Prize-Winning Uruguayan Scholar to Give Talk on Latin American Cultural Studies
Mabel Moraña of Washington University in St. Louis will present her lecture, "Latin American Cultural Studies: Accomplishments, Shortcomings and New Agendas," at 3 p.m., Friday, April 9.
Her talk will offer a thorough critical reading of key Latin American authors, literary and cultural works from the perspective of current debates. She will explore the connections between Latin American culture, political agency and social change; the role of ideology in the construction of collective imaginaries; the transformation of intellectual work; and the strategies of symbolic representation in literary works.
Moraña is one of today's key thinkers on Latin American cultural studies. Her transdisciplinary research interests reach from colonial times to the present, including the Baroque, nationhood and modernity; cultural criticism and cultural theory; and contemporary Latin American narrative, postcolonial studies, intellectual history, gender and violence.
She has produced more than 30 books on literary criticism, cultural critique, cultural studies and postcolonial topics, including her forthcoming book, Líneas de fuga: migración, forntera y sujeto migrante (Iberoamericana & Universidad Veracruzana, 2021).
Besides her public talk, Moraña will be offering a workshop (Spanish) on a selection of her latest piece via Zoom, Thursday, April 8, at 11 a.m.
The lecture will be held via Zoom and requires pre-registration.
The workshop requires pre-registration as well.
The event is made possible by generous support from the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures; the Latin American and Latino Program; and the Comparative Literature & Cultural Studies Program.
Topics
Contacts
Erika Almenara, assistant professor of Spanish
World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
734-352-1481,
almenara@uark.edu
Headlines
Three Inventions From BioDesign Program Receive Provisional Patents
Interdisciplinary student interns participating in the Northwest Arkansas BioDesign Sprints program have teamed up with clinicians and other healthcare professionals to create three novel inventions.
Cabinet Official Visits Bentonville to Ask Community's Help With Suicide Prevention
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough asked members of the Arkansas community and faith-based groups to join forces in the prevention of veteran suicide.
Ag Communications' Miller Selected for U of A Rome Center Fellowship
Jefferson Miller, U of A professor of agricultural communications, has been named a Research Fellow at the U of A Rome Center and funded through the U of A Graduate School and International Education.
Renowned International Expert to Speak Oct. 5 for Rome Center Speaker Series
Dario Fabbri, a renowned Italian journalist and geopolitics expert, will present on October 5 at 11 a.m. as part of the U of A's Rome Center Speaker Series hosted by the Graduate School and International Education.
Fall Teaching Reception Awardees Recognized at Ceremony
The Faculty Teaching Awards Reception for 2022-23 recognized faculty who have received university-level teaching awards during the previous academic year.