April 10, 3:30 – 5 PM, McKenzie 229
Charles R. Hale, Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin; Past President of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), "Take the Money and Run? NGOs, Afro-Indigenous Politics, and the Return of the Left in Latin America" (Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and CLLAS)

April 15, 4 pm, 30 Pacific Hall
Hiber Conteris, Uruguayan scholar, writer and former political prisoner, "The Revolutionary 60's in Latin America: State Terrorism and Guerrilla Warfare" (Sponsored by LAS and Romance Languages)

April 16, 3:30 pm, 112 Lillis Hall
Hiber Conteris, "Literature at the Limit: Writing as a Survival Strategy" (Sponsored by LAS and Romance Languages).

April 17, 7 pm, 182 Lillis Hall
Kick-off of Spring Film Series: Haunting Memories: State Terror in Latin America and Spain (Sponsored by LAS) [Click HERE for a PDF copy of the Film Series poster]

Tlatelolco: The Keys of the Massacre (Mexico, 2003). This documentary unveils the truth about the October 2, 1968 massacre of students in Mexico City. Discussant: Pedro García-Caro (Department of Romance Languages).

April 18-19, Browsing Room, Knight Library, "Philosophy of Liberation: Thinking with Enrique Dussel", a Conference featuring Enrique Dussel, Eduardo Mendieta, and Nelson Maldonado-Torres (Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Latin American Philosophy Group)

April 24, 4:00 pm, Fir Room EMU
Margaret Randall/Ben Linder Commemoration. Highly acclaimed poet, author and activist will present reading from recent book "Stones Witness". 5:30 pm, Reception/Booksigning in Ben Linder Room

April 24, 7 pm, 182 Lillis, Film Series, The Feast of the Goat (Dominican Republic, 2005). Based on the novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, this film offers an intimate portrait of Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Discussant: Carlos Aguirre (Department of History).

April 25, Community/University film and discussion. Film: "Letters from the Other Side" (7 pm, Cesar Chavez School). (Sponsored by CLLAS and the Gender, Family, and Immigration Project of CSWS).

May 1, 4 PM, 115 Lawrence
Lincoln Cushing, Art historian, "Cuban Poster Art and the Spirit of Revolution" (Sponsored by LAS, Romance Languages, and the History Department)

May 1, 7 pm, 182 Lillis, Film Series, Death in El Valle (US/Spain, 2005). A filmmaker searches for the truth about the murder of her grandfather in 1948 during the Franco dictatorship. Discussant: Gina Herrmann (Department of Romance Languages).

Mar 2, 3:00-4:30pm, 375 McKenzie Hall. CLLAS reception to publicly announce the projects and research funded by CLLAS Faculty/Community Seed Grants and Graduate Student Research Grants.

May 8, 7 pm, 182 Lillis. Film Series, Salvador (Spain, 2006). A gripping account of the life and death of a Catalan militant in the anti-Franco resistance. Discussants: Lisa Di Giovanni (Department of Romance Languages) and Anuncia Escala (Oregon State University).

May 13, 2 pm, 150 Columbia Hall
Arturo Arias, Visiting Professor (University of Texas, Austin) will begin a series of four public lectures in Spanish (Sponsored by LAS, Romance Languages, and the Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace)
"Luis de Lión y El tiempo principia en Xibalbá: el inicio de la novelística maya contemporánea"

May 15, 7 pm, 182 Lillis. Film Series, Chronicle of an Escape (Argentina, 2006). Four prisoners managed to escape from one of the detention and torture centers in Argentina during the “Dirty War.”
Discussant: Gabriela Martínez (School of Journalism and Communication).

May 20, 2 pm, 150 Columbia Hall, Arturo Arias, "Gaspar Pedro González y La otra cara: el rostro maya del quincentenario"

May 22, 7 pm, 182 Lillis, Film Series, The Year My Parents Went On Vacation (Brazil, 2006). The story of a Brazilian boy caught between his passion for soccer and the reality of a brutal dictatorship. Discussant: Monique Balbuena (Clark Honors College).

May 22-23, Conference on Gender, Families, and Latin American Immigration in Oregon. Sponsored by CSWS and co-sponsored by the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, the Office of the Provost, CAS, the Law School, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity. This conference will bring together academics and Oregon community leaders.

May 27, 2 pm, 150 Columbia Hall, Arturo Arias, "Víctor Montejo y Las aventuras de Mr. Puttison entre los mayas: el contradiscurso ético"

May 29, 5.00 pm, Knight Browsing Room, Arturo Arias, “Constructing Ethnic Bodies and Identities in Miguel Ángel Asturias and Rigoberta Menchú”. Followed by a Q&A session and a light reception. This lecture is part of the series "Colonial Skins, Independent Acts. (Post) Colonial Literatures in the Romance World", Sponsored by Romance Languages and several other units. [Click HERE for a PDF copy of the series poster]

May 29, 7 pm, 182 Lillis, Film Series, Pan’s Labyrinth (Spain, 2006). In fascist Spain, a young girl escapes the brutal reality of political repression that her stepfather is part of, and enters into a captivating world of fantasy. Discussant: Cecilia Enjuto Rangel (Department of Romance Languages).

June 3, 2 pm, 150 Columbia Hall, Arturo Arias, "Calixta Gabriel Xiquín y Tejiendo los sucesos del tiempo: La aparición del feminismo maya"