SUMMER SEMINAR 2012
June 24-July 6
Literature Argentina en la Argentina Crítica y Creación Two weeks with:
Noé Jitrik
Mempo Giardinelli
Tununa Mercado
Rafael Courtoisie
Liliana Hecker
Organized by:
Centro De Altos Estudios Literarios y Sociales Chaco
in conjunction with
The University of Virginia
and
The Latin American Studies Program of the University of Virginia
Open to Scholars, Ph.D. candidates, MA students and teachers
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY ARGENTINA
AND ITS CREATIVE PROCESS WITH
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WRITERS
IN ARGENTINA TODAY. The seminar will take place in Resistencia, the capital of the Chaco province, in the Centro de Altos Estudios Literarios y Sociales Chaco and will be coordinated by Mempo Giardinelli. There will be three hours of classes daily (Monday through Friday) dedicated to specific topics including the discussion of the authors' work in progress, plus an Argentine film series in the afternoons. There will be opportunities to engage in discussions with the invited writers during informal forums, field trips, breakfasts and lunches, tertulias in cafés and more. The program organizes an optional visit to the Iguazú waterfalls, the Jesuit ruins of San Ignacio and the home of Haracio Quiroga.
The seminar will start with an orientation meeting on Sunday, June 24 in the evening and will conclude with a farewell banquet (asado criollo) on Friday, July 6.
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