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Jorge Ruffinelli, Stanford University CELEBRANDO EL CINE DE FERNANDO BIRRI (Celebrating Fernando Birri’s films) Monday, November 23, 2009 5-6 p.m.: Reception 6-8 p.m.: Lecture (in Spanish) and screening Cabot Center, 7th floor Download flyer >

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The Department of Romance Languages is delighted to announce the hiring of a new Assistant Professor of Spanish, Pablo M. Ruiz. He recently received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University. His dissertation was titled Borges and Oulipo: The Possibility of Literature. Pablo M. Ruiz has taught all levels of the Spanish language as well as several courses about Hispanic culture at Princeton and Columbia. His interests also include 20th-century Latin American narrative, the theory and practice of translation, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, travel writing, the songs of Luis Alberto Spinetta, and the history of critical ideas. His literary essays, translations, and travel pieces have been published in Variaciones Borges, Formules, Yzur, La Habana Elegante, and Hermano Cerdo. He is teaching Spanish 34-A (Survey of Latin American Literature I) and Spanish 191-B (Borges and the Encyclopedia of the World) in the fall.

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Past Events
 

Emese Soos, French Language Coordinator, received an appointment by the French Government as "Officier de l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques" in recognition of her services on behalf of French culture, on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009.
"The Fragrance of Colors: Perfume in Art and the Art of Perfume in French Culture" Richard Stamelman (Williams College) Thursday, April 16, 2009 Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Olin 012
Lecture: "Borges: lo sagrado y lo policial" Pablo Ruiz (Princeton University) Friday, April 17, 2009 Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Olin 011
International Conference: "Mestizo Renaissance: 400 Years of the Royal Commentaries" Thursday, April 9, and Friday, April 10, 2009, all day both days View program >
Annual Langsam–Barsam–Simches Lecture: "'Seeing and Believing' in Dante's Inferno" Vincent Pollina (Tufts University) Monday, April 6, 2009, 6 p.m., Cabot 702
Annual Gifford Lecture: "Alma en pena: el hombre en el tango" Rodolfo Cardona (Boston University) Thursday, March 12, 2009, 5 p.m., Olin 109
An Evening with Raúl Zurita: A Panel and a Poetry Reading Thursday, March 5, 2009, 6:00 p.m., Crane Room, Paige Hall Download brochure >
"RAI on Web: Una finestra sull'Italia di Oggi" (Multimedia Presentation) Carlo Cipollone (Ufficio Scolastico Consolare Italiano) Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 5:30 p.m., Olin 011
"Pronombres imperiales y diferencia colonial: una lectura de Contracanto a Walt Whitman de Pedro Mir" Víctor Figueroa (Wayne State University) Thursday, February 19, 2009, 12 p.m. Olin 012
"El vampiro en el espejo: elementos góticos en Yo el Supremo" Carmen Serrano (Bates College) Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 4:30 p.m. Olin 011
"Modos de transporte" Michelle Clayton (University of California, Los Angeles) Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Olin 012
"La Habana, 1930: Federico García Lorca y el mundo afrocubano" Anke Birkenmaier (Columbia University) Monday, February 2, 2009, 3:00 p.m., Olin 012
"Poetics and Politics of the Bossa Nova Era" Dário Borim (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth) Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Cabot 205
Festa Italiana! Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (October 20-26) Thursday, October 23, 2008, 7:30-9:00 p.m., Olin Center 012
Segundo Congreso Internacional de Poesía Peruana: Vallejo, 70 Años October 12-13, 2008 Tufts University Learn more >
Fernando Birri: "DOCFIC y La primera fundación de Buenos Aires" Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Barnum 008 Download brochure > (PDF)
"Orfeo mulato: Palés como constructor de mitos (de la negritud al ciclo de Filí-Melé)" Thursday, March 13, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Barnum Hall 104 Download brochure > (PDF)
"Favelas Cariocas: History and Cultural Politics of Brazilian Slums" Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Olin Center 012 Download brochure > (PDF)
Andean Poetry Summit Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Download brochure > (PDF)
Fernando Birri presents "Elegía Friulana" Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Download brochure > (PDF)