10/05/2016
Join us for our panel discussion TODAY w/ John Gibler & Paula Monaco on Journalism of Empathy & Solidarity in Mexico from 3:30-5 in SAC 300!
Provides students with the theoretical foundation in Hispanic literary and cultural studies.
The Department prides itself on its small classes and warm, friendly atmosphere
in which interaction between faculty and students is encouraged. In and out of
class, students enjoy an open and supportive environment. In addition to the
Master's program, graduate certificates of advanced studies
may be obtained. For information contact the Director of Graduate Studies,Dr. Silvia Nagy-Zekmi
10/05/2016
Join us for our panel discussion TODAY w/ John Gibler & Paula Monaco on Journalism of Empathy & Solidarity in Mexico from 3:30-5 in SAC 300!
10/04/2016
Hispanic Heritage Celebration events continue on campus this week and we hope that you can join us for our last event before the fall break!
Wednesday, October 5
3:30-5:00pm
SAC 300
Panel Discussion: "Journalism of Empathy and Solidarity in Mexico: A Conversation with John Gibler and Paula Mónaco".
John Gibler, journalist and writer. He is the author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt (2009), To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (2011), Tzompaxtle: La fuga de un guerrilero (2014) and Historia oral de la infamia (2016).
Paula Mónaco Felipe, journalist and writer. Her current book Ayotzinapa: horas eternas (2016) recovers the identity of 43 disappeared students, their families and their lives before they were disappeared by state authorities in Iguala, Guerrero in 2014.
09/30/2016
MONDAY (10/3): Join us for a screening of “Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime” by Xavier Robles 5:30-8:00pm in Driscoll Hall 132! See our poster for more info!
09/29/2016
NEXT WEEK: Join us for the following Hispanic Heritage events - Monday (10/3) a Film Screening & Wednesday (10/5) a Panel Discussion! See our posters for more info!
09/29/2016
TONIGHT (9/29): Join us for a book presentation: “Del Internet a las calles: " (in English) 4:30-6:00pm in SAC 300!
See our poster for more info!
09/22/2016
On Monday, October 3, join us for a film screening of “Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime” by Xavier Robles
5:30-8:00pm
Driscoll Hall 132
The documentary depicts the criminal complicity of the police and military authorities in the enforced disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.
09/22/2016
A WEEK FROM TODAY: Thursday, September 29
Join us for a book presentation: “Del Internet a las calles: , una opción alternativa de hacer política” (in English). Edited by Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández, Villanova University. Comments by the editor and Aurelia Gómez Unamuno (Haverford College).
4:30-6:00pm
SAC 300
The manuscript explores the connections between traditional activism and cyberactivism, in the case of , a student movement that emerged in Mexico in the context of the presidential campaign of 2012.
09/15/2016
TONIGHT: Join us for “In Search of Popular Culture in Bolivian Nation Building Process” from 4:30-5:45 in Falvey Library 205!
09/14/2016
TONIGHT join us for the Latin American Studies Open House from 5:00-6:30pm in SAC 300!
09/12/2016
Hispanic Heritage Events this week: Latin American Studies Open House (9/14) & Pop Culture in Bolivia Talk (9/15)! See our posters below for more information! We hope to see you there!
09/12/2016
Over the next three months, we will be celebrating Hispanic Heritage with some wonderful events. Check out our poster below to see what is coming up next!
09/09/2016
The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the Latin American Studies Program present “In Search of Popular Culture in the Bolivian Nation Building Process,” a talk by Dr. Jaime Omar Salinas Zabalaga (Villanova University). THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH 4:30-5:45PM IN FALVEY LIBRARY ROOM 205
The presentation explores how popular culture in Bolivia emerges as a voice that is actively and subversively involved in the building of the nation. We hope to see you there!