Category: Event Announcements

Film Series: Celebrating Cinema from Latin America (Spring 2023)

MIRIAM LIES (MIRIAM MIENTE) NATALIA CABRAL, ORIOL ESTRADA / SPAIN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / 2018 / 90 MIN Film Discussion: Thursday, March 23, 2023 • 5 to 6:15 PM Register in advance for this virtual discussion: https://bostonu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqd-CtqTkpGdZTxavP1Q9EuINfMxYuTMhi Miriam Miente Streaming Dates: Friday, March 17 – Friday, March 31 Streaming Access: https://pragda.com/sfc-event/boston-university Username: SFC@BostonUniversity Password: BUPragda2023 Discussion will […]

Reggaetón Scholarship Today (11.21.22)

Join us for a roundtable discussion, moderated by Michael Birenbaum Quintero, featuring three short presentations of 10-15 min each by Wayne Marshall (Berklee College of Music), Petra Rivera-Rideau (Wellesley College) and Marina Arias Salvado (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Sponsored by the BU Musicology & Ethnomusicology Department with support form the Center for Latin American Studies […]

Mothers of False Positives from Soacha and Bogotá World Tour: Truth, Justice, Integrity, No Repetition, Memory (11.08.22)

Join us for the MAFAPO World Tour in Boston. A speaking event – Mothers of False Positives from Soacha and Bogotá: Truth, Justice, Integrity, No Repetition, Memory – will be held at Boston University. Speakers will be Jacqueline Castillo, sister of a victim; Carlos Mora, ex-military and human rights leader; and Lilian Calvache. Simultaneous interpretation […]

Film Screening: El Testigo: Caín y Abel (10.14.22)

The Colombian photographer Jesús Abad Colorado looks back into his photographic work portraying the Colombian armed conflict and visits territories affected by it, including San José de Apartadó, Ganada and Bojayá to show the photographs he took to those who appeared in them. He reflects on the horrors of war and the future of peace […]