Listening with the Eyes Conference
Open to the public. Priority registration to join us for lunch on Friday has closed, but you can still join us for refreshments and to attend talks both days!
Talks will be delivered in the language of the presentation title. We welcome both English and Spanish for the Q&A discussion.
Program: Friday, October 14
Buchanan Tower 726
Session 1 (10:00-10:50AM)
Azucena Hernández, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Arizona State University
“Las figuras del ruido en En tierra yankee (Notas a todo vapor) (1895) de Justo Sierra”
Session 2 (11:00-11:50AM)
Carlos Abreu Mendoza, Associate Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture, Texas State University
“Sound, Noisy Feelings, and the Audible Sublime in Nineteenth-Century Latin America”
Lunch (Noon-1:00PM): Open to presenters and audience. You must register in order to reserve a space at lunch!
Session 3: 1:00-1:50PM
Joe Wager, PhD Candidate in Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Stanford University & Daniel Hernández, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, Wesleyan University
“The Sound of Wind Farming: Rethinking Clean Energy with Wayuu Cultural Practices”
Program: Saturday, October 15
Buchanan Tower 726
Session 4 (10:30AM-11:20AM)
Pamela Zamora, PhD student, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
“Sonoridades de posguerra centroamericana en Baile con serpientes (1996) de Horacio Castellanos Moya”
Session 5: 11:30AM-12:20PM
Anke Birkenmaier, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington
“Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive and the Sonic Registers of Literary Activism”
12:30PM: Post-conference beer and apps at Koerner’s Pub… First round on Tamara!
Presenters, Contributors to the Issue
- Anke Birkenmaier, Professor, Indiana University
- Luís Calí, performance artist, Música Maya Aj, Guatemala & Rita Palacios, Professor, Conestoga College Ontario & Paul Worley, Associate Professor, Western Carolina University
- Ana Cecilia Calle, Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
- Erin Graff Zivin, Professor, University of Southern California
- Azucena Hernández, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
- Daniel Hernández, Visiting Assistant Professor & Wesleyan University; Joseph Wager, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
- Carlos Abreu Mendoza, Associate Professor, Texas State University
- Victor Sierra Matute, Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY
- Pamela Quesada Zamora, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
Organizers & Chairs, Issue Editors
- Tamara Mitchell, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
- Amanda M. Smith, Associate Professor, University of California Santa Cruz
Location of Conference: All sessions will occur in 726 Buchanan Tower, a quick walk from Gage Suites. The Conference is hosted by the Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies.
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Presentadores, colaboradores
- Anke Birkenmaier, Indiana University
- Luís Calí, artista, Música Maya Aj, Guatemala & Rita Palacios, Conestoga College Ontario & Paul Worley, Western Carolina University
- Ana Cecilia Calle, Wake Forest University
- Erin Graff Zivin, University of Southern California
- Azucena Hernández, Arizona State University
- Daniel Hernández, Wesleyan University; Joseph Wager, Stanford University
- Carlos Abreu Mendoza, Texas State University
- Victor Sierra Matute, Baruch College, CUNY
- Pamela Quesada Zamora, University of British Columbia
Organizadoras y moderadoras, editoras de la edición
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- Tamara Mitchell, University of British Columbia
- Amanda M. Smith, University of California Santa Cruz
El congreso tomará lugar en la sala 726 del 7o piso de Buchanan Tower, la que queda cerca de Gage Suites. El Departmento de French, Hispanic & Italian Studies les da la bienvenida a Vancouver.