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SP12 Lecture List 2024-25

SP12 Lecture Course

Lectures take place on *Fridays 11am* and听*Wednesdays 10am*听but note that听*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 Fran莽ois, Carlos Fonseca听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,听Pedro P谩ramo LB 1
2 Friday 11 Friday, 18-Oct-24 Dr Liesbeth Fran莽ois The short story. Juan Jos茅听Arreola,听Confabulario听and Augusto Monterroso,听Obras competas (y otros cuentos) LB 1
2 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 23-Oct-24 Dr Liesbeth Fran莽ois The short story. Amparo D谩vila,听Tiempo destrozado听and Silvina Ocampo,听Los d铆as de la noche LB 1
3 Friday 11 Friday, 25-Oct-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca City and Countryside 1: Jos茅 Mar铆a听Arguedas, El zorro de arriba y el zorro de听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 C茅sar Vallejo (selections) LB 1
4 Friday 11 Friday, 01-Nov-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Experiments in Form 2: Julio Cort谩zar,听Rayuela LB 1
4 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 06-Nov-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Articulations of Identity: Rosario Castellanos,听Meditaci贸n en el umbral LB 1
5 Friday 11 Friday, 08-Nov-24 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris Experiments in Form 3: Carlos Fuentes,听Cambio de piel LB 1
5 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 13-Nov-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca Experiments in Form 4: Guillermo Cabrera Infante,听Tres tristes tigres LB 1
6 Friday 11 Friday, 15-Nov-24 Dr Liesbeth Fran莽ois Visualizing America 1: Leonora Carrington LB 1
6 Wednesday 9 to 11 Wednesday, 20-Nov-24 Dr Carlos Fonseca and Dr Liesbeth Fran莽ois 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 Sig没enza y G贸ngora.听Teatro de virtudes pol铆ticas (1680) LB11
1 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 29-Jan-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 2: Francisco Javier Clavigero. Historia antigua de M茅xico (1780-81) (selections available on Moodle) 鈥傗傗傗傗傗 LB12
2 Friday 11 Friday, 31-Jan-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 3: An贸nimo. Xicotencatl (1826) LB11
2 Wednesday 10 Wednesday, 05-Feb-25 Dr Stephanie Rohner

Appropriating the Pre-Columbian 4: The Afterlife of pre-Columbian Art:

  • Jos茅 Mar莽ia Obreg贸n.听El descubrimiento del pulque (1869);
  • Rodrigo Guti茅rrez. El senado de Tlaxcala (1875);
  • Felix Parra. Fray Bartolom茅 de las Casas (1875);
  • Felix Parra. Episodios de la conquista: la matanza de Cholula (1877).
LB12
3 Friday 11 Friday, 07-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Visualising America: Wilfredo Lam,听Ey LB11
3 Wednesday 9 to 11 Wednesday, 12-Feb-25 Prof. Geoffrey Kantaris and Dr Liesbeth Fran莽ois 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 脕lvarez Bravo, Mariana Yampolsky LB11
4 Wednesday 11 Wednesday, 19-Feb-25 Dr Carlos Fonseca Articulations of Identity: Luis Pal茅s Matos and Nicol谩s Guill茅n. LB12