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 2024-2025
(Paper co-ordinator: Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris)
Michaelmas Term
Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 11-Oct-24 | Liesbeth François, Carlos Fonseca and Geoffrey Kantaris | Introduction to SP12 and organization of paper | LB 1 |
1 | Wednesday | 10 | Wednesday, 16-Oct-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Experiments in form 1: Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo | LB 1 |
2 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 18-Oct-24 | Dr Liesbeth François | The short story. Juan José Arreola, Confabulario and Augusto Monterroso, Obras competas (y otros cuentos) | LB 1 |
2 | Wednesday | 10 | Wednesday, 23-Oct-24 | Dr Liesbeth François | The short story. Amparo Dávila, Tiempo destrozado and Silvina Ocampo, Los días de la noche | LB 1 |
3 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 25-Oct-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | City and Countryside 1: José María Arguedas, El zorro de arriba y el zorro de abajo | LB 1 |
3 | Wednesday | 9 to 11 | Wednesday, 30-Oct-24 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris and Leo Temple | Poetry reading workshop 1: Oliverio Girondo and César Vallejo (selections) | LB 1 |
4 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 01-Nov-24 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Experiments in Form 2: Julio Cortázar, Rayuela | LB 1 |
4 | Wednesday | 10 | Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Articulations of Identity: Rosario Castellanos, Meditación en el umbral | LB 1 |
5 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 08-Nov-24 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Experiments in Form 3: Carlos Fuentes, Cambio de piel | LB 1 |
5 | Wednesday | 10 | Wednesday, 13-Nov-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Experiments in Form 4: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Tres tristes tigres | LB 1 |
6 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 15-Nov-24 | Dr Liesbeth François | Visualizing America 1: Leonora Carrington | LB 1 |
6 | Wednesday | 9 to 11 | Wednesday, 20-Nov-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca and Dr Liesbeth François | Poetry reading workshop 2: Vicente Huidrobro and Octavio Paz (selections) | LB 1 |
Lent Term
Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 24-Jan-25 | Dr Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 1: Carlos de Sigûenza y Góngora. Teatro de virtudes políticas (1680) | LB11 |
1 | Wednesday | 10 | Wednesday, 29-Jan-25 | Dr Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 2: Francisco Javier Clavigero. Historia antigua de México (1780-81) (selections available on Moodle) | LB12 |
2 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 31-Jan-25 | Dr Stephanie Rohner | Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 3: Anónimo. Xicotencatl (1826) | LB11 |
2 | Wednesday | 10 | Wednesday, 05-Feb-25 | Dr Stephanie Rohner |
Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 4: The Afterlife of pre-Columbian Art:
|
LB12 |
3 | Friday | 11 | Friday, 07-Feb-25 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Visualising America: Wilfredo Lam, Ey | LB11 |
3 | Wednesday | 9 to 11 | Wednesday, 12-Feb-25 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris and Dr Liesbeth François | Poetry reading workshop 3: Alfonsina Storni and Alejandra Pizarnik (selected poetry) | LB10 |
4 | Friday | 10 | Friday, 14-Feb-25 | Dr Anna Corrigan | City and Countryside 2: Mexican women's rural photography - Graciela Iturbide, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Mariana Yampolsky | LB11 |
4 | Wednesday | 11 | Wednesday, 19-Feb-25 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Articulations of Identity: Luis Palés Matos and Nicolás Guillén. | LB12 |