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Rosalía Cornejo Parriego is Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa. She is the author of La escritura posmoderna del poder and Entre mujeres: Política de la amistad y el deseo en la narrativa española contemporánea, editor of the collection of essays Memoria colonial e inmigración: La negritud en la España posfranquista, and co-editor of the special issue "Queer Space" (RCEH) and the collection of essays Un hispanismo para el siglo XXI. Ensayos de crítica cultural.

We are kicking off our fall term with a Churros & Chat event! Come meet your professors, mingle with students, and most importantly eat some churros! 

Memory, Space, and Territory in Dictatorship-era Chilean Literature

In this presentation, we will read a selection of short texts by Chilean authors published during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship and the following transitional years. We will focus on how each author engages with themes such as memory, space, and territory, and how they represent, from diverse perspectives and experiences, different aspects of the dictatorial period. 

*Presented in Spanish*

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Uncovering Women's Cultural Heritage in Latin American Muralism

This presentation explores some aspects of mural art made by women, and their various forms of representation. It questions whether the construction of an artistic field, made of and by women, allows for the possibility of leaving a mark in art history,
a space where their contribution goes unnoticed even today. It will also establish how women themselves are those who reconstruct
a history that allows them to be made visible in a public and monumental space.

The screening will be preceded by a keynote presentation about the current situation in Venezuela, and how the crisis is affecting neighbouring Latin American countries, delivered by Shiva Mohan, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University. There will be a post-screening Q&A with our guest speaker, Mr. Shiva Mohan, PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier University and Dr. Mario Boido, Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, specialist in Visual culture.

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/202554405 

SPAN 217 Spanish & Latin American Studies Guest

Dr. Mario Boido will be presenting about the current situation of Indigenous Peoples in Argentina, as part of SPAN 217 First Nations, Native Americans, Pueblos Originarios course. Dr. Boido is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies. Dr. Boido’s scholarly work currently concentrates on Argentinean memory and testimony studies.

SPAN 217 Special Event

Please join the Spanish and Latin American Studies Department in welcoming Prof. Lori Campbell, Director, Shatitsirotha Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre. Lori is a 2-Spirit nēhiyaw āpihtāwikosisān iskwew from Treaty 6 territory in kīwētinohk kisiskāciwan with matrilineal ties to mōniyawisākahikanihk. Lori is an intergenerational survivor of the Indian Residential School system and a child from the Sixties Scoop generation.