.”by Carlos Pabón-Ortega

3202 Knight Hall

5:00 pm-7:00 pm

Friday, February 24 and Saturday February 25

Seminar Title: History and Memory of Recent Traumatic Pasts (Chile, Argentina, Spain) by Carlos Pabón-Ortega

Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center (Alumni Association-International Conference Room)

1:00 pm-5:00 pm, 9:30 am-3:30 pm

MARCH
Monday, March 5

Josefina Ludmer (co-sponsored with Spanish Dept.)

1102J Dean's Conference Room, Francis Scott Key Hall
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, March 14

Café Break Series: "Applied Linguistics in the Spanish-Speaking World: Mapping Out the World

2120 Francis Scott Key (Merrill Room)
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 28

Career and Internship Workshop. Guests: Kate Juhl, Program Director, University Career Center; Leslie Brice (Coordinator National Scholarship Office)

Francis Scott Key 2120 (Merrill Room)
5: 00 pm -7:00 pm
APRIL

Wednesday, April 4

Lecture Title: "Ethnoexodus: Strategic Forgetfulnesses and Flashbacks" by Juan Castillo Cocom

TBA
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7

Workshop: "Ethnoexodus: Maya Yucatec Topographic Ruptures" by Juan Castilla Cocom

TBA

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm and 9:30 am – 3:30 pm (respectively)

Thursday, April 12

Slaves on the Move: African Biographies in 19th Century Brazil

Maryland Room in Marie Mount Hall
2:00-5:00 p.m

Wednesday, April 18

Café Break Series: “The Face of the City: Pan-Americanism, Border Politics, and Racial Identity in San Diego's Civic Center Sculpture” by Breanne Robertson

2120 Francis Scott Key (Merrill Room)
3:30-5:00 p.m

Wednesday, April 25

Florenica Mallon, A Novel Reading

Francis Scott Key
6:00 pm

 
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