CLA: Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies

Professor Amy Kaminsky is a professor of Global Studies and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, and she is also a member of the graduate faculty of Spanish and Portuguese Studies. She specializes in Latin American literature and film, and she teaches and writes about them in relation to theories of sexuality, gender, race, and nation. Her teaching style is informal, and she encourages independent, courageous thinking. If you'd like to read an article she wrote about one of the movies we'll be discussing, click on this link: Garage Olimpo

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Fall 2009: Colloquia Series
Interdisciplinary Graduate Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice.
Free and open to the public. Food will also be served!

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Congratulations to all the graduate students who received awards to conduct research, travel, deliver papers at national and international conferences. Click on the title of this post to see the entire list.

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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies extends its warmest congratulations to all graduate students who successfully completed exams this academic year!

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Visiting Professor Jaime Ginzburg will be delivering a series of lectures on Critical Theory. This is an extracurricular activity in connection with the research interests of graduate students from our Department. The meetings will be conducted in English. The subjects may be related to Latin American intellectuals and writers of interest to students in Spanish and Portuguese.

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Spanish 5526/Fall 2009Global Colonial Studies in the Hispanic World, 1492-1600

Thursday 2:30-5:00 pm. Professor: Raúl Marrero-Fente
FFI: rmarrero@umn.edu

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Critical Theory Lecture Series for Graduate Students

Visiting Professor Jaime Ginzburg, will be delivering a series of lectures on Critical Theory. This is an extracurricular activity in connection with the research interests of graduate students from our Department. The meetings will be conducted in English. The subjects may be related to Latin American intellectuals and writers of interest to students in Spanish and Portuguese.

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