Brown Bag Events
| Brown Bag Series consists in a series of events sponsored by HIA that occur at noon. This is an informal, yet academic lecture on topics from diverse disciplines related to the Hemisphere. You can bring your lunch in a brown bag and/or enjoy some light refreshments. Currently, Brown Bag Events consist of: In-House Talent Series which invites UCD faculty and students to present on diverse topics. This series allows our UCD academic community to hear and learn from many faculty and students who study the Hemisphere from different angles. |
Past Brown Bag Events 2007-2008
| Wed, Nov 28 Pablo Ortiz (Music) “The Finnish Tango and Beyond” Pablo Ortiz, composer and recipient of many international artistic honors, will discuss his eight year collaboration with Finnish star cellist Anssi Karttunen, and their compositions, Buenos Aires “Water Tango” and other productions. |
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| Fri, Jan 13 Silvana de Paula (Sociology) From the Institute for Research of the State of Rio de Janeiro) The Migration that Speaks Portuguese in California Fieldwork Notes |
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Wed, Feb 13 Natalia Deeb-Sossa (Sociology) ”Difficulties Accessing: Sexual and Reproductive Health in North Carolina: Latinas’ Stories and Photographs" Natalia is a native of Colombia and a sociologist who works broadly on the relationship of race and ethnicity with privilege and power. Some of her recent work includes race and ethnicity as factors in the provision of healthcare in the U.S. |
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| Wed, April 16 Claudia Darrigrandi (Spanish) "Latin American Urban Representations” Claudia is a graduate student of Latin American Literature, dedicated to the representations of Latin American cities and urban figures. In her dissertation, Claudia examines the construction of urban identities and representations of Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires from 1880 to 1935. Within a historical and cultural perspective, she studies the relationship between urban subjects (dandies, flâneurs, flâneuses, vagrants and prostitutes) and the city using literary and visual discourses. |
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| May 21 Jelmer Eerkens (Anthropology) “Mining and Pigment Production in Ancient Nasca Society” Ancient Nasca societies are famous for their polychrome pots and geoglyphs (AKA "Nasca lines"). While much is known about Nasca iconography, little research has focused on the more technological aspects related to the production of these images. Jelmer's recent research has focused on the mining and processing of mineral resources, especially pigments, and how these activities were organized within Nasca societies. |
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