Merienda: "'Vulgar Negroid Sambas': Issues of National Identity, Race and Gender in That Night in Rio with Carmen Miranda"

"'Vulgar Negroid Sambas': Issues of National Identity, Race and Gender in That Night in Rio with Carmen Miranda"

Walter Clark
Professor of Musicology
University of California- Riverside

Bailey Hall Room 318
12:00-1:00pm

A simple lunch of rice and beans will be served.

For more information contact the Center of Latin American Studies
864-4213 - latamst@ku.edu

Norge Espinosa Mendoza: Cuban poet, playwright, theatre worker, and critic

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Kansas

Norge Espinosa Mendoza
Cuban poet, playwright, theatre worker, and critic

“Las otras caras de una cuba sexuada:
Disensos y deseos de una isla en revolución”

Monday, April 5, 2010, 4 p.m.
1003 Wescoe Hall

A prominent young Cuban poet and playwright, Norge Espinosa was among the first to experiment with homosexual themes in the late 1980s, with his widely anthologized poem “Vestido de novia,” written when he was a teenager. His poetry includes Las breves tribulaciones (1992, National Poetry Prize from the Cuban magazines El Caimán Barbudo) and Las estrategias del páramo (2000) and his plays include Romanza del lirio, La virgencita de bronce (a retelling of the Cecilia Valdés story), Ícaros, and Cintas de seda. He has also developed cultural presentations and is a prolific lecturer and a theatre critic. He has worked closely in multiple roles with Teatro El Público, one of the most acclaimed theatre groups of the 1990s in Havana, and has organized events on gay and lesbian culture in Cuba. He has been invited to the International Writing Program of University of Iowa in 2001 and to workshops at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Luis Argueta Guest Speaker

“The story of the most brutal, most expensive, and one of the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the history of the United States.”

Talk and Presentation with Acclaimed Guatemalan/American Film Director: Luis Argueta

Wednesday, April 28th
4:30 pm
Wescoe 3139

Co-Sponsors: Spanish and Portuguese, The Office of Diversity and Equity, The Office of the Provost, American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, English, Film and Media Studies

Merienda: "Cary Fukanga's Sin Nombre: A Central American Narrative of Belonging and Non-Belonging"

The Center of Latin American Studies invites you to join us this Thursday (March 25th) at noon for the Merienda:

"Cary Fukanga's Sin Nombre: A Central American Narrative of Belonging and Non-Belonging"

Yajaira Padilla
Spanish & Portuguese, KU

Bailey Hall 318, 12:00-1:00pm.
A simple lunch of rice and beans will be served.

For more information, visit http://www.ku.edu/~latamst

Juan Carlos González-Espitia: “A Latin American Syphilography: Literary, Medical and Political Discourses”

LATIN AMERICAN SEMINAR

Juan Carlos González-Espitia
Spanish
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

“A Latin American Syphilography: Literary, Medical and Political Discourses”

Friday, March 26
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Hall Center Conference Hall

THERE IS NO PAPER FOR THIS SEMINAR.

If you would like more information about this or other Latin American Seminar sessions, contact Elizabeth Kuznesof (Center of Latin American Studies, 864-4213, kuznesof@ku.edu), Brent Metz (Anthropology, 864-2631, bmetz@ku.edu), Peter Herlihy (Geography, 864-4292, herlihy@ku.edu), or contact the Hall Center at hchseminars@ku.edu or by calling 785-864-4798.

"How to Publish an Article from the Dissertation"

Spring 2010
Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Workshops

All graduate students are invited to attend this workshop, directed by the four people who received Hall Center Graduate Summer Research Awards. The talks will incline more to method, problem, or theory than to subject content, to increase their appeal to a wider audience. All workshops will be held in the Hall Center Seminar Room. Lunch provided. RSVP required at least two days prior to the event to hallcenter@ku.edu, or 864-4798.

Co-directors:
Keri Behre, English
Jocelyn Buckner, Theatre
Kristen Epps, History
Darrick Taylor, History

Wed, Feb 10, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
"How to Publish an Article from the Dissertation"
Iris Smith Fischer, Editor, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism
Sherrie Tucker, Editor, American Studies

BRASA Micareta Folia Fundraising Event

BRASA will be hosting its first Pre-Party of the year, Micareta Folia, on February 13th at the Chateau.

WHERE: WILDE'S CHATEAU 24
2412 Iowa Street, Lawrence, KS 66046
Phone: 785-856-1514

WHAT TIME? 9 PM

HOW MUCH: 5 DOLLARS

The Micareta will be a pre-party/fundraising event for Brasa's main event of the year: The 31st annual Carnaval Party! It will take place at the Micareta at Wilde's Chateau 24.

Come and dance funk, axé, and samba! There will be a stage available if you want to dance axé and lead the crowd and Brazilian drinks available at the bar!

Este ano o BRASA está fazendo uma Micareta antecedendo a festa de Carnaval em março. A gente vai fazer a Micareta fora de época no novo clube aqui de Lawrence Chateau, um clube bem bacana com uma estrutura incrível. Venha dançar axé, funk e samba com a gente! O palco vai ficar aberto para quem quiser liderar a galera no axé, basta falar com BRASA e eles separam a música que vc queira dançar! Também terem caipirinhas no bar!

A Primeira Mesa Brasileira do Semestre

This semester promises to be very active for BRASA, and to kick off the festivities, they will be having their first Mesa Brasileira (Brazilian Table) of the semester this Friday at Henry’s. Please note that tbey have decided to move the time to 5:30 pm so that there are not conflicts with your plans for later in the evening.

Since this will be the first Mesa Brasileira of the semester, there will be Brazilian goodies to further stimulate your Portuguese skills!