Hispanic Studies Events

Spanish Table / Mesa de español

To provide additional, informal opportunities for all Vassar students to practice their conversational Spanish, the Spanish Language Fellow hosts the weekly Spanish Table (Mesa de español) in the student dining hall. Please consult the Vassar College "Weekly Calendar" (available in the Office of Campus Activities or on the Vassar website, JumpWord: calendar) for day, hour and location.

Lectures and Films

Every year, the Hispanic Studies department sponsors or co-sponsors guest lectures by invited scholars, writers, activists, performers, etc.

• Current Lectures and Films

Lecture and film events will be posted as they are scheduled.

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• Past Lectures and Films

In 2002-2003, the department organized a lecture and a film series devoted to the topic "Transgression and Deviance in the Hispanic World."

Invited speakers were:

Prof. Jorge Salessi (University of Pennsylvania)
"Lunfardos, ladrones, sujetos neoliberales"

Prof. Angela Pérez Mejías (Brandeis University)
"Como era gostoso o meu francês y el humor como estrategia descolonizadora"

Prof. Jorge Rosario (Long Island University)
"Placer erótico y bolero en Mayra Montero y Luis Rafael Sánchez"

Prof. Bradley S. Epps (Harvard University)
"The Blankness of Dalí, or Forging Catalonia"

Prof. Catherine Benamou (University of Michigan)
"‘Ahí está el relleno’: The Counteraesthetics and Ideological Potential of Mexican ‘B’ Films’ Discourse, from Andrés García to Gael García Bernal"

• Related film series included:

Amores perros (Mexico, 2000; Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)

Nueve reinas (Argentina, 2000; Dir. Fabián Bielinsky)

Santa sangre (Mexico, 1990; Dir. Alejandro Jodorowski)

Profundo carmesí (Mexico, 1996; Dir. Arturo Ripstein)

Amor bandido (Brazil, 1978; Dir. Bruno Barreto)

Como era gostoso o meu francês (Brazil, 1971; Dir. Nelson Pereira dos Santos)

Mariposas en el andamio (Cuba, 1995; Dir. Luis Felipe Bernaza y Margaret Gilpin)