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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
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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
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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
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"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
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Fernando Birri: "DOCFIC y La primera fundación de Buenos Aires"
Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Barnum 008
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"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
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"Favelas Cariocas: History and Cultural Politics of Brazilian Slums"
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 6:00 p.m., Olin Center 012
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Andean Poetry Summit
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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Fernando Birri presents "Elegía Friulana"
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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