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2011

  • December 8, 2011
    Gun Hill Road
    4 p.m.
    Breslin 211
    Click here to view the flyer [PDF]
  • December 5, 2011
    Design and Management of Public Spaces in a Mediterranean City: Learning From Good and Bad Practices
    2:55 p.m.
    Breslin 103

    On December 5, at 2:55 pm, Dr. Antonia Casellas of the Department of Geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona will present a talk entitled, “Design and Management of Public Spaces in a Mediterranean City: Learning From Good and Bad Practices.” She will also discuss and take questions on current economic turmoil in the Eurozone and Spain. The talk will be in Breslin Room 103.

    Dr. Casellas is a noted Catalan urban planner, with extensive international planning experience. She has published widely in international planning and geography journals, with a focus on high-tech urban development initiatives and on promoting tourism for economic development. She has been a visiting scholar at the Centre for Urban and Community Studies at the University of Toronto, a visiting researcher at the Bonn International Center on Conversion, a research fellow at the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University, and had academic appointments at the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah and the Department of Geography at New Mexico State University.

    The talk is jointly sponsored by the Department of Global Studies and Geography, the National Center for Suburban Studies, European Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
  • November 16, 2011
    Juan Carlos Marset
    “La triada órfica: Zambrano, Lezama y Valente”
    CALKINS 332/ 1- 2 PM
    Poetry Reading and dialogue
    Davison 016/ 3- 4 PM
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  • Wednesday, October 26, 2011
    Latin American Democracy, Indigenous Resistance and Popular Mobilization
    4:30 p.m.-5:55 p.m.
    Building Development Center (BDC) 246
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  • Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
    Day of Dialogue IX: Power, Resistance and Democracy.
    1:55-2:50pm
    The New Economics of Latin America: The Case of Peru and the Andean Region Speaker:Dr. Gerardo Renique, Professor of History, City University of New York, co-author of Peru: Time of Fear.Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean StudiesModerated by Dr. Conrad Herrold, Professor of Economics, Hofstra University.Room: BDC 246
  • Wednesday,October 19, 2011
    Lorena Wolfman
    Lecture (in Spanish) and bilingual poetry reading
    Location:Calkins 332 and Davison 016
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  • Saturday, October 15, 2011
    Latino Media Conference II
    Innovative Communication Within and Across Communities
    Location:Breslin Hall Room 211 and Dempster Hall Studio A Hofstra University
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2011

  • Friday, June 10, 2011
    Symposium: Humanities and Humanitarianism
    A Hofstra / Harvard collaboration
    Location: Hofstra Hall Parlor
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  • Thursday, May 5th, 2011
    Of Bananas and Other Demons: Historical, Social and Political Perspectives on a Colombian Banana Plantation
    Featuring Mauricio Salazar, Environmental and Sanitary Engineer
    Time: 12:45-2:10
    Location: Roosevelt 107
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  • Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
    Performance/Lecture/Demo by Carmelita Tropicana
    With interview by Antonio F. Cao
    From Performance Art to Theatre: Experience Performance Art live, and on DVD
    Time: 6:00-7:30
    Location: Berliner Hall 114
    A reception will follow the event
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  • Tuesday, April 12, 2011
    "Immigrant Women's Fight for Fair Pay"
    Featured speakers:
    Norma Murillo:UNITY Housecleaners ;
    Tracey Walters: author of From Margin to Center:
    Latin American Domestics & Stony Brook Prof;
    Lauris Wren: Hofstra Law Professor
    Time: 2:20 - 3:45 p.m.
    Location: Cultural Center Theater
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  • Thursday, March 24, 2011
    "Why Our Clothes Are Still Made in Sweatshops, and What to Do About It"
    A Discussion With Charles Kernaghan
    Director of The National Labor Committee
    Time: 2:20 - 3:45 p.m.
    Location: Greenhouse, Lower Level
    Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus
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  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    An Evening of Leadership with Rosa A. Clemente
    Time: 8:00 pm
    Location: Student Center Plaza rm Middle
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  • Thursday, February 17, 2011
    Unwanted Witness (Testigo Indeseable)
    Time: 7:00-9:30 pm
    Location: Breslin Hall 211
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2010

  • Wednesday, November 17 2010
    A Dialogue with Sr. Jeanne Clark OP
    Time: 4:30 pm
    Location: Breslin Hall 015
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  • Wednesday, October 27 2010
    A Performance: Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja
    Time: 8:15-9:45 pm
    Location: Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
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  • Wednesday, October 27 2010
    Day of Dialogue VIII
    Time: 10:10-11:05 am - "Mexican Drug Wars"
    Time: 6:00-8:00 pm - “From the Border Wall to the Classroom, Arizona to Patchogue: Immigration as a Human Rights Issue”
    Time: 8:15-9:45 pm - "A Performance: Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja"
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  • Wednesday, October 20, 2010
    Mestizaje in Atlantic Islands
    Germán Santana Pérez
    Time: 4:30-6:00 PM
    Location: Breslin Hall 112
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  • Wednesday, October 20, 2010
    "Race and Regionalism in Bolivia: Evo Morales versus Santa Cruz"
    Time: 10:10-11:05
    Location: Breslin Hall 015
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  • 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

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 email.
  • 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.

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