By Julie Clack
Last month, Monica Heller, a professor of linguistics and anthropology at the University of Toronto, came to Princeton to speak on “Language in Late Capitalism: Commodification and the Commons.” Professor Alberto Bruzos Moro introduced Heller to the audience.
By Julie Clack
Last month, Professor Javier Guerrero, in collaboration with Northwestern University’s Nathalie Bouzaglo, convened the first international Drag Kings symposium at Princeton. The three-year project, titled “Drag Kings: An Archeology of Spectacular Masculinities in Latino America,” “debates the future of gender in the unequal, plural, and contradictory space that we call Latino America.”
By Yangyou Fang & Alejandro Martinez
On April 18, 2019, the department hosted a book presentation and panel to celebrate the launch of ¿El populismo por venir?. The co-editors of the book, Professor Emeritus Ángel Loureiro and Professor Rachel Price, were joined by Professor Germán Labrador Méndez and Professor Vicente Rubio (Fordham University) to reflect on the book, and more generally on ongoing populist movements around the world.
On Tuesday, April 9th and Monday, April 15th, the Spanish and Portuguese Department joined other language departments in East Pyne to welcome newly admitted students from the Class of 2023 for Princeton Preview.
On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, students, faculty, graduate students and staff gathered at Palmer House for a Holiday Reception before the winter recess.
Acting Chair Rubén Gallo began the evening with brief remarks followed by Professor Rachel Price who introduced Visiting Student Research Collaborator (VSRC), Mónica Ravelo.
Written by Jorge Gaupp, Berta del Río and Robert Myak
By Julie Clack
On Tuesday, October 23, the Princeton community gathered in the lobby and courtyard of East Pyne to celebrate the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos.
According to Professor Aisha Beliso-De Jesus, the organizer of the event, the Day of the Dead — which takes place from November 1 to 2 — is an indigenous and Catholic syncretic practice in Mexico and Latin America that remembers and honors the deceased.
On Friday, October 19th, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese promoted the third edition of the "Noite de Capoeira" (Capoeira Night).
The event was coordinated by lecturer Daiane Tamanaha and the group Princeton Capoeira. The "Noite de Capoeira" took place at the entrance of East Pyne and more than 20 people, including students, professors, and "capoeiristas" (people who practice capoeira), came to the event.
