Juan Villoro is Mexico's most prolific, prize-winning author, playwright, journalist, and screenwriter. His books have been translated into multiple languages. Several of his books have appeared in English, including his celebrated 2016 essay collection of soccer brought out by Restless Books, God Is Round. Villoro lives in Mexico City and has been a visiting lecturer at...
FEBRUARY 28 & MARCH 2 2023 THE MANY SIDES OF PAGU — AN ONLINE AND TRILINGUAL EVENT ZOOM ID: 965 449 2228 PARTICIPANTS Abe Kassis Adriana Armony Andrew M. Edwards Brenda Saraí Jaramillo Fabrícia Walace Gabriela Cruz Ícaro Carvalho Inês Forjaz de Lacerda Patrícia Lino Raquel Campos Raquel Zandomeneghi Yasmin Zandomenico
Ellipsis is structure and meaning without form. In spoken languages, it is silence whose meaning must be recovered from a linguistic antecedent in the discourse. This talk proposes a new perspective on ellipsis based on a novel investigation of Spanish and Kaqchikel, a Mayan language of Guatemala. The unresolved question regarding ellipsis that I address...
El juez Miguel Ángel Gálvez ha sido parte fundamental de los esfuerzos relacionados con la justicia transicional en Guatemala. Algunos de los casos más destacados en los que ha participado incluyen el juicio por genocidio contra Efraín Ríos Montt (2013), el juicio por corrupción contra el expresidente Otto Pérez Molina (2015), así como el caso...
UCLA’s Indigenous Language Quechua/Kichwa Program from the Spanish and Portuguese Department, in collaboration with the newly founded Andean Student Alliance (ASA), invites you to attend this year’s academic and cultural event, "A Day of the Andes at UCLA." As the “Decade of the International Indigenous Languages” has begun, this event aims to celebrate Indigenous women...
El Programa de Lengua Indígena Quechua/Kichwa de UCLA del Departamento de Español y Portugués, en colaboración con la recién fundada Alianza de Estudiantes Andinos/Andean Student Alliance (ASA), les invitamos a asistir al evento académico y cultural de este año, "Un Día de los Andes en UCLA". Con el inicio de la “Década de las Lenguas...
(Presentation in Spanish) Como parte de una serie de presentaciones en distintos foros de la ciudad de Los Ángeles, así como su participación durante este año en varias ferias de libro en México, las escritoras Ana Fuente, Elma Correa y Nylsa Martínez ofrecerán una conversación a la comunidad de UCLA. Las tres autoras forman parte...
La Universidad de Guadalajara, la Catedra Latino Americana, "Julio Cortazar" del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, la University of Guadalajara Foundation USA y el Departamento de Español y Portugues de la Universidad de California, Los Angeles invitan a la conferencia magistral. Mayores informes: catedra.juliocortazar@academicos.udg.mx RSVP: https://forms.gle/fniQJur3Zvb5B9eVA
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese invites you to: "The Chile Project: The Story of The Chicago Boys and The Downfall of Neoliberalism" A Book Presentation by Sebastian Edwards Distinguished Professor of International Economics UCLA Anderson School of Management Date: Friday, June 2nd 2023 Time: 3:30PM Location: Lydeen Library, Rolfe Hall 4302
The Mexican poet, essayist, editor, translator, and critic Adolfo Castañón will be joining a Spanish & Portuguese graduate seminar taught by Maarten van Delden as a guest speaker. The session will take place via ZOOM on Tuesday, October 10, from 3:00 – 5:50 pm PST (4:00 – 6:50 pm Mexico City time) with a 15-minute...
As part of the series "El Mar y sus Metáforas", Prof. Jimena Rodriguez invites guest speaker Prof. Elizabeth Davis (The Ohio State University) to speak on "The Castaway’s Bond: Shipwreck and Survival from Renaissance Poetry to the Fourth Genre" event held on October 23rd, 2023, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in Rolfe Hall 4302...
Miguel Ángel Oxlaj Cúmez is a Maya-Kaqchikel poet, writer, and scholar. He is the author of the novella Ru taqikil ri Sarima' / La misión del Sarima', a short story compilation (Mitad mujer/Nik'aj Ixöq) and a poetry collection (Xti Saqirisan Na Pe/Planicie de olvido). He has been awarded with the B'atz' Price for Indigenous Literatures...