Latino Studies
Two major multidisciplinary projects -- "The In/Visibility of America's 21st Century Wars" seminar and lecture series, and "New Latin@ Film Festival and Conference" -- have been funded with seed money from the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs' Multidisciplinary Ventures and Seminars Fund.
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The first Spanish and Portuguese Song Festival will be presented at Indiana University Friday, April 1, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. The event is free and open to the public.
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Author-activist-entrepreneur Dean Cycon, the CEO of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee, will speak at Indiana University this week in public events Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 23-24). Cycon will present a public lecture titled "Javatrekking: Social Change and Sustainable Business in the Coffeelands" (also the name of his book) Wednesday, Feb. 23. He will take part in an informal discussion with faculty, students and community members Thursday, Feb. 24.
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Sept. 16 marks 200 years of Mexican independence. In celebration, Indiana University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies presents "The Meanings of the Bicentennial in Latin America" -- a roundtable discussion featuring IU Latin American History professors Peter Guardino and Arlene Diaz. The event, which is part of the group's Latin American Research Forum, will take place from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the Collins Living-Learning Center.
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Organizers of Indiana University Bloomington's 2010 observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month have planned a comprehensive calendar of events that includes lectures by a civil rights pioneer and an award-winning author and an annual favorite, Festival Latino.
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Cuban culture will come to U.S. soil with "Imagens Del Caribe" ("Images of the Caribbean"), a showcase of Cuban films by producers Gloria Rolando and Gilberto Martinez, showing Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Monroe County Public Library.
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