Events

2010

• Friday, April 23, 2010
  Interrupted Enlightenment, Unfinished Independence:
  A Discussion on the Reform of Hispanism
  Time: 11:45 Lunch buffet
  1:00-5:00 p.m.: Round table discusión
  Coffee and closing remarks
  Location: Axinn Library, 10th Floor
  Hofstra University
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• Thursday, April 15th, 2010
  The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program invites you to
  Coloquio de poesía peruana
  Bilingual Poetry Reading
  Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
  Location: Hofstra Parlor
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• Monday, March 1, 2010
  Co-sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Romance Languages and Literatures Department
  Haiti Beyond the Headlines:
  Understanding Haitian Culture to Help Reconstruction
  Time: 4:30 pm
  Location: Berliner Hall, Room 0117
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• Wednesday, February 24, 2010
  Andean Cocaine, The Making of a Global Drug
  Paul Gootenberg
  Time: 2:55 p.m. to 4:10 p.m.
  Location: Student Center, Plaza Room Middle 127, Hofstra University

PAST EVENTS

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2009

• Friday, November 6th, 2009
  Medieval Iberia: A Multidisciplinary Workshop
  246 East Library Wing, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
  4:30-6:00pm in Roosevelt 106 and 6:30-8:00pm in Roosevelt 101
  Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS)
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• Thursday, October 15th, 2009
  "History of Merengue"
  9 p.m., Multipurpose Room West
  Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS)
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• Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
  "Torture Survivor Speaks Out: Carlos Mauricio's story of resistance and his struggle for justice"
  4:30-6:00pm in Roosevelt 106 and 6:30-8:00pm in Roosevelt 101
  Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS)
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• Friday, October 2, 2009
  Dr. Brenda Elsey: "Citizens and Sportsmen: The Politics of Football in Chile, 1905-1973"
  3:00 P.M. in the seminar room of Heger Hall.
  This chapter is part of my manuscript (under review) Citizens and Sportsmen: the Politics of Chilean Football, 1905-1973. Chapter six, entitled, “The New Left, Popular Unity, and Football, 1963-1973," examines the emergence of the “New Left” and a youth culture in the 1960s. It then moves to the period of the leftist Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende, which lasted from 1970 to 1973. Despite the growth of the professional football industry, amateurs constituted an important base for political mobilization. Football clubs and other civic associations helped provide resources to working-class neighborhoods despite blockades, hording, and threats from paramilitaries. Moreover, they organized public support for the Popular Unity government. This type of support was crucial as the administration faced economic sanctions from the United States, political violence, and a deteriorating relationship with the Christian Democrats. This chapter shifts the focus away from the upper-echelons of party leadership to argue for the importance of popular culture in understanding ways in which people created and understood political identity. Furthermore, this chapter illustrates the importance of popular cultural practices in shaping and implementing the UP agenda. This has wide ranging implications given that the enthusiasm for a new Socialist culture emerged at the same time as mass advertisement. Despite technological innovations that made it easier for multinational corporations to reach consumers via popular culture, they failed to co-opt youthful rebellion and convince audiences to reconcile with authority.
  Please send any questions regarding this talk to Dr. Brenda Elsey via e-mail.
• Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009o
  Workshop/Lecture/Lunch- 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Multipurpose Room
  Evening Performance- 7:30 p.m., Student Center Theater
  "From Argentina: Tami Tngo Trio"
  Sponsored by HOLA, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Romance Languages and Literatures.
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• March 12 and April 23, 2009, 4:30 p.m., Brower Hall 101
  "Queer Latin@ Talk Series 2009",
  How Do You say Queer in Spanish?
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• Friday, February 27th, 2009, 5:30p.m., Multipurpose Room West.
  “History of Merengue: In Celebration of the Dominican Republic’s Independence”,
  with live music, food and entertainment.
  Organized by the PIA ZETA Chapter Student Association.
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2008

• Launch of the new issue of Hofstra Hispanic Review
  Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | Common Hour | Hofstra Hall
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• Mr. Carlos Salinas: Defending the First People
  Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | 6:15 p.m. - 7:50 p.m. | Brower 201
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• VOY A HABLAR DE LA ESPERANZA
  I am Going to Speak About Hope
  October 30 and 31, 2008
• The Honorable Moses Batiste
  Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | 4:30 p.m. - 5:55 p.m. | CHPHB 117
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• Come Learn About Mexico!
  Monday, April 28, 2008 | 10:10 a.m. | Davidson 104
  Tuesday, April 29, 2008 | 11:10 a.m. | Brower 106
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• Carlos J. Alonso
  "Spanish is Different: The Naturalization of a Foreign Language"
  Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | Common Hour | Browner 203
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• Phi Iota Alpha
  "Noche De Palo"
  Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 | 9:00 p.m. | Multi-Purpose Room East
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• Bart Jones
  "Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution"
  Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | Common Hour | Student Center, Multipurpose Room East
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2007

• WALTER MIGNOLO
  "Globalization and the Decolonial Option"
  Friday, November 16, 2007 | Noon-1:00 pm Buffet Lunch, 1:00-4:45 pm Workshop Seminar | Business Development Center 246, Axinn Library
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• NATIVE NIGHT
  "Experience the culture of Indian tribes"
  Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | 9 pm | Plaza Rooms, Middle and West
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• PROFESSOR JOSE DE VALLE
  "Hegemony and Diversity in the Construction of a pan-Hispanic Community"
  Wednesday, November 7, 2007 | 11:15-12:30 pm | Browner 106
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• MARTIN ESPADA
  "A Night of Poetry with Martin Espada"
  Thursday, October 25, 2007 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Plaza Rooms, Student Center
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• LESLEY GILL (Associate Professor of Anthropology, American University)
  "War, Torture And U.S. Foreign Policy"
  Thursday, October 11, 2007 | 2:20 p.m. | Cultural Center Theater
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• CARLOS MAURICIO
  "Torture Survivor Speaks Out" A story of resistance and a struggle for justice
  Monday, October 8, 2007 | 2:55-4:20 p.m. | 117 Chemistry & Physics Building (CHPHB)
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• ANTONIO CISNEROS (Lima, Peru)
  "Great Writers, Great Readings " Bilingual Poetry Reading
  Monday, October 1, 2007 | 7 p.m. | Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor
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• TEMMA KAPLAN
  "The Shameful Times of Torture and Terror "
  Friday, September 28, 2007 | 12:50-2:00 p.m. | Cultural Center Theatre
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• ARTURO CORCUERA (Trujillo, Perú)
  Poetry reading and lecture in Spanish:“José María Eguren y el simbolismo en el Perú e Hispanoamérica”
  Thursday, May 3, 2007 | 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Breslin 016
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• ROMAN DE LA CAMPA (Professor of Latin American literatures, University of Pennsylvania)
  “Latin America: Split State and Global Imaginaries”
  Wednesday, April 18, 2007 | 11:30-1:00 p.m. | Breslin 100
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• CARLOS MAURICIO (Professor and Activist from El Salvador)
  "Torture Survivor Speaks Out against the militarization of the police: Report back from El Salvador"
  Tuesday, April 17 | 12:45-2:10 | Breslin 105
• GREGORY GRANDIN (Professor of History, New York University)
  “Latin America: Empire’s Workshop”
  Wednesday, April 11, 2007 | 12:50-1:45 | 246 BDC
• EDUARDO ESPINA (Montevideo, Uruguay)
  Poetry reading and lecture in Spanish: “Herrera y Reissig y la poemsía hispanoamericana actual”
  Thursday, March 1, 2007 | 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Breslin 016
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• ARTURO CARRERA (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  Poetry reading and lecture in Spanish: "Contemporary Argentinean poetry 1960-2007"
  Monday, February 26, 2007 | 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Calkins 332
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2006

• LUIS DUNO-GOTTBERG
  The Color of Crowds: Racial Politics in the Chavez Era
  Thursday, May 4, 2006
  242 Mason Hall/Gallon Wing
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• Cinco de Mayo Literary Readings
  Tuesday, May 2, 2006
  011 Adams Hall
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• ELLEN BERNSTEIN
  CUBA: An Alternative Perspective
  Thursday, April 27, 2006
  Room 217 Breslin
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• Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo
  Monday, April 3, 2006
  Browner 102
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• "Reflections on the Chilean Election of Michelle Bachelet: A One-Hit Wonder or Part of a New Wave of Women Leaders"
  Thursday, March 30, 2006
  100 Breslin Hall, Hempstead, NY
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2005

• Literatures on the Edge: Of Minority Languages and Marginal Countries
  with Josep Carles Lainez and Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
  Introductions by Benita Sampedro
  Monday, October 10, 2005
  At HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, NY
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• Beyond Borders
  A Celebration and Exploration of Hispanic Culture, Education and Life
  Friday, October 28, 2005
  At HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, NY
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• YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN THE
  GLOBAL ECONOMY
  An International Interdisciplinary Conference
  THURSDAY and FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 and 16, 2005
  At HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Hempstead, NY
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• March 18, 2005
  3-4:30 p.m., Cultural Center Theater [across from entrance to Axinn Library]
  Come hear a talk by the daughter of former Colombian Congresswoman
  Maria Fernanda Perdomo
  My Mother Has Been Kidnapped!
  The Problem of Political Kidnappings in Colombia
  Maria Fernanda Perdomo is the daughter of Consuelo de Perdomo, a former Colombian Congresswoman kidnapped on the 10th of September, 2001. Her mother was part of a group of 54 Colombians (politicians and military personnel) and three Americans that the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) guerrilla tried to exchange for imprisoned guerrillas. Maria Fernanda has been fighting for three years and seven months to find a way to bring them to liberty. She has worked with families of hostages to reach a reasonable and humanitarian agreement between the Colombian Government and the FARC. She has interacted not only with the Colombian Government and the guerrillas, but also with the international community (United Nations, European Parliament, State Department, NGOs, governments of other countries, the United States Congress, Catholic Church, etc.), and mass media (BBC, Spanish Television, CNN, and local media, etc). Now, Maria Fernanda wants to share her experiences with you.
  FREE ADMISSION. Co-sponsors: Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. For more information, contact Takashi Kanatsu
• March 11, 2005
  Berenice Celeyta: "THE IMPACT of the U.S. - COLOMBIAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT"
  Berenice Celeyta is president of Colombia's La Asociacion para la Investigacion y Accion Social (NOMADESC) and recipient of the 1998 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. She discussed the current challenges faced by human rights workers and labor leaders in Colombia and how human rights defenders, labor leaders and organized communities are bravely responding to the ongoing impunity, militarization and privatization in her country. She gave insights into the impact of the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement now being negotiated.
• March 2, 2005
  Don Quixote en Latinoamérica
  by Miguel Angel Espinosa T. (Colombian writer, educator and social worker)
  In commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the publication of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. With an introduction by Professor Antonio F. Cao.

2004

• December 8, 2004
  Capoeira Performance:
  Mestre João Grande and Angola Capoeira Academy
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• October 6, 2004
  Politics, Institutions, and Labor Market Trends in Latin America
  A Public Lecture by Dr. Adriana Marshall
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• April 28, 2004
  Forum on Haiti
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• April 22-23, 2004
  Critical Conjunctions: Latin American and Latino Intellectuals at the New Millennium
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• April 21, 2004
  Thunder in Guyana
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2003

• November 4, 2003
  Writing Mexico: Authorship and Memory after the Spanish Conquest
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• November 3, 2003
  Mario Vargas Llosa Symposium
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• October 27, 2003
  The Truth About Free Trade and the Fight Against Sweatshops
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• October 9, 2003
  Coca-Cola and the War on Colombia's Workers
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• April 10-11, 2003
  Beyond the Patria: Exile, Border-Crossing and Transitionalism in the Spanish-Speaking World
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