Conversatorios

[A conversatorio is an informal seminar/workshop; invited speakers will talk about their research for around ten minutes, leaving plenty of time for engaged and engaging discussion]

Autumn 2011

Weds 12 October 2011

1pm: First meeting of the Latin American Locus: A chance for introductions and conversation, in G77A, 15 Woodland Road.

Weds 26 October 2011

A conversatorio with Matt Rendell, author of Salsa for People who Probably Shouldn’t, a brilliant new book on the origins of salsa in the UK, which we will launch after the event. Starts 5.30pm, LR8, 21 WR.

Weds 9 November 2011 

A conversatorio with UoB postdoctoral fellow Dr. Ivonne Caballero on her new project Entre la literatura y la antropologia, at 1pm in G77A, in 15 Woodland Road.

Weds 23 November 2011

A conversatorio with Andrew Ginger, Professor of Iberian and Latin American Studies at UoB, on Atlantic Studies, 1pm in G77A, 15 Woodland Road.

Weds 7 December

A conversatorio with Esther Breithoff, doctoral researcher in Anthropology at UoB, on The Landscape of the Chaco War, at 1pm in G77A.

 

Latin American Locus convenors: Dr Matthew Brown and Dr Jo Crow

Matthew.brown@bris.ac.uk, jo.crow@bris.ac.uk

ALL WELCOME!

Spring 2011

9 February 2011

Goya Wilson (UoB) ‘Conversatorio: The children of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, becoming adults in post-conflict Peru: Politics of memory and identity (re)construction’, 1pm in 15 WR

10 February 2011

Professor Alfredo Gomes (Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil), ‘Multi-scalar Political Projects, Latin America and Brazilian Higher Education’, seminar with the UoB Centre for Globalisation, Education and Societies, 12 noon to 1.30pm, in Room 401, 35 Berkeley Square, Graduate School of Education.

24 February 2011

Workshop on ‘Football and Urban Development’, coords. Matthew Brown and Gloria Lanci, three papers including a video conference from Flavio de Campos (Universidade de São Paulo), ‘New Developments in Football Stadia Developments in Brazil’, 2pm-7pm in 15 WR. See full programme.

16 March 2011

Rupert Medd, coord.: ‘Postgraduate Workshop in Latin American Studies’, part of Semana Cultural Week, 2pm-4pm, in 15 WR – full programme coming soon

also on 16 March, Lucia Sa (Manchester), ‘Film and favelas: space, gender and everyday life’, part of WUN Global Cinemas Virtual Seminar Series, 4pm in Nanoscience and Quantum Intelligence Building (NSQI).

30 March 2011

Amit Thakkar (Lancaster) and Sarah Bowskill (Swansea), ‘Conversatorio: History in Latin American Literature and Culture’ (PDF format 935 KB), 1pm-3pm in 15 WR

4 May 2011

Guy Mavor (UoB), ‘Conversatorio: Building to extinction: the evolution of the Buenos Aires frontier in the 19th century’, 1pm in 15 WR

18 May 2011

Dissertation Workshop MA in Latin American History: Presentations by MA candidates on Latin American subjects, 1pm in 15 WR

Date still to be confirmed, ‘Chile in the University of Bristol’ workshop

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