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Dr. Ania Tizziani: Gender, Labor, and Inequality in Contemporary Latin America: The National Maid Tournament in Argentina

Ania Tizziani, PhD Universidad Nacional de Gral. Sarmiento & Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)    


Dr. Kim Potowski "The Triple Bullying of U.S. Heritage Speakers and How to Counter it"

15th Workshop on Immigrant Languages in the Americas (WILA 15)  Janne Bondi Johannessen Celebration Lecture Dr. Kim Potowski (University of Illinois, Chicago) "The Triple Bullying of U.S. Heritage Speakers and How to Counter it" Young people raised in the U.S. speaking languages other than English often suffer a triple bullying. First, they are frequently subjected to discourses of “You’re in America, speak English” from some of the English…


From Brooks Hall to the Apocalypse: the Works of Franco-Mexican Painter Jean Charlot and his Collaboration with a French Poet-Ambassador

Join us for a talk by Professor of French Emerita Nina Hellerstein on her forthcoming book, Paul Claudel: Au milieu des vitraux de l' Apocalypse, Dessins de Jean Charlot. Open to the public Listen to Emma Auer's interview of Prof. Hellerstein on WUGA which aired 11/9/2024. 


Dr. Evelyn Saavedra Autry - Franklin Visiting Scholar

Franklin Visiting Scholar Dr. Evelyn Saavedra Autry presenting her talk: Singing Feminist Chi'ixi+Art Music: Andead Rhythms, Hip-hop, and Indigenous Youth in Contemporary Latin America Contact: bkaplan@uga.edu


Beyond the Hardcourt: Basketball Empire and the Larger US-Francophone Sporting Connections

Dr. Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, historian, writer, journalist, and founding director of the sports diplomacy initiative #FranceAndUS, will present her book Basketball Empire, which provides a in-depth account of the French contribution to the growth and global reach of the NBA and the WNBA. Dr. Krasnoff will also discuss basketball diplomacy in Africa, part of an oral history project, as well as the greater context of Franco-American sports…


Nastassja Pugliese - Guest Lecture

Please join us in Peabody Hall to welcome guest lecturer Nastassja Pugliese, who will be presenting her work: The case for equality after colonization: feminism, abolitionism, and indigenous rights in Nísia Floresta  


Sin humor, no hay noticia: Prensa, política, y cultura visual

No Humor, No News: Press, satire, and visual culture Claudia Roman: Guest Lecturer University of Buenos Aires (Conicet) Lecture in Spanish, Q&A in Spanish and English


Being and Blackness in Spain: Exploring Contemporary Afro-Spanish Identity

This talk will examine works of contemporary Afro-Spanish authors and artists (Lucía Mbomío Rubio, Desirée Bela-Lobedde and Ruben H. Bermúdez) to comment on the often invisibilized experiences and identity formation of Afrodescendants born and raised in Spain. While Spain is the only country the protagonists of these works have ever known, a theme that resonates throughout them is the questioning of their Spanishness, a constant in a society…


Youth and Sounds of Liberation: Exploring Socio-political Dynamics through the 80's Rock

The 1980s in Brazil marks the end of the military dictatorship and the dawn of re-democracy. This presentation will focus on the interplay between the prominent musical movement of the time known as National Rock or Brock and the economic and socio-political complexities of the period. More specifically, we will discuss how the 8o's music serves as a unique window into this historical period reflecting on the youth's hopes, dreams and challenges…


SLAVE NARRATIVES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

Lecture by Antonele Luciano (in English) This lecture will present an overview of the narratives of enslaved people in Brazil and the United States addressing specifically the letters of Esperança Garcia (1770) and Anne Davies (1861). These documents show the writing of Black women, who suffered the most during slavery, as an instrument of resistance and memory of Black people across the Atlantic.  
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