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  • Conference: George Ticknor ('1807) and his Legacy in the 21 st century.

    October 21, 2019

    Ticknor greatly contributed to strengthening the study ofmodern languages and literatures and their inclusion in the Harvard curriculum, a consequential stepthat was followed by the most prominent institutions of higher education in the US during the 19 th andearly 20 th centuries. Some of his works include his lecture on “The Best Methods of Teaching the LivingLanguages” (1832) and his monumental History of Spanish Literature, 3 vols. (1849).

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  • Day of the Dead Offering

    October 15, 2019

    La Casa with the support of Leslie Center and LLC planed a series of activities and workshops around -Latinx month- and November 1st and 2nd “Day of the Dead.” The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students and community members to understand and learn about social justice through the Day of  the Dead celebration

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  • Binding Memories at the LSA+ in Brazil

    October 4, 2019

    During their stay in São Paulo, LSA+ students captured their experiences through creative writing. Also, they collectively constructed a visual narrative of their time in Brazil as part of a photograph workshop led by photographer Rafael Roncato. As a culminating experience, they put all this fabulous material together in a publication titled Quatro cavaleiros no Brasil (Four Knights in Brazil). The books were produced during a workshop with the collective Dulcineia Catadora, the first Brazilian “cartonera” (cardboard publishing) initiative. The “catadoras” from Dulcineia are women who work in recycling and who, since 2007, generate extra income by publishing hand-made books.  

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  • Brazil Under Bolsonaro: Culture Wars in a Fragile Democracy

    October 4, 2019

    Please join us in this public lecture, "Brazil under Bolsonaro: culture war in a fragile democracy," by Kai Michael Kenkel (Institute of International Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro). This talk will discuss the current political and socioeconomic situation in Brazil. The focus is on the threat to minority protections, attacks on freedom of expression (including academic freedom), and politically motivated budget cuts in a context of severe economic inequality. 

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