Miami University: Spanish and Portuguese:

Upcoming Lectures:

Lecture: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 1:30 P.M. in 297 Upham Hall.

"Voices in Everything: Cognition, Evolution, and Humanist Endeavors"

Presented by Professor Howard Mancing, Purdue University.

Past Events:

2008 Miami University Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (MUCTFL)
Bicentennial Lecture Series: Spring Semester 2009

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Spanish Film Series - Thursdays 7:00PM - 46 Culler Hall

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Share and showcase experiences, solutions, successes, and new trends in foreign language education. Direction, practical ideas, and networking for experienced and new language educators.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Science, Department of Teacher Education, and the School of Education, Health, and Society.

Keynote Speaker:

The keynote speaker will be Nancy Humback, a distinguished foreign language educator and author.

To download the registration form visit http://montgomery.cas.muohio.edu/MUCTFL/

(early registration ends October 1, 2008)

UniDiversity Brochure and Events Guide for 2006-2007

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John W. Altman Humanities Scholar-in-Residence Program

Rodolfo Usigli Centennial: An Interdisciplinary Commemoration.

November 10 - November 12, 2005

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese in collaboration with the Department of Theater and the Miami University Libraries will hold a series of interdisciplinary activities as part of the Rodolfo Usigli centennial celebration in the fall of 2005. The events will include a staged reading of one of Usigli's ground-breaking plays, a library exhibit, and an international symposium on Usigli and modern Mexican theater.

View the poster for the Centennial

Hispanic Heritage Month. September 12 - October 15. Numerous public events on campus and in Uptown Oxford, sponsored by several departments and programs at Miami University, will take place throughout the celebration.

Professor Rafael Salaberry, Rice University: "Bilingual Education: Policy Debates". February 24, 2005

Professor Arturo Arias, Director of Latin American Studies, University of Redlands (California): "The Maya Movement: Postcolonialism and Cultural Agency," Sponsored by The Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Program for International Studies, with the generous support of the Grayson Kirk Lecture Fund.

Original Voices of Spanish Poetry, December 12th, 2003, Souers Recital Hall. Original poetry by students of Spanish. View a video clip of the event.

Workshop - Spanish Cinema and National Identity, May 31 - June 13, 2004. Invited Guest Speakers: Eduardo González, Alejandro Yarza, Txetxu Aguado, Susan Larson.

Professor Richard Kagan, Chair of the History Department at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.

Professor Noel Valis, Yale University

Debra Castillo, Cornell University

Enrique del Teso, Universidad de Oviedo

Edward Friedman, Vanderbilt University