We are delighted to announce that this year's Winter lecture Series will be given by Dr. Wojciech Tokarz,
'“Indians” and Democracy: Indigenous Argentineans and Post-Dictatorship Culture'
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.
With keynote speaker Dr. James Skidmore, Director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies
New approaches to teaching cultural studies online
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.
We will be watching "Y tú mamá también." The audience will follow two friends as they compete for the affection of the same woman who they convince to go with them on the road trip of a lifetime. Did somebody say drama?
There will also be a post-screening discussion by Dr. Mario Boido.
Title: “El nacimiento de una poética transnacional en las obras de Gloria Anzaldúa, Gustavo Pérez Firmat y Susana Chávez-Silverman”
Dr. Remy Attig's guest lecture. He will discuss the concepts of “lengua fronteriza,” Spanglish, contact languages, and how language(s) intersect with identity. The guest lecture will be delivered in Spanish. The Q&A session will be bilingual.
Join is for the viewing, followed by a post-screening discussion with Dr. Mario Boido.
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
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
The Waterloo Region Mayan Project invites you to the presentation of Paulo Rene Estrada.
Paulo is a Guatemalan Human Rights activist.
In his presentation, Paulo will discuss the current human rights situation in Guatemala, and the challenges that the survivor victims of the armed conflict in Guatemala face to access justice for the Human Rights violations.