Department of Romance Studies
Baroque utopias are physical, textual, or visual spaces thataccumulate objects overtime,such as libraries,marketplaces, maps, chronicles, and planned settlements.These spaces expand continually in an… read more about BAROQUE UTOPIAS: COLONIALITY AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE EARLY SPANISH EMPIRE »
- a conversation with Roberto Romero - the first event in the Amazon Lab's seminar series on the Amazon, "Translation, Media, and Cosmopolitics."Wed., 9/27/23, 12pm-1:00pm ESTHybrid (In-person and… read more about Indigenous Cinema and Translation »
Mesa en español is a Spanish language group that usually meets every Wednesday during the academic year. It is open to all Duke students and the broader community at all levels of proficiency. All… read more about Come and practice your Spanish! Hike/Conversación en español en »
With Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara. A Talk about their documentary "We are Guardians." Lunch will be served.RSVP for lunch at https://cutt.ly/weareguardiansThousands of people… read more about NCLAFF Conversation with the filmmakers: We are Guardians »
Dir. by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara. 2023. 85 minutes. In Portuguese, Tupi, and English, with English subtitles. There will be a reception with the directors and activist Puyr… read more about NCLAFF: We are Guardians »
Dir. by Chelsea Greene, Rob Grobman, and Edivan Guajajara. 2023. 85 minutes. In Portuguese, Tupi, and English, with English subtitles.Thousands of people are illegally setting up camp on protected… read more about "We Are Guardians" Film Screening »
Dir. by Natalia Almada, USA/Mexico, 2021, 81 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.Users begins with a mother's question-will my children love the perfect machines more than they love me… read more about NCLAFF: Users »
Dir. by Natalia Cabral, Oriol Estrada. Dominican Republic. 2021. 89 min. Spanish with English subtitles.In equal parts a candid exposition of the cinematic industry and a joyful exploration of… read more about NCLAFF: Una película sobre parejas (A Film About Couples) »
Dir. by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos. Mexico. 2022. 87 min. Spanish, English w/ Spanish & English subtitles.A fully animated documentary that narrates the stories of three young… read more about NCLAFF: Mi hogar no es aqui (Home is Somewhere Else) »
Dir. by Silvina Schnicer and Ulises Porras. Argentina. 2021. 89 min. Spanish with English subtitles.Featuring striking cinematography and outstanding performances, Carajita (which means annoying… read more about NCLAFF: Carajita »
Dir. by Juan A. Zapata. Dominican Republic/Spain. 2021. 76 min. Spanish with English subtitles.A documentary about the working conditions of Haitian workers in one of the largest sugar cane… read more about NCLAFF: Mal de Caña (Sugar Cane Malice) »
Please join the Manuscript Migration Lab for a presentation byJoseph Mulligan (Postdoctoral Associate in Duke's RomanceStudies Department) about the archive of late colonial Upper Peruduring 1780-… read more about COMPETING THEORIES OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE COLONIAL LATIN AMERICAN ARCHIVE »
The widespread use of technology in various aspects of teaching and learning processes has become common and almost indispensable, increased by the digital tsunami brought about by the pandemic but… read more about Adapting ChatGPT to Your Expertise: Beyond the Consideration of Threats and Opportunities »
Dir. by Helmut Dosantos. 2022. 97 min. No dialogue. With visually stunning landscapes and immersive sound, this film is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several… read more about NCLAFF: Dioses de México (Gods of Mexico) »
"Smaïl Kanouté's dance production is a lament, a tribute and a protest. In its reference to individual lives, Never Twenty One has a heartbreaking specificity; as a political act, it has a global… read more about Never Twenty One »
Film screening:"Trenque Lauquen"(Laura Citarella, 2022, Pt 1: 128 minutes | Pt 2: 132 minutes, Argentina, Spanish w/ English subtitles, DCP)The search for a missing woman unspools in two unexpectedly… read more about Screen/Society--"Trenque Lauquen" (Laura Citarella, 2022) »
Jamón & Halal: al-Andalus, Andalucía, and ToleranceContemporary writers and filmmakers from Spain and the Arab world continue to invoke and rewrite cultural narratives about the interfaith and… read more about Jamón & Halal: al-Andalus, Andalucía, and Tolerance »
$15 general admission, free for Duke students.Music by Carlos d'Alessio, JS Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Diabelli, Saint-Granier, Franz Schubert and Alain Souchon, with excerpts from texts by… read more about Duras Song: Gabriel Richard, violin; Xavier Phillips, cello; Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, piano; Amanda Gann, narrator; Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, creative development & staging »
Join the Duke Human Rights Center for a screening of the film "The Art of Political Murder," the second film in the 2023-2024 Rights! Camera! Action! Film Series Based on Francisco Goldman's book and… read more about "The Art of Political Murder" Film Screening »
5:30pm Mizik video k ap fè pwomosyon pou lang kreyòl yo(Ayiti, Sent Lisi, Dominik...)5:45pm Amalia Désir (Duke University)Koneksyon m ak lang rasin men (in kreyöl with a summary in English)6:05pm Ana… read more about INTERNATIONAL CREOLE DAY CELEBRATION »
tgiFHI is a weekly series that gives Duke faculty in the humanities, interpretive social sciences and arts the opportunity to present their current research to their departmental and… read more about tgiFHI: Kate Driscoll, "Heiress to Fiction: Marfisa and the Macabre Legacy of Chivalric Ferrara" »
Join Andean music stars Fredy Guzmán and Jorge Choquehuillca along with Emmy-award winning filmmaker and anthropologist Kim MacQuarrie, author of the best-selling Last Days of the Incas, for an… read more about Celebrating Peru/Celebrando Perú: An Evening of Music and History »
A reception, a talk by Yitzhak Lewis, and brief student presentations followed by questions and answers in the exhibit space, all in celebration of the opening of the Mapping Jewish Modernism Exhibit… read more about Mapping Jewish Modernism Exhibit Opening »
Two Duke faculty, Annette Joseph-Gabriel and Felwine Sarr, and two visitors, Emma Bond and Max Czollek, will examine the intersections, problems, and productive intersections between archives,… read more about Archives, Exhibits, and Literature Dialogue »