SP12 Lecture Course
Lectures take place on *Fridays 11am* and *Wednesdays 10am* but note that *some of the Wednesday seminars are two hours and start at 9am*.
SP12: Latin American Culture 2025-2026
(Paper co-ordinator: Prof. Rory O'Bryen)
Michaelmas Term
| Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | 11 | 10-Oct-25 | Carlos, Rory, Liesbeth, Anna | Introduction to the paper | t.b.c. |
| 1 | Wednesday | 10 | 15-Oct-25 | Carlos Fonseca | City and Country / Experiments in Form: Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo | t.b.c. |
| 2 | Friday | 11 | 17-Oct-25 | Rory O'Bryen | The Short Story: Juan José Arreola and Augusto Monterroso | t.b.c. |
| 2 | Wednesday | 9 | 22-Oct-25 | Liesbeth François Carlos Fonseca |
Poetry workshop (Avant Garde): Vicente Huidobro and Octavio Paz | t.b.c. |
| 3 | Friday | 11 | 24-Oct-25 | Carlos Fonseca | Articulations of Identity (poesía negrista): Luis Palés Matos and Nicolás Guillén | t.b.c. |
| 3 | Wednesday | 9 | 29-Oct-25 | Leo Temple Rory O'Bryen |
Poetry workshop (Avant Garde): César Vallejo and Oliverio Girondo OR Pablo Neruda | t.b.c. |
| 4 | Friday | 11 | 31-Oct-25 | Rory O'Bryen | Experiments in Form: Alejo Carpentier | t.b.c. |
| 4 | Wednesday | 10 | 05-Nov-25 | Anna Corrigan | Articulations of Identity (poesía femenina): Rosario Castellanos, Meditación en el umbral | t.b.c. |
| 5 | Friday | 11 | 07-Nov-25 | Rory O'Bryen | Articulations of Identity (Slave Biography & poesía negra): Juan Francisco Manzano and Candelario Obeso | t.b.c. |
| 5 | Wednesday | 10 | 12-Nov-25 | Carlos Fonseca | Articulations of Identity (indigenismo): José María Arguedas, El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo | t.b.c. |
| 6 | Friday | 11 | 14-Nov-25 | Anna Corrigan | Visualizing the Americas: Leonora Carrington | t.b.c. |
| 6 | Wednesday | 10 | 19-Nov-25 | Carlos Fonseca | Visualizing the Americas: Wilfredo Lam | t.b.c. |
Lent Term
| Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | 11 | 23-Jan-26 | Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian: Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora. Teatro de virtudes políticas | t.b.c. |
| 1 | Wednesday | 10 | 28-Jan-26 | Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian: Francisco Javier Clavigero. Historia antigua de México | t.b.c. |
| 2 | Friday | 11 | 30-Jan-26 | Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian: Anónimo. Xicotencatl | t.b.c. |
| 2 | Wednesday | 10 | 04-Feb-26 | Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian: The Afterlife of pre-Columbian Art - Obregón, Gutiérrez, Parra | t.b.c. |
| 3 | Friday | 11 | 06-Feb-26 | Liesbeth François | The Short Story: Amparo Dávila and Silvina Ocampo | t.b.c. |
| 3 | Wednesday | 9 | 11-Feb-26 | Anna Corrigan Liesbeth François |
Poetry workshop (Articulations of Identity): Alfonsina Storni and Alejandra Pizarnik (selected poetry) | t.b.c. |
| 4 | Friday | 11 | 13-Feb-26 | Anna Corrigan | City and Country (Rural Mexico): Mexican women's rural photography - Graciela Iturbide, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Mariana Yampolsky | t.b.c. |
| 4 | Wednesday | 10 | 18-Feb-26 | Rory O'Bryen | City and Country (la novela de la tierra): José Eustasio Rivera, La vorágine and Alejo Carpentier, Los pasos perdidos | t.b.c. |
| 5 | Friday | 11 | 20-Feb-26 | Spillover slot | t.b.c. | |
| 5 | Wednesday | 10 | 25-Feb-26 | Spillover slot | t.b.c. |
