Sections
In this section
Hemispheric Institute on the Americas

5211 Social Sciences and Humanities, Davis, CA 95616
Charles Walker (Director)
Christina Siracusa (Program Coordinator)
casiracusa@ucdavis.edu

(530) 752-3046 phone
(530) 752-5655 fax

 
Personal tools

Spring 2008 Archive




Picnic Day Parade





baile
banderas



HIA-sponsored Latin groups dancing in parade.
Many countries were represented.



festival2
festival



Festival Latinoamericano, ChileCAD, UEPAGE and Club Latino
all joined in the festivities.
The youth community participated as well.










Fri, May 2, 3pm
jbJohn Beverley
"The Neoconservative Turn in
Latin American Literary and
Cultural Criticism"








Wed, April 2, noon SSH 5214

Brown Bag Series

Marco Curatola Petrocchi, (History, PUC, Lima)
"La extraña abjuración del último soberano Inca"
(The Strange Abjuration of the Last Inca Sovereign)
Lecture in Spanish
In-House Talent Series/

Brown Bag Series

Wed, April 16, noon, SSH 5214
Claudia Darrigrandi (Spanish Department)
"Latin American Urban Representations"
clau

Wed, April 23, noon SSH 5214

Brown Bag Series

Astrid Stensrud
"Negotiating life through economic
and ritual activities in Cusco, Peru"
astrid










Tue, April 29, noon, SSH 5214
Centolia Maldonado Vásquez and
Bernardo Ramírez Bautista
"Indigenous Mexican Migration to the U.S.
and its Impact on the Communities
of Origin"
Video Presentation:
Mujeres que se organizan avanzan


mujerpublica Mon, May 5, noon, SSH 5214
Julieta Paredes, Bolivian
anarcho-feminist with
Mujeres Creando
"With our bodies and our souls:
thinking feminism from the Andes"

(Presentation in Spanish)

















la

Trailer
Wed, March 5, 7pm, 1322 Storer
Made in L.A.
Documentary Film
Q&A with filmmakers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
la2
 la4
About 150 people came to the viewing of the documentary film.
 Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo, Profesor Almerindo Ojeda and
two representatives from SPEAK inform the audience about
different organizations on campus such as HIA, CSHR and SPEAK.
la3
 la5
Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo answer questions after the viewing.
 More than 100 people stayed for the Q&A after the viewing.



Jan-March, 8am-5pm SSH 5th floor
Photo Exhibition
Natalia Deeb Sossa, Sociology
title





































Feb. 12-April 1, Buehler Alumni Center
and The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center
for the Performing Arts

Photo Exhibition
Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

A compelling look at political violence in Peru between 1980 and 2000.
The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought together
250 photographs in a powerful exhibit.
Now, 40 of these striking and touching photos that shed light
on the human dimensions of a war-torn society will be shown at UCD.

Presented with the support of the
Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas
and the Department of Religious Studies

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
To arrange a guided tour for your class,
contact casiracusa@ucdavis.edu		 yuyanapaq-bandage


















































Yuyanapaq:  Reception and Director's Talk, Tuesday, February 12

y1
 y2
Christina Siracusa, Program Coordinator
 Cristián Castro and HIA Director Charles Walker discuss details about
some photographs.
y4
 y6
UCD Professor Yvette Flores studies the pictures to plan a tour for her class.
 Visitors study the pictures that depict violence in metropolitan areas.
y9
 kim
Norwegian visiting scholar Astrid Bredholt Stensrud visited the exhibit.
 Kim Davis examines one of the photographs.
y7 y8
HIA Director provides context on the origins of the photographic exhibit. Many visitors attended lecture and reception.





Fri, Jan 18, 12-1pm SSH 5214
Brown Bag Series - flyer
silvanaSilvana de Paula, Sociology
Institute for Research of the
State of Rio de Janeiro
The Migration that Speaks Portuguese in California
Fieldwork Notes

Mon, Jan 14, 12-1pm Voorhies 126

bookamericas

Americas' Issues Series- Book presentations

Bettina Ng'weno
(African American and African Studies)
Turf Wars:  Territory and Citizenship in the Contemporary State
Julie Sze
(American Studies)
Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of
Urban Health and Environmental Justice
Zoila Mendoza
(Native American Studies)
Creating Our Own: Folklore, Performance,
and Identity in Cuzco, Peru

Wed, Jan 9, 12-1pm SSH 5214
bookskubanBook presentation
William Skuban, Fresno State University
Lines in the Sand: Nationalism and Identity
on the Peruvian-Chilean Frontier
3-4pm Seminar
"From Grad student to Professor

and from Dissertation to Book"





Wed, Feb 13, noon SSH 5214

Brown Bag Series

Natalia Deeb Sossa, Sociology
”Difficulties Accessing:
Sexual and Reproductive Health
in North Carolina:
Latinas’ Stories and Photographs"


Wed, March 12, 5pm, Instruction Room (Shields)
Library Latin American Cinema Exhibit Series Presentations
Robert McKee Irwin, Spanish
"Latin American Golden Age Film:
Mexico's Role in Shaping a Hemispheric Consciousness"
Ana Peluffo (Spanish)
"Gender and Ethnicity in Lucrecia Martel's La Ciénaga"