Department of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

CELESTINA AND THE THRESHOLD OF MODERNITY
EVENTS 2007-2008 FEATURING

Nov 8-10	Conference of Hispanic & Spanish American Poetry		Study Abroad in Italy - Fall 2008
Nov 16 5:00 pm	Lecture: Simone Marchesi Princeton University "Getting Stoned and Making Babies: Ethics and Hermeneutics in Decameron VIII.3 and IX.3"		UVa in Siena - in affiliation with CET
Jan 24-26 8:00 pm Jan 26-27 2:00 pm		UVa Spanish Theater Group Presents ANA EN EL TROPICO By Nilo Cruz Helms Theater	UVa in Siena - in affiliation with CET
Jan 29 6:15 pm CAB 316	Lecture: Randolph Pope Commonwealth Professor of Spanish University of Virginia *Loving Hate: Unamuno and Goytisolo as Examples of a Forgotten Virtue*		A Visit with Antonio Skármeta February 25, 2008
Feb 13 6:15 pm CAB 138	Lecture: Roger Wright Distinguished Visiting Professor - Spring 2008 University of Liverpool "Sociolinguistics in Twelfth-Century Spain: Three Kinds of Text" New Cabell Hall Rm 138		Congratulations! *Cristina Della Coletta*
Feb 21 7:00 pm CAB 311	Lecture: Mempo Giardinelli Visiting Professor - Creative Writing Workshop "El escritor y el taller literario" www.mempogiardinelli.com New Cabell Hall Rm 311		Professor Della Coletta was honored by the Modern Languages Association with the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies for her book World's Fairs Italian Style: The Great Exhibitions in Turin and Their Narratives, 1860–1915 (Univ. of Toronto Press, 2006) U.Va. Professor Della Coletta's Book Seeks to Give Italian World's Fairs Their Due
Feb 25 4:00 pm	Lecture: Antonio Skármeta "El baile de la Victoria" www.antonio-skarmeta.com The Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/ Small Special Collections Library
Feb 26 6:30 pm	Lecture: Marcel Velázquez Castro Universidad Catolica de Lima Author of "Las máscaras de la representación: El sujeto esclavista y las rutas del racismo" Facilitator: Andrea Smith Newcomb Hall Art Gallery		David T. Gies was honored by his SM the King of Spain Juan Carlos I with the “Encomienda de Número de la Orden de Isabel la Católica” as reward for his academic merits and services promoting the Spanish Culture
Feb 28 4:00 pm Film duration: 1hr 15min	Dante's Inferno A Film by Sandow Birk The Auditorium of the Harrison Institute/ Small Special Collections Library		Hispanic Enlightenment Editor David T. Gies
Mar 17-18		Dieciocho Symposium Facilitator: David Gies Schedule of Events	Deborah Parker Through a generous grant from the NEH Professor Parker has launched a new Website focusing on Dante's Divine Comedy
Mar 25 5:00 pm Shea House	Lecture: Tullio Pagano Associate Professor of Italian Dickinson College "In the Shadow of Mediterranean Landscape," Shea House Rm 211 at 5:00 pm		Read more about Professors Gies and Parker At the Leading Edge of Digital Scholarship an exerpt from the President's Annual Report 2007
Mar 29 4:00 pm	Reading: Rosa Montero www.rosa-montero.com Visiting Professor - Creative Writing Workshop Part of the Festival of the Book Culbreth Theater
Apr 1 12:30 pm CAB 134	Lecture: Steven Dworkin University of Michigan Facilitator: Joel Rini
Apr 10 7:00 pm CAB 324	Lecture: Rosa Montero Visiting Professor - Creative Writing Workshop "El escritor y el taller literario" www.rosa-montero.com
April 23 6:15 pm	SIP Distinguished Majors Symposium
April 28 5:00 pm	End of the Year Reception Arts & Sciences Council for Faculty & Students April 28, 2008 at 5:00 pm Garden VIII (rain location: Newcomb Main Lounge)




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