PIGOTT HALL, ROOM 216 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Speakers: Héctor Hoyos and Patricia Valderrama (Stanford, Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Comparative Literature) ILAC Professor Héctor Hoyos inaugurated the research group by presenting a draft of a book chapter on food in the work of Cuban novelist Antonio José Ponte. Graduate student coordinator […]

PIGOTT HALL, ROOM 216 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Guest speaker: Craig Epplin (Portland State University, Spanish) Walking is integral to the practices of Belgian-born, Mexico City-based artist Francis Alÿs. His transient performances model the creation of ephemeral places, outlined by the limited reach of the human body and a few material extensions -- […]

PIGOTT HALL, ROOM 216 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Speakers: Ximena Briceño and Monica VanBladel (Stanford, Iberian and Latin American Cultures) ILAC Lecturer Ximena Briceño and graduate student coordinator Monica VanBladel introduced our quarterly theme of animal studies with reading selections by Jacques Derrida and Donna Haraway. Briceño discussed her research on animality in […]