The French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies Research Seminar presents…
Anna Casas (FHIS), “Masculinities and Self-Writing after Franco”
Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 3-4:30pm
FHIS Departmental Lounge, 7th Floor, Buchanan Tower
All welcome
Contact jon.beasley-murray@ubc.ca or jculbert@mail.ubc.ca for more details or if you have any queries.
The French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies Research Seminar presents…
From Starbucks to Bolaño: A Graduate Student Showcase II
Nayid Contreras, “Exploring Starbucks’ Influence on the Small-Coffee Farmers of Nariño in Colombia”
Juan Hernández, “Mining Literature in Bolivia: Documenting the Hyperobject”
Xana Menéndez, “La construcción del discurso político de Dalí en el Dalí News”
Fabricio Tocco, “Cuerpos femeninos como excedentes productivos en la frontera mexicana-estados unidos”
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FHIS CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES RESEARCH CLUSTER
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 3-5pm
FHIS Departmental Lounge
7th Floor, Buchanan Tower
All welcome. Contact jon.beasley-murray@ubc.ca or jculbert@mail.ubc.ca for more details or if you have any queries.
The French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies Research Seminar presents…
Bill Winder (FHIS), “Insignificant Things Computers can do with Language and Literature”
We are standing on the damp ground of a slow-moving tsunami composed of computer applications. This talk will present a sampling of applications that are already making unnoticed, subtle or seemingly insignificant inroads into our otherwise computer-proof university departments: not the most advanced applications that make the news, such as the android Sophia, AlphaGo, or Watson the Jeopardy whiz, but rather the mundane variety that are already under foot in our classrooms. What do these damp foreshadowings tell us about how deep the water will get?
“Examples of insignificant things computers can do with language and literature, with questions about their significance” (also to be found here)
Screenshots and live links to webpages etc to be discussed in the talk
Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 3-4:30pm
FHIS Departmental Lounge, 7th Floor, Buchanan Tower
All welcome
Contact jon.beasley-murray@ubc.ca or jculbert@mail.ubc.ca for more details or if you have any queries.
The French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies Research Seminar presents…
From Maternity to Madness: A Graduate Student Showcase
Olga Albarrán, “Pro-creación: Discursos de la maternidad en la literatura hispánica contemporánea”
Ricardo García, “Towards a Definition of the Mexican Postnorthern Condition in Carlos Velázquez’s La Biblia Vaquera”
Camilo Monje, “El café literario: símbolo de la vanguardia en Colombia”
Rodolfo Ortiz, “Tres inscripciones en El Loco de Arturo Borda”
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FHIS CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES RESEARCH CLUSTER
Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 3-5pm
FHIS Departmental Lounge
7th Floor, Buchanan Tower
All welcome. Contact jon.beasley-murray@ubc.ca or jculbert@mail.ubc.ca for more details or if you have any queries.