Everyone, regardless of language level, is welcome to weekly virtual Spanish conversations hosted by the Department of Romance Studies. This is an opportunity for students of all levels to practice Spanish, make new friends and hear from a special guest … Read more
This screening will be split over two days: Thursday, December 3, and Friday, December 4. Part I of the film will be shown on December 3, and part II will be shown on December 4. Both screening events will start … Read more
This talk first explores the Anthropocene as a disaster generating learning environments oriented around an energy aesthetics that critiques and finds more equitable alternatives to the capitalist economy of use and exchange and colonial-race violence. It then studies Etel Adnan’s … Read more
On February 3 at 4:00 p.m., the Institute for the Study of the Americas, the Department of Romance Studies, and the Department of Linguistics will host Jim Michnowicz, professor of Hispanic linguistics at North Carolina State University, as part of … Read more
Join the UNC-PRAGDA Film Festival on February 3 at 7:00 p.m. for a screening of the film Ciro and Me, directed by Miguel Salazar. This film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles. Ciro Galindo was born on August … Read more
Join the UNC-PRAGDA Film Festival on February 9 at 9:00 p.m. for a screening of the film The Guardians, directed by Ben Crosbie. This film is about an indigenous Mexican community and millions of monarch butterflies are under threat of … Read more
Join the UNC-PRAGDA Film Festival on February 12 at 7:00 p.m. for a screening of the film Un Traductor, directed by Rodrigo Barriuso and Sebastian Barriuso. Un Traductor will be shown in Spanish and Russian with English subtitles. Based on … Read more
On February 17 at 4:00 p.m., the Institute for the Study of the Americas, the Department of Romance Studies, and the Department of Linguistics will host Kim Potowski, professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Chicago, as part … Read more
On March 4 at 4:00 p.m., the Institute for the Study of the Americas, the Department of Romance Studies, and the Department of Linguistics will host Sara Beaudrie, associate professor of Spanish borderlands at Arizona State University, as part of … Read more
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso Young Salvatore Di Vita discovers the perfect escape from life in his war-torn Sicilian village: the Cinema Paradiso movie house, where projectionist Alfredo instills in the boy a deep love of films. When Salvatore grows up, falls … Read more
