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Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!

 

Spring 2024 Wednesday meetings:

January 17 | January 24 | January 31

February 7 | February 14 | February 21 | February 28

March 6 | March 13 | March 20

April 3 | April 10 | April 17 | April 24

May 1 

 

 


 

Poetry Without Borders | Poesía sin fronteras

A One-Day Festival of Wordsmiths & Musicians! 

New Orleans has a growing number of African and Latin American Wordsmiths crafting some of the most engaging verse that addresses social justice concerns, and this one-day festival celebrates these brilliant ​Poets of Color in the Crescent City. This year, the festival celebrates Honduran Women Poets, featuring Edith Romero & Jennifer Pagan. The event will also host Honduran Garifuna poet and singer Rudy Mills.

Persistent Demands: Running after Social Welfare Benefits in Brazil and Argentina

In recent decades, countries across the globe have substantially expanded the nature and scope of government social welfare programs, especially those targeted at the poor. In fact, lower and middle-income democracies today promise more social benefits to more citizens than they have at any time in the past. At the same time, however, effective access to these programs and benefits remains highly variable, even among those who are eligible. What explains why some citizens actually receive the social benefits and programs for which they are eligible while others do not?

TerTUlia

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!

 

Spring 2024 Wednesday meetings:

January 17 | January 24 | January 31

February 7 | February 14 | February 21 | February 28

March 6 | March 13 | March 20

April 3 | April 10 | April 17 | April 24

May 1 

Lecture Recital Presentation: The Amazonian Lore of Waldemar Henrique

These Amazonic mythical narratives are based on imaginary, rich, and fantastical episodes of hillbillybumpkin life. These themes have served for years as inspiration for poetic literary constructions. The composer Waldemar Henrique stands out as a disseminator of this imagery, revealing in his works the values, beliefs, experiences, and behaviors experienced by his characters in the Amazonian context. Henrique translates through sung mythical narratives the riverine life filled with the language specific to the Amazon region and indigenous traditions.

Reading between the Signs: A Multimodal Approach to Maya Full-Figure Inscriptions

One of the great innovations of the 8th century Maya world, full-figure inscriptions appeared at four Maya sites over the span of 100 years: Palenque, Copán, Yaxchilán, and Quiriguá. These inscriptions, while linguistically sound and conforming to the genre of monumental dedication texts, present a complex visual landscape for analysis. In this presentation, I summarize the key takeaways of my analysis of this corpus, which formed my dissertation at Tulane.

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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 homemade desserts will also be provided every week.

Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408

If you have any questions, please reach out to portuguese@tulane.edu.

 

Spring 2024 Friday meetings:

January 19, 1:00 p.m. | January 26, 4:00 p.m.

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