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Perverse Freedoms: Genealogies of Black Resistance in Hispaniola, A Dissertation defense by Massiel Torres Ulloa

April 30, 2024

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Dissertation Defense

Perverse Freedoms:

Genealogies of Black Resistance in Hispaniola

Dissertation defense by Massiel Torres Ulloa

On Zoom and in-person https://harvard.zoom.us/j/95286508114

 

April 30th, 11am - 1pm

Boylston Hall 403

Reception to follow

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CONTRADICTING THE NATION'S ARCHIVES: Revisions of "Black Mother" in Brazilian Art, A dissertation defense by Maiara Knihs

April 24, 2024

Harvard University

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Dissertation Defense

CONTRADICTING THE NATION'S ARCHIVES:

Revisions of "Black Mother" in Brazilian Art

by Maiara Knihs

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

10am - 12pm

VIA ZOOM:

harvard.zoom.us/j/94711406058?pwd=UzNEeGdDaUplUTZhMTdTVWFpTIFCZz09

Password: 605870

This defense will be held in Portuguese...

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Claire-Marie's recent Television interview!

March 28, 2024

Claire-Marie Brisson, Ph.D., Preceptor in French in RLL, was invited to deliver a keynote address by two prestigious organizations: the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec, Quebec's leading business network, and the Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques, a government agency fostering ties between Francophone communities in Canada and the Americas on Friday, March 22, 2024. Her audience included CEOs, the Quebec Minister of the French Language, and even an Ambassador to Canada. Following her talk, she was invited to appear on Zone Économique with Gérard Fillion, a daily...

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Silence of the Chagos, A Book Group Discussion in French

March 27, 2024

Dear Colleagues at Harvard,

The Boston University African Studies Center K-16 Education Outreach Program will host our next African literature book group discussion around Le Silence des Chagoby Shenaz Patel on March 27, 2024 4pm-6pm ET. The discussion will be over Zoom and is free and open to all. Those interested can read the book on their own (in French or English) and come discuss with other Francophiles and educators in French. Please use this ...

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OPERA TRUCKS, A Cultural Agents Event

March 22, 2024

FABIO CHERSTICH, PRODUCER OF MAJOR OPERAS IN THE ROME OPERA HOUSE AND THE MASSIMO OF PALERMO ALSO DEVELOPED "OPERA TRUCKS" TO PERFORM IN VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.

HE WILL BE PRESENTING THIS WORK FOR PEDAGOGIES FOR LIFE, THE SEMINAR OF THE MAHINDRA HUMANITIES CENTER, WHERE HE WILL BE JOINED BY LEANDRO VALIATI, CULTURAL ECONOMIST AND CO-AUTHOR WITH FABIO OF A FUTURE CASE FOR CULTURE ABOUT THE OPERA TRUCKS.

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL.

Date:...

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Pre-Texts Training Series

March 20, 2024

Pre-Texts

Training Series

For Interns and other Facilitators

Pre-Texts is an educational, train-the-trainers program that is run out of Cultural Agents, an NGO founded in 2015 by Professors Doris Sommer and Jose Falconi with the mission to develop recognition of the arts as resources for positive change, and apply them in society. 

Proven to enhance work in education, literacy, public health, violence prevention, and more, Pre-Texts has become a platform for international...

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A Conversation with Tania Rivera (Universidade Federal Fluminense) Lugares do delírio: o artista "louco" no modernismo francês e brasileiro

March 19, 2024

Lugares do delírio: o artista "louco" no modernismo
francês e brasileiro

a conversation with Tania Rivera
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFF


March 19 | 12:30 pm - 2 pm
Harvard Yard | Boylston Hall 403
This event will be held in Portuguese

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Undergraduate Outreach Open House -- Spring 2024

March 19, 2024

On behalf of the RLL undergraduate program, you are cordially invited to our Spring 2024 Open House on Tuesday, March 19 from 4:00-6:00 in the RLL lounge located on the 4th floor of Boylston Hall.  This event is part of the Exploring Fields of Study outreach series for first year students.  Previous outreach events in RLL have been successful, and we anticipate the same this year. We very much hope you will attend and be available for substantive conversations with undergraduates interested in learning about the many opportunities RLL has to offer.