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SEPTEMBER 2007
September
22, 2007
9:00am-1:00pm
Thomson Hall 234, University of Washington (Seattle)
Mexico en su historia y en sus gentes
Lectures highlighting the history
and culture of Mexico.
Please visit http://depts.washington.edu/spnrectr/activities.htm
for more information about the event and registration.
OCTOBER 2007
October
27, 2007
9:00am-1:00pm
Thomson Hall 234, University of Washington (Seattle)
Experiencias hispanas: musica y vidas
Lectures focusing on music as a
means of sharing experiences and lives.
Please visit http://depts.washington.edu/spnrectr/
for more information about the event and registration.
NOVEMBER
2007
November
29, 2007
1:30pm-3:00pm
Communications 202, University of Washington (Seattle)
Dynamics of Ladino Literature in the Ottoman Empire, 16th-20th centuries
The first lecture of the 2007-08
colloquium series entitled "The shaping of Sephardic culture".
Speaker: Olga Borovaya, (Jewish Studies, Stanford University)
DECEMBER
2007
December 11, 2007
7:00pm
Brechemin Auditorium (UW School of Music)
Malaspina Opera & String Trio
A concert by José Luis Greco, the son of the
famous flamenco dancer José Greco. It is an opera for voice and string trio
about Malaspina, the Spanish explorer who established the first European
contact with the Pacific Northwest. The
concert is made available to us thanks to the generosity of the Spanish
Embassy in Washington, DC.
Free Admission
JANUARY
2008
FEBRUARY
2008
February
12, 2008
12:00pm-1:30pm
Communications 202, University of Washington (Seattle)
Who are the Jews of Morocco? The Origins and Identity of the Rural Communities
The second lecture of the 2007-08 colloquium series entitled
"The shaping of Sephardic culture".
Speaker: Daniel Schroeter (History, University of California at Irvine)
February
18, 2008
6:00pm-8:00pm
Kane Hall 225, University of Washington (Seattle)
History, Philosophy & Fencing in the Golden Age of Spain
A lecture by Maestro Ramón Martínez and
Maestro Jeannette Acosta-Martínez on the Golden Age of Spain, with many enlightening discussions
about fencing and the mindset of the era from whence it came.
Presented by the Historical Fencing Club at UW
February
22, 2008
3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 120, University of Washington (Seattle)
An Afternoon of Flamenco: Juan del Gastor
A perfomance by Juan del Gastor, nephew of the legendary
guitarist Diego del Gastor, will explain and illustrate with the guitar, voice and dance, the
principle gypsy palos. He is an old-school fiestero, who performs at festivals and in private
parties, weddings, and baptisms.
Free of charge and open to the public.
February
25, 2008
5:00pm
Ethnic Cultural Theatre (University of Washington)
3940 Brooklyn Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
"Un poquito de tanta verdad"
A screening of the fascinating documentary about the
political movement that dominated life in Oaxaca, Mexico, during most of 2006. Jill Friedberg, the director
of this documentary, will introduce her film and be available for a Q&A session after the
screening. In addition, UW students from the 2006 Oaxaca Study Abroad Program will be in
attendance.
February
26, 2008
3:30pm-5:00pm
Communications 120, University of Washington (Seattle)
An Afternoon of Flamenco: Juan Cañizares
A performance by Juan Caņizares, who will demonstrate and
explain the many styles of the art of flamenco guitar. A virtuoso musician, he has toured with Paco de
Lucía and is a pioneer of the blend of classical music with flamenco. His new recording
of Albéniz's Iberia has just been released in the U.S. He will be performing later in
the week at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley.
Free of charge and open to the public.
MARCH
2008
March
14, 2008
7:30pm-9:30pm
Ethnic Cultural Theater (University of Washington)
3940 Brooklyn Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Student Play Production: Three Plays from the Spanish Golden Age
The Division of Spanish and
Portuguese Studies will present a series of short plays from the
seventeenth century featuring students as the principal performers.
The performances will provide the public with a rare opportunity to
see live theater from the Spanish Golden Age in Seattle, and have been selected
to highlight the breadth of Spanish theatrical work in the period.
Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for students, and will be
available for purchase through the HUB Ticket Office
(543-2277).
March
15, 2008
7:30pm-9:30pm
Ethnic Cultural Theater (University of Washington)
3940 Brooklyn Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Student Play Production: Three Plays
from the Spanish Golden Age
The Division of Spanish and
Portuguese Studies will present a series of short plays from the
seventeenth century featuring students as the principal performers.
The performances will provide the public with a rare opportunity to
see live theater from the Spanish Golden Age in Seattle, and have been selected
to highlight the breadth of Spanish theatrical work in the period.
Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for students, and will be
available for purchase through the HUB Ticket Office
(543-2277).
APRIL
2008
April
4, 2008
12:00pm-1:30pm
Thomson Hall 317, University of Washington (Seattle)
Redeeming Jews: Sephardic Intermediaries in the Early Modern Mediterranean
The third lecture of the 2007-08 colloquium series entitled
"The shaping of Sephardic culture".
Speaker: Gillian Weiss (History, Case Western University)
MAY
2008
May 8, 2008
3:30pm
Communications Building 120, University of Washington (Seattle)
The Baroque Self: Frida Kahlo and Gabriel García Márquez
A lecture focusing on transcultural issues of memory and representation and the intersections
of media and genre as they appear in magical realism, contemporary U.S. and Latin American
fiction, the new world baroque in art and literature, and Mexican literature and culture.
Speaker: Lois Zamora (English, History, and Art, University of Houston)
May 9, 2008
9:00am
Allen Library Peterson Room, University of Washington (Seattle)
American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
Join curators from the Experience Music Project (EMP) and from the University of Washington,
along with visiting scholars from around the country, for a discussion of the EMP's current
museum exhibit, "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music." University of Washington
curators include Michelle Habell-Pallan (Women Studies), Shannon Dudley (Ethnomusicology), and
Marisol Berrios-Miranda (Ethnomusicology).
JUNE
2008
JULY
2008
AUGUST
2008
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