Events
Spring 2008
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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Fall 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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PAST EVENTS
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 poesía 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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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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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@hofstra.edu
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.
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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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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