www.hispanic.pitt.edu Speaker Series

Speaker Series
Beatriz González Stephan, Lee Hage Jamail Professor of Latin American Studies,
Rice University
September 26, 2014, 4:00 p.m.
501 Cathedral of Learning
“Cuerpos que no salen en la foto: Ciudadanias blanqueadas en la pardocracia venezolana
(Siglo XIX)”
Mireya Camurati, Professor Emerita, University at Buffalo
October 10, 2014, 4:00 p.m.
501 Cathedral of Learning
"Borges, poeta intelectual"
David Gies, Commonwealth Professor of Spanish, University of Virginia
December 5, 2014, 4:00 p.m.
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
“Ese oscuro—y rico—objeto de deseo, o Hecho en América: El indiano romántico-teatral”
Alicia Borinsky, Professor of Spanish, Boston University
February 20, 2015, 4:00 p.m.
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
“¿Quiénes son? Voces femeninas en el tango y la literatura”
Hugo Achugar, Director Nacional de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay
April 10, 2015. 4:00 p.m.
Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
“¿Fragmentos? o acerca de los discursos latinoamericanos"
Ana Merino, Director, MFA in Spanish Creative Writing, University of Iowa
May 1, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
University Club
"Celebrating Hispanic Comics in Academia"
50th Anniversary Reception
Friday, May 1, 2015, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
University Club
Alumni, Colleagues and Friends of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures are invited to join us for the grand finale of the Hispanic 50 th Anniversary. Present and former faculty
and staff members will be in attendance. The program will feature a series of several brief talks and
a poetry reading. Visit www.hispanic.pitt.edu to view the full program. RSVP to [email protected] by
April 1st to confirm your attendance.
Sponsors: Roggiano Fund, Center for Latin American Studies,
John Beverley, Borges Center
www.hispanic.pitt.edu