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From Romance to Romance: Translating amoung Medieval and Early Modern Romance Vernacular Texts (13th-18th c.)

Royce Hall 306 and 314 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA

This two-day conference focuses on the many cross-influences among Romance literatures and cultures from the Middle Ages through more recent times, with special attention to the topic of translation. More than 25 international scholars will examine different aspects of the circulation of vernacular works via translations from one Romance language to another, from the 13th...

2023 Distinguished Alumni Lecture

Enlightenment Room, Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

  Please join us in honoring the 2023 UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award recipient Eloy Urroz, Professor at The Citadel in South Carolina and a well-known Mexican novelist and critic. The UCLA Spanish & Portuguese Department will host the Distinguished Alumni lecture on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 4:00 PM at the UCLA...

The Many Sides of Pagu: An Online and Trilingual Event (Day 1)

via zoom

FEBRUARY 28 & MARCH 2 2023 THE MANY SIDES OF PAGU — AN ONLINE AND TRILINGUAL EVENT ZOOM ID: 965 449 2228 PARTICIPANTS Abe Kassis Adriana Armony Andrew M. Edwards Brenda Saraí Jaramillo Fabrícia Walace Gabriela Cruz Ícaro Carvalho Inês Forjaz de Lacerda Patrícia Lino Raquel Campos Raquel Zandomeneghi Yasmin Zandomenico

Juan Villoro presenta su libro: “El Vértigo Horizontal” Una Cuidad Llamada México

UCLA Lydeen Library (Rolfe Hall 4302)

Autor prolífico y frecuentemente galardonado, Juan Villoro es una de las voces más destacadas del México contemporáneo. Su larga lista de publicaciones incluye las novelas El disparo de Argón, El testigo, y Arrecife, así como los libros de ensayos y crónicas Efectos personales, Espejo retrovisor y Safari accidental. El vértigo horizontal acaba de ser traducido...

Understanding Current Mexico: The Grammar of Violence

10383 Bunche Hall 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Juan Villoro is Mexico's most prolific, prize-winning author, playwright, journalist, and screenwriter. His books have been translated into multiple languages. Several of his books have appeared in English, including his celebrated 2016 essay collection of soccer brought out by Restless Books, God Is Round. Villoro lives in Mexico City and has been a visiting lecturer at...

The Many Sides of Pagu: An Online and Trilingual Event (Day 2)

via zoom

FEBRUARY 28 & MARCH 2 2023 THE MANY SIDES OF PAGU — AN ONLINE AND TRILINGUAL EVENT ZOOM ID: 965 449 2228 PARTICIPANTS Abe Kassis Adriana Armony Andrew M. Edwards Brenda Saraí Jaramillo Fabrícia Walace Gabriela Cruz Ícaro Carvalho Inês Forjaz de Lacerda Patrícia Lino Raquel Campos Raquel Zandomeneghi Yasmin Zandomenico

The syntax of what’s left unsaid: A view of ellipsis from Mayan and Spanish by Rodrigo Ranero

UCLA Lydeen Library (Rolfe Hall 4302)

Ellipsis is structure and meaning without form. In spoken languages, it is silence whose meaning must be recovered from a linguistic antecedent in the discourse. This talk proposes a new perspective on ellipsis based on a novel investigation of Spanish and Kaqchikel, a Mayan language of Guatemala. The unresolved question regarding ellipsis that I address...

Consecuencias del conflicto armado: la corrupción en los gobiernos de la Guatemala de posguerra

UCLA Lydeen Library (Rolfe Hall 4302)

El juez Miguel Ángel Gálvez ha sido parte fundamental de los esfuerzos relacionados con la justicia transicional en Guatemala. Algunos de los casos más destacados en los que ha participado incluyen el juicio por genocidio contra Efraín Ríos Montt (2013), el juicio por corrupción contra el expresidente Otto Pérez Molina (2015), así como el caso...

A Day of the Andes at UCLA

Royce Hall 314

UCLA’s Indigenous Language Quechua/Kichwa Program from the Spanish and Portuguese Department, in collaboration with the newly founded Andean Student Alliance (ASA), invites you to attend this year’s academic and cultural event, "A Day of the Andes at UCLA." As the “Decade of the International Indigenous Languages” has begun, this event aims to celebrate Indigenous women...

Un día de los Andes en UCLA

Royce Hall 314

El Programa de Lengua Indígena Quechua/Kichwa de UCLA del Departamento de Español y Portugués, en colaboración con la recién fundada Alianza de Estudiantes Andinos/Andean Student Alliance (ASA), les invitamos a asistir al evento académico y cultural de este año, "Un Día de los Andes en UCLA". Con el inicio de la “Década de las Lenguas...