Tulane University

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Tulane University is excited to announce the upcoming lectures and events for the Fall 2018 semester.

September 12, 2018
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
What’s Basque Got to Do with It: Tradition and Modernity in Hispanic Footways (Talk in Spanish)
Marti Buckley
Newcomb Hall in Room 308
Sponsored by Altman Program In International Studies and Business, Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching, SAFER, School of Liberal Arts, Spanish and Portuguese Department

October 9, 2018
Literatura e Invisibilidade
Luiz Ruffato, Brazilian fiction writer
For more information, contact Prof. Christopher Dunn (cjdunn@tulane.edu).

October 18, 2018
4:00 PM
Globalization and Latin American Cinema: Toward a New Critical Paradigm
Sophia McClennen, Penn State University
100A Jones Hall

October 19, 2018
3:00 PM
Satire, Politics, and Resistance: The Global Rise of Comedy and Activism
Sophia McClennen, Penn State University
407 Newcomb Hall
For more information, contact Prof. Idelber Avelar..

November 12, 2018
5:30 PM
Translating the Counter-Canon of Early Modern Spanish Theater: Theatrical Journeys with Luis Vélez de Guevara‘€™s La serrana de la Vera
Harley Erdmann, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Newcomb Hall 021
Talk followed by small reception.
For more information, contact Prof. Dale Shuger (dshuger@tulane.edu).

December 5, 2018
7:00 PM
Divorce Court: a staged reading of Miguel de Cervantes’s “El juez de los divorcios” in a new English translation.
Lab Theater (McWilliams 104)
For more information, contact Prof. Dale Shuger (dshuger@tulane.edu).

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