Meriendas
The Center's Merienda lectures, held most Thursdays during the fall and spring semesters, provide an opportunity for invited students, faculty, community members and visiting scholars to share their experiences and research in Latin America.
The speakers represent a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Presentations typically last 40-45 minutes and allow for audience questions at the end. A simple lunch of rice and beans is served.
Meriendas take place in Bailey Hall, Room 318 from 12:00-1:00pm.
Spring 2011 Merienda Schedule
January 27: Kiran Jayaram, Ph.D candidate in Applied Anthropology, Columbia University , Teachers College - "The Devil is in the Details: Ignoring Women, Land Tenure, and Sustainable Development after the Earthquakes in Haiti ."
February 3: Erin Sheridan, MA Latin American Studies, KU – “ Brazilian Mega-Events: Considerations of Security and Infrastructure”
February 12: Hispano Duron, PhD candidate Film Media Studies, KU – Contemporary Central American Film: A First View
February 17: Mara Aubel, MA Latin American Studies, KU - "Affirmative Action and Afro-Brazilian Women in Bahia "
February 24: Emily Tummons, Lecturer in Latin American Studies (Kachikel), KU - “So that we don't lose words:” Reconstructing a Kaqchikel medical lexicon
March 3: Anne Egito, PhD candidate in Anthropology, KU - TBA
March 10: Pedro Dos Santos , PhD candidate in Political Science, KU - "The Year of the Woman? The 2010 Brazilian Elections, from President to State Assemblies"
March 31: Emilia Barbosa, PhD candidate in Spanish & Portuguese, KU - "A ‘Creole' Nation: A Trajectory for Angolan Cultural Identity Reevaluation in the Portuguese-Speaking Black Atlantic "
April 7: Clarice Amorim, PhD candidate in Spanish & Portuguese, KU - Between the State and NGOs: Health Care Reform in Post-Civil War Guatemala"
April 14: Veronica Garibotto, Assistant Professor in Spanish & Portuguese, "Time and History in Contemporary Testimonial Film"
April 21: Javier Valerio, Saxophone - Musical Performance, TBA
April 28: Silvia Gonzalez, Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras – The Subsistence of Traditional Health Systems among the Lenca of Honduras
Previous Semesters' Schedules
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