SP13 Lecture Course
Lectures take place on *Fridays 2pm* and *Tuesdays 1pm*
Paper SP13 - Contemporary Latin-American Culture
(Paper co-ordinator: Dr Liesbeth François)
Michaelmas Term
| Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | 2pm | Friday-11-Oct-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Ricardo Piglia, Respiración artificial and La ciudad ausente | LB 1 |
| 1 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday-15-Oct-24 | Ana María Villaveces Galofre | Decline and Fall of the Lettered City: Roberto Bolaño, Estrella distante and Amuleto | LB 2 |
| 2 | Friday | 2pm | Friday-18-Oct-24 | Dr Javier Pérez Osorio | Post-dictatorship cinema 1: La historia oficial and Argentina 1985 | LB 1 |
| 2 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday-22-Oct-24 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Post-dictatorship cinema 2 / Urban cultures / Detective fiction: Moebius and La sonámbula | LB 2 |
| 3 | Friday | 2pm | Friday-25-Oct-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Popular culture 1: Manuel Puig: Boquitas pintadas, El beso de la mujer araña | LB 1 |
| 3 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday-29-Oct-24 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Detective Fiction 1: Ricardo Piglia, Plata quemada and Tomás Eloy Martínez, Santa Evita | LB 2 |
| 4 | Friday | 2pm | Friday-01-Nov-24 | Dr Liesbeth François | Popular culture 2: Mariana Enriquez, Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego and Los peligros de fumar en la cama | LB 1 |
| 4 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday-05-Nov-24 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Detective Fiction 2 / Urban cultures: Santiago Gamboa, Perder es cuestión de método and Jorge Navas, La sangre y la lluvia (film) | LB 2 |
| 5 | Friday | 2pm | Friday-08-Nov-24 | Iffat Mirza | Testimonio: Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú and Si me permiten hablar | LB 1 |
| 5 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday-12-Nov-24 | Ana Lucía Martínez Molina | César Aira: La villa and La guerra de los gimnasios | LB 2 |
| 6 | Friday | 2pm | Friday-15-Nov-24 | Dr Liesbeth François | Pathways of Testimony and Memory: Cecilia Vicuña (visual art) | LB 1 |
| 6 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday-19-Nov-24 | Angello Alcázar Jiménez | Queer Textualities 1: Jaime Bayly, No se lo digas a nadie and Pedro Lemebel, Tengo miedo, torero | LB 2 |
Lent Term
| Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | 2pm | Friday, 24-Jan-25 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Luisa Valenzuela, Cola de lagartija and Como en la guerra | |
| 1 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday, 28-Jan-25 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Urban Cultures 1: Amores perros, Cidade de deus, and La vendedora de rosas (films) | |
| 2 | Friday | 2pm | Friday, 31-Jan-25 | Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris | Queer Textualities 2: Sylvia Molloy, En breve cárcel and Cristina Peri-Rossi, La nave de los locos | |
| 2 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday, 04-Feb-25 | Dr Anna Corrigan | Postmodern Ecologies: Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Cárcel de árboles and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz (video artist) | |
| 3 | Friday | 2pm | Friday, 07-Feb-25 | Dr Oli Wilson-Nunn | The Cinema of Fernando Solanas: La hora de los hornos, Sur and El viaje | |
| 3 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday, 11-Feb-25 | Dr Carlos Fonseca | Pathways of Testimony and Memory: Doris Salcedo and Teresa Margolles (visual art) | |
| 4 | Friday | 2pm | Friday, 14-Feb-25 | Dr Liesbeth François | Urban cultures 2: Juan Villoro, Materia dispuesta and Cristina Rivera Garza, Nadie me verá llorar | |
| 4 | Tuesday | 1pm | Tuesday, 18-Feb-25 | Cristine Blas Blas | Pathways of Testimony and Memory: Diamela Eltit/Paz Errázuriz, El infarto del alma |
