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The 20th Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium

The 20th Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium
March 31 - April 1, 2017
12:00AM - 12:00AM
TBA

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Add to Calendar 2017-03-31 00:00:00 2017-04-01 00:00:00 The 20th Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium The 20th Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies SymposiumMarch 31 - April 1, 2017The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Annual SymposiumPlease contact the co-organizers for more information: Eric Garn and Olivia CosentinoMeet our incredible keynote speakers:Dr. Ana Paula Ferreira holds an MA in Hispanic Literatures and a PhD in Luso-Brazilian Literatures from New York University. She is currently Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Minnesota. She specializes in Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, critical race studies, feminist and gender studies, and colonial/postcolonial studies. In 2015, she co-edited New Portuguese Letters to the World – International Reception. Taking a feminist approach, this book maps the reception of Maria Isabel Barreno’s New Portuguese Letters (1972) in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, the UK, Ireland, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia.Dr. Paul Julian Smith (Ph.D. University of Cambridge) is currently Distinguished Professor of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at CUNY- The Graduate Center. Dr. Smith has published 13 books and numerous scholarly articles on Mexican and Spanish visual culture and literature. His most recent work on television has been groundbreaking in the field of film and media studies. Dr. Smith’s latest book – Dramatized Societies: Quality Television in Spain and Mexico – will be released early this January 2017. As a hybrid scholar-film critic, Dr. Smith frequents film festivals, often writes film reviews for Sight and Sound and Film Quarterly and is an active tweeter on Twitter (@pauljuliansmith).Call for PapersCall for Papers - CFP OSU Symposium 2017 [PDF] TBA Spanish & Portuguese spanport@osu.edu America/New_York public

The 20th Annual Hispanic and Lusophone Studies Symposium


March 31 - April 1, 2017

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Annual Symposium

Please contact the co-organizers for more information: Eric Garn and Olivia Cosentino

Meet our incredible keynote speakers:


Ana Paula Ferreira's book

Dr. Ana Paula Ferreira holds an MA in Hispanic Literatures and a PhD in Luso-Brazilian Literatures from New York University. She is currently Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Minnesota. She specializes in Portuguese and Brazilian literatures, critical race studies, feminist and gender studies, and colonial/postcolonial studies. In 2015, she co-edited New Portuguese Letters to the World – International Reception. Taking a feminist approach, this book maps the reception of Maria Isabel Barreno’s New Portuguese Letters (1972) in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, the UK, Ireland, the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Scandinavia.


Dr. Paul Julian Smith (Ph.D. University of Cambridge) is currently Distinguished Professor of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at CUNY- The Graduate Center. Dr. Smith has published 13 books and numerous scholarly articles on Mexican and Spanish visual culture and literature. His most recent work on television has been groundbreaking in the field of film and media studies. Dr. Smith’s latest book – Dramatized Societies: Quality Television in Spain and Mexico – will be released early this January 2017. As a hybrid scholar-film critic, Dr. Smith frequents film festivals, often writes film reviews for Sight and Sound and Film Quarterly and is an active tweeter on Twitter (@pauljuliansmith).

Call for Papers

PDF iconCall for Papers - CFP OSU Symposium 2017 [PDF]