Center for Latin American Studies
Updates
For other information and events, please visit our calendar at http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/calendars (January 2015 Calendar).
UPDATES
The Humanities Center at the University of Pittsburgh
presents
A Symposium: "Mere" Comparisons: Theory and Methodology from a Global Perspective
Lectures by
Joseph Slaughter (Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University)
with response by Molly Warsh (Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
Natalie Melas (Associate Professor of Comparative Literatures, Cornell University)
with response by Diego Holstein (Assistant Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh)
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015
Time: 5:45 p.m.
Location: Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning
The “global turn” of recent years has brought to the fore theoretical and methodological questions about the implications of working across regions in both the humanities and social sciences. A broadening of scope necessitates comparison, and comparison--as has been amply argued--is never ideologically neutral. These questions are germane not just to fields centered on comparison, as in Comparative Literature, but also to the wide range of disciplines that have sought to respond to critical models that foreground the “global” (particularly in response to globalization), “world” (whether world systems or World Literature), or “transnational” (as in Paul Gilroy’s model of the Black Atlantic, Indian Ocean Studies, and transoceanic frameworks). In literary studies, scholars generally take one of two approaches: the interrogation of comparison itself, or, the examination of the comparability of two or more regions or bodies of literature. This symposium will juxtapose these two strategies in order to interrogate the philosophical underpinnings of comparison as well as explore its utility when working across the often-marginalized areas of the globe.
Organized by Magalí Armillas-Tyseyra (Humanities Center 2014-2015 Early Career Fellow) and Gayle Rogers (Associate Professor of English)
For more information contact: humctr@pitt.edu
This symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, boundary 2, the World History Center, the Global Studies Center, the Graduate Program for Cultural Studies, and the departments of Hispanic Languages & Literatures, French & Italian Languages & Literatures, History of Art & Architecture, History, and English.
Film Screening and Discussion: Mala Mala
with Co-Directors Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini
Date: Friday, February 6, 2015
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: 1500 Posvar Hall
For more information contact: kcperez@pitt.edu
Free and open to the public.
Celebrated by critics as a “landmark” achievement and “must-see” entertainment, “Mala Mala” is the first feature film ever to tell the story of the transsexual community in Puerto Rico. The movie will be followed by a discussion with Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini, co-directors of the film.
Sponsored by The Department of Hispanic Language and Literatures, Professor John Beverley, Professor Dan Balderston, Center for Latin American Studies, Humanities Center, Film Studies, Center for Global Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
A Night of Tango with Puerto Sur Trio
Date: Friday, February 6, 2015
Time: 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Frick Fine Arts Auditorium- University of Pittsburgh.
For more information: Diana Shemenski, dms180@pitt.edu or visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/419927414843071/
Free and open to the public!
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Save the date
35th Annual Latin American & Caribbean Festival
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Time: Noon to 10:00 p.m.
Location: 1st Floor—Galleria—Posvar Hall
Free and open to the public!
For registration and more information: http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/festival or contact: Diana Shemenski at dms180@pitt.edu
Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and Med Health Services & Pittsburgh Cardiovascular Institute.
Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)
University Center for International Studies
University of Pittsburgh
4200 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Office: 412-648-7392
Fax: 412-648-2199
No hay comentarios.:
Publicar un comentario