The UBC and SFU Latin American Studies Programs, UBC Department of History, UBC French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, the Belkin Art Gallery, and the Liu Research Group on Gender and Sexuality in Latin America invite you to a:
Latin American Studies Research Workshop
Friday, December 2: Multipurpose room and 3rd floor Boardroom
Saturday, December 3: Seminar Room 121
Featuring work by:
Gabriela Aceves (History, UBC), Paulo Amaral (History, UBC), Oralia Gómez-Ramírez (Anthropology, UBC), Maritza Montaño González (French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, UBC), Naayeli Ramírez Espinosa (Law, UBC), Tucker Sharon (History, UBC), Manuela Valle (Women’s and Gender Studies, UBC), Ana Vivaldi (Anthropology, UBC), and Rafael Wainer (Anthropology, UBC).
With commentary from:
Onur Bakiner (International Studies, SFU), Jon Beasley-Murray (French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, UBC), Max Cameron (Political Science, UBC), Alexander Dawson (History, SFU) Rita De Grandis (French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, UBC), Gastón Gordillo (Anthropology, UBC), Shaylih Muehlmann (Anthropology, UBC), Pilar Riaño-Alcalá (Social Work, UBC), and Jennifer Spear (History, SFU).
Friday, December 2, 2011:
11:30am-12:30pm: “Challenges and Conundrums of Latin American Studies.” An informal conversation led by Manuel Piña (Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, UBC)
12:30pm-5pm: Graduate Student Workshop
5pm-7pm: Reception at the Belkin Art Gallery, hosted by Shelly Rosenblum, and tour of Luis Camnitzer’s exhibit by Antonio Fernández (Art History, Visual Art, and Theory, UBC)
Saturday, December 3, 2011:
11am-6pm: Graduate Student Workshop
Venues: Workshop and information conversation will take place at the Liu Institute for Global Issues (6476 NW Marine Drive). Reception will be at the Belkin Art Gallery (1825 Main Mall).
Workshop paper and schedule available online.
Lunch and coffee breaks will be served.
Limited seats, please register by November 28.
Convenors of this event: Professor Alejandra Bronfman (History, UBC), and Liu Scholars Tucker Sharon, Oralia Gómez-Ramírez, Rafael Wainer, Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan, Ana Vivaldi, and Manuela Valle.
This workshop is kindly sponsored by the Liu Institute for Global Issues, the UBC and SFU Latin American Studies programs, the UBC History and Anthropology departments, and the Belkin Art Gallery.