Luso-Hispanic Studies

Kofi Bazzell-Smith will share his knowledge about manga techniques that he learnt under the tutelage of Japanese artists and will teach the audience how to draw Japanese comic books.

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Paula Park, Associate Professor of Spanish at Wesleyan University

Come learn more about the Luso-Hispanic Studies department and major while enjoying some pizza!

Join the Department of Luso-Hispanic Studies and the AFC for an Empanadilla-Making Workshop to start of our year and to kick of the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month which begins the next day! Professor Enrique Garcia will be teaching how to make Empanadillas. There will be snacks, music, plenty of community connections, AFC decorating for Hispanic Heritage Month, and of course you making and EATING your own empanadas!

Kofi Bazzell-Smith is an artist, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and a professional boxer. Pursuing his Master of Fine Arts in New Media, Kofi is currently a Mellon Foundation Interseminars Initiative Fellow with the Humanities Research Institution.

Ana Portnoy Brimmer, poet and organizer from Puerto Rico, will be talking about and reading from her debut poetry collection, To Love An Island. This book offers the stark recognition that disaster is political and colonialism the most violent of storms. Beginning with the aftermath of Hurricane María and spanning the summer insurrection of 2019 and subsequent earthquakes in Puerto Rico, To Love An Island is an exploration of collective trauma, an outpour of amassed grief, a desire for unleashed mourning, a fuck-you to resilience, a brandishing of resistance.

Commencement reception for seniors and their families for the departments of Arabic, Chinese, Comparative Literature, German, Italian, Japanese Studies, Luso-Hispanic Studies, and Russian.

Mónica García Blizzard (Assistant Professor of Spanish at Emory University) will give a talk based on her recently published book The White Indians of Mexican Cinema: Racial Masquerade throughout the Golden Age (Albany: SUNY Press, 2022).

Brazilian soccer player Pelé is considered the best in history. Against the backdrop of a turbulent era in Brazil, this documentary captures Pelé’s extraordinary path from breakthrough talent to national hero.