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Conferences and Colloquia
2005-2006

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Hispanic Linguistics Colloquium, Autumn 2005 to Spring 2006
Talks by invited speakers and local graduate students and faculty. Coordinator: Prof. Terrell Morgan.

IX Annual Ohio State University Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Linguistics, and Cultures, April 28, 2006
Organized by the graduate students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Organizers: Alejandra González-Pérez and Antonio Pedrós-Gascón.

XVII International Symposium on Latin American Indian Literatures - LAILA, May 11-13, 2006
The traditional focus of LAILA is Latin American indigenous issues, however this symposium will offer a comparative approach. The organizers are interested in comparing the literary and cultural productions of Native Americans (USA), First Peoples (Canada), and Latin American indigenous peoples. Organizers: Dr. Maureen Ahern and Dr. U. Juan Zevallos-Aguilar.

2006 Summer Major Media Workshops for Teachers, June 12 - 23
This workshop integrates technological literacy into multimedia training. Topics covered include: media, visual, film, and informational literacies and cultures; culture-specific Internet and audio-visual resources, audio/visual capturing and editing, photo-editing, Web site design and production. Readings will address both theoretical and practical concerns with respect to major media. In addition, the workshop participants explore formal operations and reception, in both the target culture and abroad, of each new medium, and create content-based, on-line modules, for eventual classroom application. Coordinator: Dr. Jan Macian.