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CLAS sponsors or cosponsors an extensive series of events on the Latin American and Caribbean region -- including conferences, lectures, films, workshops, art exhibits, musical and dramatic presentations, and an annual folk festival -- that complement the Center's academic programs and serve as outreach to the local community.

Upcoming Special Events

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Monthly Calendar

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Summary of Upcoming Events

Thursday, December 312:30 p.m.526 Cathedral of Learning

Panel Discussion--Colloquium discussion of selected chapters from "In The Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain and Peru"

This is a colloquium or panel discussion built around the visit of Short-Term Fellow, professor Sabine MacCormack (Classics and History, Notre Dame). The discussion will focus on chapters 1 and 5 of her book "In The Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain and Peru".

Responses from University of Pittsburgh professors: Gonzalo Lamana (Hispanic Languages and Literatures), Bruce Venarde (History), and Lara Putnam (History).
Text to be distributed in advance. Email humctr@pitt.edu for a copy of the reading.

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Audience: general public
Cost: free
Announced by: Center for Latin American Studies, and sponsored by the Humanities Center
For more information, contact humctr@pitt.edu

Thursday, December 35:00 p.m.501 Cathedral of Learning

Lecture--"The Poetics of Representation in Viceregal Peru: A Walk Round the Cloister of San Agustin in Lima" a lecture by Sabine MacCormack

A lecture by Short-Term Fellow, Sabine MacCormack, Classics and History Department, University of Notre Dame.
Audience: open to all interested
Cost: free
Announced by: Center for Latin American Studies, and sponsored by the Humanities Center
For more information, contact humanctr@pitt.edu

Friday, December 41:00 p.m.526 Cathedral of Learning

Panel Discussion--Discussion on Jose de Acosta's travel narrative, led by professor Sabine MacCormack

This is a panel discussion built around the visit of Short-Term Fellow, professor Sabine MacCormack (Classics and History, University of Notre Dame). The discussion will focus on Jose de Acosta's travel narratives.

Text to be distributed in advance. Email humctr@pitt.edu for a copy of the reading.

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Audience: open to all interested
Cost: free
Announced by: Center for Latin American Studies, and sponsored by the Humanities Center
For more information, contact humanctr@pitt.edu

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Information from Past Special Events

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