Heavenly Body: A Conversation with Brazilian Actor and Poet Giovanni Venturini

Moderator: Daniel Ferreira da Silva, PhD student

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On November 8th, UGA's Gender History Workshop and the Wilson Center for Humanities and the Arts will be hosting Dr. Robin Mitchell. Dr. Mitchell will give a brief presentation on her research on black women and colonial fantasies in nineteenth century France, followed by a Q & A session.  Please see the attached flier for more information, and a link to register for the event. Any graduate students interested in obtaining a copy of Dr.

Wise's lecture will be hosted 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 Sciences, and the departments of English, History, Romance Languages, and Theatre and Film Studies.

Lecture by Dr. Adele Nelson, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin. 

Milonga Tropical is making a resurgence after a two year hiatus because of COVID. Put your dancing shoes on and join us for social dancing with tango, salsa, bachata and merengue from 7-9p. If you want a free beginner Tango lesson, come from 6-7p. Hotel Indigo, October 28.

Also see live performances by Athens Tango Project, UGA Salsa Club and Dance FX, featuring Stephanie Lynn of Franklin OIT and Dr. Fuad Elhage of the Department of Romance Languages. This cultural event is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome!

Join us for the screening of the movie Portuñol, followed up with a conversation conducted by Fulbright Portuguese Teaching Assistant Kaiane Mendel. This event will be in Portuguese. Everyone is welcome!

This event, part of UGA's Spotlight on the Arts festival and France-Atlanta, presents three movies from the 2021 Young French Cinema program as well as a virtual roundtable discussion with the filmmakers.

Moderated by Laura Vieira, PhD student in Romance Languages, Portuguese. Register for the event.

Luiz Roberto Farias is a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia. He also studied classical guitar and double bass and he plays Brazilian and American music.