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Lígia Bezerra is an Assistant Professor at Spelman College, where she is the director of the Portuguese program. She has a PhD in Portuguese with a minor in Culture Studies from Indiana University, an MA in Portuguese from the University of New Mexico, an MA in Linguistics from the Federal University of Ceará, and a BA in Letras with a double major in Portuguese and English from the Federal University of Ceará as well. Her…

Dr. Paula Simón of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina will deliver a talk on "Narraciones dislocadas: el testimonio sobre los campos de concentración en España y Argentina." Her talk will be followed with discussion led by Dr. Fernando Reati of Georgia Southern University. 

Invited lecturer Dr. Sylvaine Guyot, Roy G. Clouse Associate Professor of French at Harvard University, will give a talk on  “The Bedazzling Effect: Performance and Politics in Seventeenth-Century France.” Click here to see the flyer.

 "Of Borders & Betrayal: Remembering the Reconquest of Spain in the Castilian Frontier Ballads."    The Spanish frontier ballads famously present the latter stages of the conflict between Castile and Al-Andalus from a Muslim perspective, frequently employing pathos to engage the emotions of the audience and underscore the tragedy of loss through conquest. Basing its critical approach on the Aristotelian premise that the…

Prominent Latin@ scholar Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez will discuss the construction and performance of Latin@ identity and cultural politics through theater.