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Homenaje a Fernando Alegría (1918-2005)
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Interocepción insular: Lo patológico en la imaginación literaria del laboratorio Caribe
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibraryInterocepción insular (UNC Press, 2025) examines literary representations of disease and disability to reconceptualize the Hispanic Caribbean as a site of scientific, economic, and political experimentation. Exploring how individuals subjected to various forms of testing—eugenic, medical, neoliberal, or otherwise—hyper-monitor a corporeality that is at once their own and alien. By theorizing the “Caribbean laboratory” as...
Ecos migrantes: Visibilizando la diversidad de las comunidades latinas en California
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibrarySoudi Jiménez cuenta con una larga trayectoria como diplomático (Consulado de El Salvador en Los Ángeles) y como periodista en múltiples medios de comunicación (Radio World International, Canal 21 de televisión de San Salvador). Desde el año 2012 ejerce como reportero de la sección en español del periódico Los Angeles Times, medio para el que...
La Xirgu: la pelicula
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibraryBarcelona, 1927. Only a few hours remain before Margarita Xirgu is set to premiere "Mariana Pineda" written by then-unknown Federico Garcia Lorca. The authorities threaten her with prison or exile if she dares to stage this libertarian play. Yet nothing seems to shake her determination, Until her friend and mentor, Valle-Inclán, also turns against her.
Fiebre de carnaval: una conversación con Yuliana Ortiz Ruano
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibraryYuliana Ortiz Ruano is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer, poet, and teacher, as well as a DJ of Afro-Caribbean music. She has published several books of poetry and prose, including the multi award-winning Fiebre de carnaval (Carnaval Fever), which was chosen as one of the 50 best books of 2022 by El País. She is also the...
UC Basque 1ST Annual Conference What Are Baque Studies?
Rolfe Hall 1301 345 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe UC Basque Research Group, founded in Spring 2025, brings together more than a dozen scholars and practitioners across the University of California and other institutions whose work links Basque language, culture, and global inquiry. Its Steering Committee includes Iker Arranz Otaegui (UCLA) with a background in contemporary Cultural Studies applied to the Basque case;...
“Ojalá Supieras” Documentary
Rolfe Hall 1301 345 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAOjalá Supieras is an immersive documentary that recovers the marginalized history of Islam in colonial Mexico. Using unpublished manuscripts, inquisitorial trials, and carefully reconstructed visual representations, the film reveals the silenced voices of people accused of crypto-Islam and persecuted for their faith. This work challenges the traditional historical narrative and shows how diverse communities—Muslim, Jewish,...
2026 Distinguished Alumni Lecture
Note: This event is RSVP only Please join us in honoring the 2026 UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award recipient Dr. Claudia Mesa Higuera, Professor of Spanish at Moravian University. The 2026 Distinguished Alumni Lecture topic is “Castillo Solórzano, Rubens, and a Theater on Brushstrokes." Soon after the famous battle of Nördlingen (1634),...
A Conversation with Dr. Paula M. Krebs
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibraryPaula M. Krebs became executive director of the Modern Language Association in August 2017. She administers the programs, governance, and business affairs of the association and is general editor of the association’s publishing and research programs, as well as editor of two association publications. She serves as an ex officio member of all committees and...
El gesto y la razón: La teoría de los medios de Simón Rodríguez
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen LibraryEl pensador sudamericano Simón Rodríguez (1769-1854), recordado como maestro de Simón Bolívar, desarrolló en su obra un proyecto pedagógico y político para fundar las nuevas repúblicas sudamericanas. Para presentarla, utilizó singulares composiciones tipográficas que configuran un modo alternativo de escritura. Esta charla explora la imbricación entre educación, republicanismo y experimentación escritural, y sus implicaciones teóricas....
Santa Zeta: A Film by Antonio Muñoz de Mesa
Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library Rolfe Hall 4302, Lydeen Library“Santa Zeta is not about revenge. It is about survival. About trauma that never disappears, only mutates. About how violence replicates itself when it is ignored. And about the uncomfortable idea that, in a world addicted to images, visibility can both protect and destroy us. Santa Zeta is a film that moves fast, hits hard,...