This conversation about literature and translation between Alicia Borinsky, Professor of Spanish at Boston University and Robert Croll – centered around Croll’s recently published translation of Hebe Uhart’s Animales (Animals) for Archipelago Books – took place on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Hebe Uhart (1936-2018) is one of Argentina’s most celebrated contemporary writers. Robert Croll is a […]
Join us for a group visit to the exhibit: Mariano: Variations on a Theme on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 at 2 PM. The first major exhibition on Cuban artist Mariano Rodríguez (1912–90) in the United States, this retrospective features over 140 oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings from leading museum and private collections, including the artist’s estate, […]
Please join us at the Pardee School (121 Bay State Road) on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, at 2 PM for a presentation by Latin American Studies Visiting Researcher Jaime Puig. Jaime is a PhD candidate in the Department of Spanish and Hispano-American Literature at the University of Seville. The presentation will be in Spanish. Abstract: Mi […]
A new piece on the Critical Conversations section of the Center for Humanities (BUCH) website by Christine D’Auria spotlights Jeffrey Rubin’s Seeing and Not Seeing (SANS) Faculty Seminar. The initiative is sponsored in part by the Center for Latin American Studies. From the article: The SANS project seeks to develop a sensibility: a way of perceiving, […]
Join us on Monday, November 15, at 1 PM for a conversation with the recent Italian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Andrea Canepari, about his new book: The Italian Legacy in the Dominican Republic: History, Architecture, Economics & Society. The Ambassador will discuss his newly launched book, a collection of 46 essays celebrating the history of […]
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Please join us at the Pardee School (121 Bay State Road) on MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, at 10:00 AM for a Reading Day Breakfast/Latin American Studies Open House event. Learn more about Latin American Studies programs and meet with our core faculty as well as other students who are pursuing degrees in Latin American Studies. The […]
On Wednesday, October 13, David Colmenares, Assistant Professor of Spanish, hosted a virtual tour of the “Centro Histórico, Corazón de México” exhibition at the new Museo del Objeto del Objeto (MODO) in Mexico City with the exhibition’s curator, Aldo Sánchez. The twenty minute video tour, which you can also view on YouTube, was followed by […]
On Thursday, October 14, Sujatha Fernandes, Professor of Sociology at the University of Sydney, joined us via Zoom from Australia to talk about her 2020 book The Cuban Hustle: Culture, Politics, Everyday Life. The book is a collection of essays about Cuban life in the last two decades, since the end of the “special period.” […]
Join us on Wednesday, October 13, at 12:30 PM via Zoom for a virtual tour of the “Centro Histórico, Corazón de México” exhibition at the new Museo del Objeto del Objeto (MODO) in Mexico City with the curator, Aldo Sánchez. The 20-minute virtual tour will be followed by a live conversation and Q&A with Aldo […]