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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.

Spanish & Portuguese Research Group (SPRG) Forum

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sprg-sm.jpgFriday, 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!

TrevathanHispanic 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.

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.


Spanish & Portuguese Research Group (SPRG) Forum

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sprg.jpgFriday, 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.

Representing Genocide: Media, Law and Scholarship

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RepresentingGenocide.jpgA 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.

A Lecture with Modesto Milanés from Cuba

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"Virgilio Piñera o el poder de la ficción"
Thursday, April 11 at 4:00 p.m.
The Upson Room - 102 Walter Library
firma_virgilio_A.jpg On the occasion of the centenary of Cuban author Virgilio Piñera's birth, Modesto Milanés explores the thematic and stylistic lines of development of Piñera's narrative oeuvre over the trajectory of his four-decade career.

2013 Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Conference (UIC)

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April 4th & 5th, 2013

9:00am - 5:00pm
1210 Heller Hall

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join us for the First Annual Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Conference (UIC), hosted by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and the Institute for Global Studies.

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Spanish & Portuguese Research Group (SPRG) Forum

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sprg.jpgFriday, March29th
Folwell 317
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Two Ph.D. Candidates in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, John Trevathan and Megan Corbin, will give presentations on their research.

Symposium and Theater Festival. University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, March 7-9, 2013

March 7th 10:00am-1:15pm - University International Center, Room 101
March 8th 10:00am-12:45pm - Regis Center for the Arts, Influx Space (U of M)
March 8th 7:00pm-8:00pm - College of St. Benedict/St. John's University

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