By Catalina Méndez Vallejo
On November 3, we welcomed Prof. Joseph Farquharson from the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, for a virtual visit in our SPA-LIN-LAS 233 course (Languages of the Americas), which is taught this semester by Prof. Catalina Méndez Vallejo and Prof. Eliot Raynor.
By Alejandro Martínez
Clariza Macaspac, Class of 2023 and former Navy Petty Officer mentions SPO classes as her favorite classes in recent #TellUsTigers Q&A.
By Christina Lee
SPA 250: Identity in the Hispanic World welcomed visual artist Eduardo Tokeshi for a class visit on November 5th. Tokeshi spoke about how he has channeled his identity conflict, as a Peruvian of Japanese heritage, into his art.
By Catalina Méndez Vallejo
On October 22, we welcomed Prof. Liliana Sánchez from the University of Illinois at Chicago, for a virtual visit in our SPA-LIN-LAS 233 course (Languages of the Americas), which is taught this semester by Prof. Catalina Méndez Vallejo and Prof. Eliot Raynor.
On October 29, Berta del Río Alcalá successfully defended her dissertation “Teatralidades disidentes: prácticas ciudadanas e imaginarios democráticos (España, 1968-1992)", advised by Germán Labrador.
Berta has been appointed as a Postgraduate Research Associate (PGRA) with the department. In addition she will be researching for the Institut Valencià de Cultura and Histopía.
SPO graduate student, Ashford King, recently contributed a post on Highwire Earth titled “Sustainability: That Ain’t Country?”
In his article, King discusses themes related to environmental sustainability and climate change through the lens of American and Mexican country music. Read the full article on Highwire Earth.
By Anais Holgado-Lage
The students and instructors of “Medical Spanish”, taught by Anais Holgado Lage and Eliot Raynor, enjoyed an hour-long conversation with Colombian photographer Jeisson Riascos (known as el_murcy in social media) on October 14th.
By Alejandro Martínez
On October 6, Mapuche poet Elicura Chihuailaf Nahuelpan participated virtually from Wallmapu (Chile) as a guest speaker in the course “Spanish 250: Identity in the Hispanic World,” co-taught by Professor Christina Lee and graduate student Alejandro Martínez through the Collaborative Teaching Initiative.
SPO concentrator Lydia Spencer ’21 has been elected for fall semester induction to Phi Beta Kappa.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society, founded in 1776 and the oldest of all national honorary scholastic societies, has a chapter at Princeton. Election to this chapter is based on scholastic standing and is open to candidates for the A.B. and B.S.E. degrees in their senior year. The chapter generally includes in its membership the highest-ranking tenth of each graduating class.
Congratulations!
