CLAS Events > Fall Quarter 2003-04 Calendar

Bolívar House Lecture Series

La tierra incógnita

ANDRES OVALLE, Artist

Andrés Ovalle is a Chilean graphic artist and designer whose works have been exhibited in the Chilean Embassy in Washington, DC, and in the New York's Chilean Consulate. His art addresses themes of the memory and identity of the Americas.

*This lecture will be given in Spanish.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

About Foreign Sensibilities: Book of Interviews

PROFESSOR FERNANDO GOMEZ, Stanford Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Professor Gomez has been working on Foreign Sensibilities, a collection of interviews with leading intellectual figures who work in the fields of Latin American Studies and Hispanic or Spanish Studies.

Special Event

Uncovering the Tapestry of the Maya: Investigations at the Copán Ruins

RICARDO AGURCIA, Lead Archaeologist at Copán in Honduras

Sr. Agurcia will share slides and offer commentary on his investigations at the archaeological site of Copán.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

El Salvador: Lessons in Terrorism

PROFESSOR THOMAS SHEEHAN, Stanford Department of Religious Studies

Dr. Sheehan studies Roman Catholicism and Central American liberation movements. His research took him to El Salvador this summer.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Mirrha-Catarina de San Juan Who is Most Probably Not the Ur China Poblana: Academic Research and the Writing of Fiction

ROSHNI RUSTOMJI-KERNS, CLAS Visiting Scholar

Dr. Rustomji-Kerns is a current visiting scholar at CLAS and has been a visiting scholar in previous years as well. She is the author of the recently-published novel, The Braided Tongue.

Film Screening

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

As a prelude to our lecture by Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States Bernardo Alvarez, CLAS will be screening this documentary by Irish filmmakers Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain. The film chronicles the short-lived overthrow of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

Bolívar House Lecture Series: A Special Event

Venezuela, Present and Future: A Discussion with Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez

BERNARDO ALVAREZ, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States

Ambassador Alvarez will be on hand to deliver an update on current political issues facing Venezuela, and offer thoughts on his nation's political future.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Monkeying Around with Pottery Production: A Study of Mold-Made Effigies from the North Coast of Peru--A Field Report from 2003

ABIGAIL LEVINE, Student in the Department of Anthropological Sciences

Ms. Levine has conducted research into the pottery artifacts at Farfan province in Peru. She spoke last spring at CLAS about her research. Continued research this summer brought groundbreaking discoveries. She will provide CLAS with an update on her work.

Film Screening

Suite Habana

This documentary, by Cuban director Fernando Pérez, gives viewers a rare glimpse into the daily lives of the city's denizens, and offers the notion that "there is not one unique Havana, but many invisible and distinct Havanas."

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Spit and Polish: Los Lustrebotas of La Paz

PROFESSOR KATHLEEN MORRISON, School of Education and Former CLAS Associate Director

Dr. Morrison conducted an ethnographic study of shoeshine boys and girls during a trip to Bolivia this summer.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Public space as social issue: Spatial patterns in Mexico City

PROFESSOR ALFONSO VALENZUELA, Visiting Scholar in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology

Dr. Valenzuela holds a Ph.D in Urbanism from UNAM. While at MIT, he is conducting research on public spaces as tools for restructuring inner city areas. .

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Lecture cancelled

Film Screening

Voices from the edge: The Favela goes to the World Social Forum

This documentary chronicles the struggle of community leaders from Rio de Janeiro's slums to participate in the III World Social Forum in an effort to discuss social justice. The film's directors, Daniela Broitman and Fernando Salis will be on hand to discuss the making of their film.

Bolívar House Lecture Series

Title To Be Announced

Bolívar House Lecture Series

The Need to Invest in Politics: A Few Lessons from Brazil-Argentina-Chile Inside Mercosur

PABLO ROSENDO GONZALEZ, Knight Fellow

Sr. Rosendo is an Argentine journalist participating in Stanford's Knight Fellows program. He is the special projects editor at Capital Intelectual S.A. in Buenos Aires.