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?

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 

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.

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.

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.

Brazilian guest artists Poliana Alves, mezzo-soprano, and Thiago de Freitas, piano, present Art Songs by Brazilian Masters - Nepomuceno, Chantal, Miranda, Setti, Villa- 
Lobos, Guarnieri, de Oliviera, Nobre, Fernandez, Santoro, and Sivuca.

Guest Artist Master Class - Poliana Alves, mezzo-sporano, and Thiago de Freitas, piano, University of Uberlandia, Brazil. No need to register.

The Tulane University Office of Academic Affairs and Provost, with generous support from the D.W. Mitchell Fund are pleased to present a public lecture: Patois of the Parishes: Alcée Fortier’s French Middle Ages. Presented by Sara Ritchey, Phd, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at University of Tennessee Knoxville. This event will take place in Rechler Room (LBC 202) on April 16th, 2024 at 4pm. Sponsored by the Kathryn B. Gore Chair in French and the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program.

Join Loyola New Orleans’ Latin American Studies for a talk by Dr. James Maffie, author of Aztec Philosophy: Understanding a World in Motion. Dr. Maffie will explore his research of Tonalamatl, a Mexica philosophical almanac.

LOYOLA LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES — LOYOLA DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY — LOYOLA DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURES