Author: Elizabeth Amrien
Angie Cruz Book Reading & Lecture (02.18.21)
Museums & the Black Lives Matter Movement (01.27.21)
Download a PDF version of the flyer here: 2021 HAA SANS Smithsonian and BLM
Assessing China’s Belt and Road Initiative (Spring 2021)
We are delighted to be participating in the Pardee School’s Belt & Road Initiative with a talk by Jorge Heine on Friday, March 5 at 9 AM. The topic of discussion will be: “Is China’s New Silk Road Lending a Helping Hand in Latin America’s Current Crisis?” Register in advance for this webinar: https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SeOT6ukiTb6BbkSwG8Q0PA After […]
Book Presentation: Earthly Days – A Novel by José Revueltas (02.19.21)
Join translator Matthew Gleeson, publisher Pedro Jiménez, and writer Pedro Ángel Palou in celebrating the publication of the first ever English translation of Los días terrenales (Mexico, 1949), a novel by José Revueltas. Mexican author Revueltas was a lifelong militant whose political activities stretched from the 1930s Communist Party to the 1968 student movement—and sent […]
Hidden in Translation: Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Science (01.28.21)
Join us Thursday, January 28, at 3:30 PM for a talk by Jaime Marroquín: “Hidden in Translation: Indigenous Knowledge and Modern Science.” To register for the talk, which will take place via Zoom, email edamrien@bu.edu.
Mapuche in Spanish / Chilean in Mapuzugun: Signs of a Mixed Poetic with Huilliche-Chilean poet Jaime Luis Huenún
Join us on Tuesday, February 9, at 3:30 PM for a reading and conversation with Huilliche-Chilean poet Jaime Luis Huenún. Huenún grew up in Osorno, near the Rahue River, which appears in many of his poems. He normally writes in Spanish, and his work represents an effort to construct a new indigenous poetics combining traditional […]
Latinx Perspectives on the US Elections (01.29.21)
Join us on Friday, January 29, at 4 PM for a virtual roundtable discussion on Latinx Perspectives on the US Elections with MA State Representative and BU alumnus Andy X. Vargas. Mr. Vargas will be joined by Cristian De La Rosa, Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology and Practice and Director of Contextual Education and […]
The Political Economy of the Pandemic in Latin America (02.22.21)
Join us for a virtual lunch talk with CLAS colleagues Paul Hare and Jorge Heine on Monday, February 22, at 12 PM. Ambassadors Hare and Heine will discuss the political economy of the pandemic in Latin America. Register in advance for this meeting: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpcu-przMoGdb7FxxkBNnsOWQ75jhfwlLl After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about […]
Cuban Privilege: How and Why the U.S. Has Favored Cubans over Other Immigrants (02.08.21)
Join us for a virtual lunch talk with our colleague Susan Eckstein on Monday, February 8, at 12 PM. Eckstein will discuss how and why the U.S. has favored Cubans over other immigrants. Register in advance for this meeting: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuduiorz8qHdPpZWREg9B8GqngCIEX_xt1 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the discussion.