Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of our faculty sponsors, Professors Miguel Martínez and Rocco Rubini, it is my pleasure to announce the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop schedule for the fall quarter 2012. All meetings will be held in Wieboldt 207 unless otherwise indicated on the schedule.
October 12-13 2012 8 AM-6 PM
En Route: Journeys of the Body and the Soul in Iberian and Latin American Literatures, a graduate student conference sponsored by the Spanish Graduate Students Committee, the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Division of the Humanities, the Divinity School, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Department of History, the Department of English, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the University of Chicago Student Government and the Medieval Workshop.
Panels for the conference will be held in either the Franke Institute for the Humanities or inside the Regenstein Library.
For more information about the SGSC conference please visit the conference blog which includes information about the conference keynote speakers, the call for papers and the conference program.
http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/sgsc/
Monday October 22 at 4:3o PM
Javier Moscoso, Research Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Spanish National Research Council will present and discuss a book chapter from his latest book entitled: “Pain: A Cultural History”.
Wednesday November 21 at 4:30 PM
Chiara Montanari, Ph.D Candidate in Italian Title TBD.
Wednesday December 5 at 4:30 PM
Javier Irigoyen García, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign will present and discuss a paper entitled: “Moors dressed as Moors: On the Sartorial Revival of Moorish Culture during the rising of the Alpujarras.”
Friday December 7 at noon
Mary Channen Caldwell, Ph.D Candidate in Music History and Theory will present and discuss a paper entitled: “Sing, Dance, Rejoice: Genre, Poetry and Performance in the Latin Refrain Song”. This talk is co-sponsored with the Medieval Workshop.
We look forward to seeing you at our meetings!
Best Regards,
James Nemiroff
Graduate Student Coordinator
Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop
PS: Those requiring assistance to attend these events should contact the Graduate Student Coordinator James Nemiroff at jnemiroff@uchicago.edu.