CILAVS – Centre for Iberian and Latin American Visual Studies

Screening + Talk HAPTIC FILMS: Video Essays by Ricardo Vieira Lisboa

UTOPIA FILM FESTIVAL in partnership with CILAVS proudly presents the UK premiere of Haptic Films: Video Essays by Ricardo Vieira Lisboa (rated 15*), followed by a talk with the director. Attendance is free but booking necessary:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-talk-haptic-films-video-essays-by-ricardo-vieira-lisboa-tickets-80673012151 In Ricardo Vieira Lisboa’s own words: ‘In this… Continue Reading →

2019/11/25 0

‘A change of government, a change of recipe. The use of food in the Mexican Nationalist discourse’ A talk by Dr Claudia Prieto-Piastro, Brunel University

Wednesday 4th December, 11AMPaul Hirst Seminar Room (102)10 Gower StreetBirkbeck, University of LondonLondon WC1E 6HJ.All welcome. No booking necessary. In her talk, Dr. Pietro-Piastro will discuss the importance of food in the Mexican official nationalist discourse and how the roots… Continue Reading →

2019/11/22 0

CHASE DOCTORAL STUDENTSHIPS AVAILABLE

The Department of Cultures and Languages at Birkbeck, University of London is delighted to offer Doctoral Studentships in Spanish and Latin American Studies. Birkbeck is part of the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE) Doctoral Training Programme. Funded… Continue Reading →

2019/11/22 0

Book launch Dec 9 (Senate House): ‘Black but Human’: Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700 by Carmen Fracchia

Carmen Fracchia has recently published her new book ‘Black but Human’: Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700. It is the first book about the visual representations of African slaves and ex-slaves in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty, when… Continue Reading →

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