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Early Modern Studies Lecture: Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri

Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri, professor of French at the University of California San Diego, will give a lecture entitled “Ahmad al-Hajarî, Worldmaker.” Zhiri will be hosted at UGA by the Early Modern Studies Research Group, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant-funded research project in the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Matching funds are provided by Franklin College of Arts and…


Guest Lecture: Dr. Liliana Sánchez


Guest Lecture: Dr. Antonio Pedrós‑Gascón

Associate Professor Dr. Antonio Pedrós‑Gascón (Colorado State University), an internationally recognized scholar of Peninsular literature, will deliver a lecture on Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer, one of the key feminist voices of the 19th‑century transatlantic world. Dr. Pedrós‑Gascón currently leads the scholarly edition of Gimeno de Flaquer’s Complete Works, a major contribution to the recovery of this influential yet underrecognized figure…


From Page to Screen: Exploring the Dominican Dream, Identity, Translation, and Film

We will welcome Dominican author and screenwriter Miguel Yarull as our guest speaker. His talk, From Page to Screen: Exploring the Dominican Dream, Identity, Translation, and Film, promises to be a compelling exploration of literature and cinema.


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The Brazilian Identity Puzzle: How Euclides da Cunha Shaped the Perspective on “Sertanejos” through Prejudice—Reframed by João Guimarães Rosa’s Grande Sertão: Veredas, lecture by Dr. Felipe Fiuza

The Brazilian Identity Puzzle: How Euclides da Cunha Shaped the Perspective on “Sertanejos” through Prejudice—Reframed by João Guimarães Rosa’s Grande Sertão: Veredas   This presentation explores the contrasting representations of the sertanejo in Euclides da Cunha’s Os Sertões and João Guimarães Rosa’s Grande Sertão: Veredas, through the lens of Embodied Cognition—a concept from cognitive science that posits human thought is…


Language Variability in Latin America Talk Series

Dr. Iván Ortega-Santos (University of Memphis) will be the first speaker in this year’s talk series, Language Variability in Latin America, funded by the Willson Center. He will be presenting his current research, titled “Data Reliability and Representativity in Generative Grammar.”  


Presentation by Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo (University of California, Merced)

Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo, who is the top scholar in the field of Latin American Transpacific Studies with 6 books and dozens of articles on the topic, will give a broader presentation on Asian-Latin American cultural relations in a talk entitled: "La literatura asiático-latinoamericana como agente transformador en el marco de los estudios transpacíficos, la literatura mundial y el cosmopolitismo."


Guest Presentation by Dr. Carlos Villacorta (University of Maine)

Dr. Carlos Villacorta will present a talk on "'On the Yellow Shores of My Nation': Body and Nation in the Poetry of José Watanabe"


Dr. Tania Leal (University of Arizona) - Presentation on Second Language Acquisition of French

Dr. Leal will present collaborative research with Elena Shimanskaya (U. Nevada-Reno) on the second language acquisition of French structures by native speakers of Spanish and English. See flyer for link to presentation abstract.
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