Dissertation defenses: Nora Benedict and Stephanie Gates
Please join us for two dissertation defenses!
Nora Benedict, “The Fashioning of Jorge Luis Borges: Magazines, Books, and Print Culture in Argentina (1930-1951)” (Mount Vernon Room, Alderman library, February 10, 5 p.m).
Stephanie Gates, "¿Cómo queres que nos váyamos?: Geographic Space, Revolution, and Identity in Mid-Twentieth Century Mexico” (Multipurpose room, Southwest wing of the Rotunda, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.)
Congratulations, Nora and Stephanie!
Albert Laguna, "Diversión: Play and Popular Culture in Cuban America"
Please join us on Thursday, February 16 for Albert Laguna's talk on “Diversión: Play and Popular Culture in Cuban America.” Professor Laguna (American Studies, Yale) will speak at 3 pm in the English Department Faculty Lounge (Bryan Hall 299A).
Cosponsored by the Americas Center, Department of Media Studies, and Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Graduation
Finals Weekend 2017 will take place Friday, May 19 through Sunday, May 21. Finals Exercies for the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences will be on Saturday, May 20 and the Lawn Ceremony will start promptly at 10 a.m. (tickets are required). Graduates can pick-up tickets for Final Exercises from the U.Va. Bookstore.
Alumna Tamara Wilkerson Honored in National List of Educators
Congratulations to Tamara Wilkerson! Ms. Wilkerson, who majored in Spanish as an undergraduate student and earned her MAT from the Curry School of Education, was recently named to Forbes Magazine's "30 under 30" list of top professionals in Education in the United States. Ms.
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May 19, 2017
Finals Weekend 2017 will take place Friday, May 19 through Sunday, May 21. Finals Exercies for the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences will be on Saturday, May 20 and the... Read»
Albert Laguna, "Diversión: Play and Popular Culture in Cuban America"
February 16, 2017
Please join us on Thursday, February 16 for Albert Laguna's talk on “Diversión: Play and Popular Culture in Cuban... Read»
Dissertation defenses: Nora Benedict and Stephanie Gates
February 10, 2017
Please join us for two dissertation defenses!
Nora Benedict, “The Fashioning of Jorge Luis Borges: Magazines, Books, and Print Culture in Argentina (1930-1951)” (Mount Vernon Room, Alderman... Read»
