Following the success of our first talk, the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies is excited to announce its second Alumni Series Talk.
Please join Monica Leoni and the SPAN 390 (Introduction to Spanish Business Translation) students for a presentation entitled:
“The View from the Trenches: Freelance Translating Told Like It Is”
Please join Prof Leoni and the SPAN 390 (Introduction to Spanish Business Translation) students for a presentation entitled:
Please join Prof Sillato and the SPAN 400 ( Memories and Representations: Constructive Truths and Competing Realities) students for a conversation (via Skype) with Alicia Partnoy, author of The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival in Argentina (La escuelita: Relatos t
Please join Prof Sillato and the SPAN 400 (Memories and Representations: Constructive Truths and Competing Realities) students for a conversation (via Skype) with Professor Martha Helena Montoya Vélez
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.
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.
Come and practice your Spanish and meet others every Thursday, from September 19 to December 12. Basic understanding is essential, but all levels are welcome. No registration required.
This program is offered in partnership with the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Waterloo