Events

Lifelong Learners Lecture: Day of the dead: How the maya people celebrated death in the past and through the present

Date & Time:

November 1, 2016 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Dr. Alejandra Alonso will present a talk titled Day of the dead: How the maya people celebrated death in the past and through the present as part of the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners (CALL) Latin American Issues series on Nov 1, 1:30-3pm at the Rosedale Community Hall 901 - 11 Ave NW. Free and open to the public.

El Mes de Hispanidad: El caballero don Quijote

Date & Time:

October 28, 2016 | 5:30 pm

Film screenings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra

Marxism and Italian Theory Working Group: A Reading of Negri's EMPIRE

Date & Time:

October 28, 2016 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Drs. Francesca Cadel (LLLC) & Pablo Policzer (LARC, Political Science) are pleased to invite you to the ﬁrst meeting of our CIH Working Group on Marxism and Italian Theory.

Film Series: Los hongos

Date & Time:

October 27, 2016 | 7:00 pm

Join LARC for the second screening of the 2016-17 Film Series with the award-winning film Los hongos (Colombia, 2014) by director Oscar Ruiz Navia. 1hr43mins. Free and open event October 27, 2016 @ 7pm, SS 203.

El Mes de Hispanidad: Quijote cabalgando por el cine

Date & Time:

October 26, 2016 | 5:30 pm

Film screenings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra

El Mes de Hispanidad: Las gallinas de Cervantes

Date & Time:

October 19, 2016 | 5:30 pm

Film screenings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra

Film Series: Documentary

Date & Time:

October 13, 2016 | 7:00 pm

Join LARC for the screening of the documentary Ayotzinapa: Chronicle of a State Crime (Mexico, 2014) by director Xavier Robles, 1hr40mins. Free and open event. In Spanish with English subtitles. October 13, 2016 @ 7pm, SS 203.

El Mes de Hispanidad: Don Quijote de la Mancha (Part 2)

Date & Time:

October 12, 2016 | 5:30 pm

Film screenings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra

Event Cancelled - Hispanic Voices

Date & Time:

October 7, 2016 | 2:00 pm

As part of Wordfest, Author Luis Fabini will be at the University of Calgary to share insights on his book Cowboys of the Americas.

El Mes de Hispanidad: Don Quijote de la Mancha

Date & Time:

October 5, 2016 | 5:30 pm

Film screenings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra

Lifelong Learners Lecture: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938

Date & Time:

October 4, 2016 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

LARC Fellow Dr. Amie Kiddle will present research as part of the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners (CALL) Latin American Issues series on Oct 4 1:30-3pm at the Rosedale Community Hall 901 - 11 Ave NW. Free and open to the public.

Film Series: Betibú

Date & Time:

September 29, 2016 | 7:00 pm

Join LARC for the opening screening of the 2016-17 Film Series with the investigative thriller Betibú (Argentina, 2014) by director Miguel Cohan. 1hr40mins. Free and open event September 29, 2016 @ 7pm, SS 203.

Coffee, Crooks, and Congress: Campesino Politics and Guatemala’s Tumultuous Present

Date & Time:

September 23, 2016 | 12:00 pm

As part of the LARC Speaker Series, Dr. Simon Granovsky-Larsen, University of Regina, will be speaking on post-conflict Guatemala. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.

Cosmogony of the Moriche Flower

Date & Time:

September 20, 2016 | 12:30 pm

LARC and the Venezuela Canadian Association of Calgary will host artist Carlos Betancourt as part of the Venezuela Culture Days. He will share his life experiences with indigenous groups of the Orinoco River, Venezuela, and how his artwork intends to express their vision of the Universe.

Free and open to the public. Presentation will be in Spanish with some English translation.

Conversatorio on the Colombian Peace Accord

Date & Time:

September 15, 2016 | 6:30 pm

LARC will host an information session on the upcoming plebiscite in Colombia. On October 2nd, Colombians will decide whether to approve or reject the historic peace accord between the Colombian Government and the FARC guerrilla group to end half a century of conflict. In this conversatorio, participants will discuss the terms of the peace and agreement and the arising implications. The event is open to the public and audience participation will be highly encouraged.

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