Events

Stone Center Events
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New mousse desserts will also be provided every week…
Leonard Jacome was born in Rubio, Táchira State, Venezuela. He is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer and producer and one of the World's most prolific and accomplished harpists. He has won numerous awards representing Venezuela abroad and…
Digital Humanities Workshop Series for K-16 Educators Professional Development Opportunity (no cost) Dates: August 1-3, 2023, 10 AM-12:00 PM (Central, via Zoom) Digital humanities tools are evolving to put more and more sophisticated and easy-…
Laurent Dubois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy, Academic Director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at UVA, and a prominent historian of Haiti and the Atlantic World, will give a…
Join us on the patio for comida y conversation in the Cassatt Courtyard (between the Commons and Jones Hall). All are welcome! This event is hosted by the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. Empanadas will be served.   
Featuring Gustavo Carvajal - Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile Assistant Professor, Gustavo Carvajal, at Universidad de Faculdad de Humanidades y Comunicaciones will give a talk. Recently his book, Palabra de Mujer: Women, Memory and…
Bate-papo is a weekly informal Portuguese-language gathering with the PORTulane campus community. All events are on Fridays and on the Jones Hall Patio, though times vary each week. When the weather is unpleasant we will meet at Pj's on Willow…
Castilla del Oro and the Regional Evolution and Dissemination of Ancient Metallurgic Iconography in the Isthmo-Colombian Area - Orlando Hernández Ying This talk revisits the history and dissemination of the art of metallurgy in the ancient Americas…
Please join us October 25th at noon central (11am in Central America) for a CAPC panel discussion on the 2024 US Elections and Central America: Perspectives and Implications with:  - Roman Gressier, Editor, El Faro English- Manuel…
On November 16, 1532, over 7,000 Incans died at the Battle of Cajamarca, an ambush led by Francisco Pizarro. The Incan kingdom of Atahualpa succumbed to Spanish conquest and a colonial rule that would continue to haunt Peru for centuries later. P.6…