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Hispanic Linguistics Ph.D. Candidate John Trimble will be presenting his doctoral dissertation research Acquiring variable L2 Spanish intonation in a study abroad context. His dissertation follows the L2 (second language) Spanish intonation and social interactions of study abroad participants as they spend a semester in the Venezuelan Andes, a dialect of Spanish known for its distinct absolute interrogative intonation. This public presentation will be part of John's doctoral final exam.

Friday, June 7th
11:00 a.m.
Folwell 120
Free of charge. Everyone welcome.

Friday, May 17th
Folwell 317
3:00 to 5:00pm

Portuguese Studies Assistant Professor Sophia Beal will present "Walking All over Brasília: Cultural Texts of the Capital from the 1970s to 2000s" for the final SPRG forum of the academic year. Please join us!

Hispanic Literatures & Cultures Ph.D. Candidate John Trevathan will be presenting his doctoral dissertation research Beyond the Niche: Ecological Cultural Production in the Iberian Peninsula. His dissertation comparatively analyzes regional representations of landscapes in film, poetry, novels, painting and art installations in order to re-think the place of nature in the discourses of Iberian cultural identity. This public presentation will be part of John's doctoral final exam.

Thursday, May 16th
12:30 p.m.
Folwell 121
Free of charge. Everyone welcome.

Hispanic Literatures and Cultures Ph.D. Candidate Daniela Goldfine was recently presented with a teaching award by the Minnesota Student Association and the Council of Graduate Students, after being nominated by her students in Span 3104.

Friday, April 19th
11:00am to 12:30pm
107 Folwell Hall

Please join us for the last HaLLA meeting of the semester, which will include research presentations by linguistics graduate students Ana Burgers and John Trimble.

Friday, April 12th
317 Folwell Hall
3:00 to 5:00pm

Two graduate students in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, Carla Manzoni and Ángela Castro, will give presentations on their research this Friday.

A Symposium created to shed light on the increasing tension between the local and global representations and memories of mass murder.

April 5 & 6, 2013
Friday 9am-6pm
Saturday 9am-3:30pm
Rooms 20 and 50
Mondale Hall-The Law School
Free and open to the public.
Reservations required.

This year, our very own Nico Parmley (a 2012-13 Doctoral Dissertation Fellow) will be discussing his research at the Doctoral Research Showcase! Great job, Nico!

Nico's research is entitled: Imagining the Mediterranean: Disruption and Connectivity in Medieval Iberian Tales of the Sea

The Doctoral Research Showcase event details:

Tuesday, April 9
12:00-2:00pm
Coffman Memorial Union, Great Hall

For more information visit z.umn.edu/drs