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SP5 Lecture List

SP5 Lecture Course 2025-2026

Lectures take place on *Tuesdays 3pm*, *Wednesdays 3pm*, so you must keep these times free in your timetable.

SP5 - Latin American Culture and History

(Paper co-ordinator: Dr Carlos Fonseca)

Michaelmas Term

Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
1 Tuesday 3pm 14-Oct-25 María Reyes Baztán Foundations, Identity, Difference: Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Sab  
1 Wednesday   15-Oct-25 Liesbeth François Foundations, Identity, Difference: Rosario Castellanos, Balún Canán  
2 Tuesday   21-Oct-25 Paola González-Solís Foundations, Identity, Difference: El laberinto de la soledad  
2 Wednesday   22-Oct-25 Carlos Castro Foundations, Identity, Difference: Guaman Poma  
3 Tuesday   28-Oct-25 Josué Brocca Foundations, Identity, Difference: Popol Vuh  
3 Wednesday   29-Oct-25 Rory O'Bryen Foundations, Identity, Difference: Soledad Acosta de Samper, Dolores  
4 Tuesday   04-Nov-25 Rory O'Bryen Foundations, Identity, Difference: Extracts from Sarmiento, Facundo; José Martí, 'Nuestra América mestiza'; Roberto Fernández Retamar, Calibán  
4 Wednesday   05-Nov-25 Rory O'Bryen Foundations, Identity, Difference: Alejo Carpentier, El reino de este mundo  
5 Tuesday   11-Nov-25 Liesbeth François Labyrinths of Fiction: Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones  
5 Wednesday   12-Nov-25 Carlos Fonseca Labyrinths of Fiction: Cortázar, Bestiario  
6 Tuesday   18-Nov-25 Carlos Fonseca Labyrinths of Fiction: La invención de Morel  
6 Wednesday   19-Nov-25 N/A Spill-over slot  

Lent Term

Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
1 Tuesday 3pm 27-Jan-26 Rory O'Bryen Representing the City: Roberto Arlt, El juguete rabioso  
1 Wednesday   28-Jan-26 Isaías Fanlo Representing the City: El Vampiro de la Colonia Roma  
2 Tuesday   03-Feb-26 Oliver Wilson-Nunn Representing the City: Hugo Santiago: Invasión [film]  
2 Wednesday   04-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Charting Revolution: Elena Poniatowska, La noche de Tlatelolco  
3 Tuesday   10-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Charting Revolution: The history of the Mexican Revolution  
3 Wednesday   11-Feb-26 Carlos Fonseca Charting Revolution: Mariano Azuela, Los de abajo  
4 Tuesday   17-Feb-26 Carlos Fonseca Charting Revolution: Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas  
4 Wednesday   18-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Penning the Dictator: Luisa Valenzuela, Cambio de armas  
5 Tuesday   24-Feb-26 Rory O'Bryen Penning the Dictator: Miguel Ángel Asturias, El señor Presidente  
5 Wednesday   25-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Penning the Dictator: Marta Traba, Conversación al sur  
6 Tuesday   03-Mar-26 N/A Spill-over slot