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Performance by Paco Díez

On Tuesday, March 1 from 2:00-4:00pm at the Mosher Alumni House, we welcome Paco Díez to perform "Love and Other Affairs: Poetry and Music (Spain, Latin America, Latinx US, Sephardic)."

New Book by Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña

Congratulations to Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña on the publication of his latest book, "Modernidad y sociedad civil. La retórica de Boncompagno da Signa y el nacimiento de la sociedad civil", released by leading academic press Tirant lo Blanch.

Talk by Doctora Reyes

Join us on Thursday, January 27 from 5:00 to 6:15pm over zoom to attend "El Español in the US: Memoria-Resistance," a talk by Doctora Reyes.

Talk by Professor Fernando Nava

Join us on Tuesday, January 25 from 9:30 to 10:45am over zoom to attend "La diversidad lingüística mexicana ejemplificada en canciones," a talk by Professor Fernando Nava.

Staging Solidarity: Rethinking Anti-Franco Protest Songs

Please join us on Tuesday, November 2 from 3:00 to 4:00pm over zoom to attend a presentation by Elia Romera-Figuera (ABD, Duke University): "Staging Solidarity: Rethinking Anti-Franco Protest Songs."

Round Table: "Hispanic Heritage Month & A New History of Iberian Feminism"

Join us on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 5:00pm over zoom for a round table: "Hispanic Heritage Month & A New History of Iberian Feminism."

Talk by Profesor Miguel Bota

Please join us Tuesday, October 5 at 3:00pm over zoom to attend "Zinda. La mirada abolicionista de María Rosa Galvés (1768-1806)," a talk by Profesor Miguel Bota.

Anthology by Professor Sara Poot-Herrera

Congratulations to Professor Sara Poot-Herrera on her anthology, Juglar entre jaguares, a collection of selected works by Juan José Arreola (Villahermosa: Secretaría de Cultura, 2020).