Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics
19th Annual Hispanic Forum
Schedule of Events for the Forum
Thursday, October 11th
11:00 am - Welcome: Juan Francisco Maura, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM.
11:15 am - Opening remarks: Antonio Cepeda-Benito, Dean of the UVM College of Arts and Sciences.
11:30 am - Session I: Introduction: Ignacio López-Vicuña , Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM.
Keynote speaker: Prof. Maria Luci Moreira, College of Charleston and Middlebury Summer Language School:
“The Importance of Portuguese in the World as a Strategic Language for Global Communication”12:30 pm - Lunch Recess
2:00 pm - Session II: Introduction: John Waldron, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM
Robert Bartlett, Department of Political Science, UVM: “Speaking Green, Reading Green: Learning about Green in a Second (or Third) Language”
2:45 pm - Joshua Farley, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, UVM: “Forests, Ecosystem Services and Small Family Farms: Overcoming Irreconcilable Conflicts in Brazil and Vermont”
4:00 pm Leaf Peeping (Mt. Philo or Shelburne Farms): “Beautiful Vermont at its Best”
Friday, October 12th
10:30 am - Session III: Introduction: McKew Devitt, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM.
Tina Escaja, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM: “Cartografía del progreso y sus falacias: Arte urbano en São Paulo como In/Acción Subversiva."
11:15 am - Ignacio López-Vicuña, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM: "Una mirada sobre la experiencia brasileño-japonesa: Los mundos narrativos de Karen Tei Yamashita"
12:00 pm - Lunch Recess
1:30 pm - Session IV: Introduction: Guillermo Rodríguez, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM.
Juan Francisco Maura, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM: “Portuguese language in Canada and the U.S in the XVth and XVIth Century”.
2:15 pm - Patience L. Epps, University of Texas at Austin: "Encontro das águas, encontro das línguas: Portuguese and indigenous languages in the Brazilian Amazon"
3:00-4:00 pm - Movie: “A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil” Director: Giovanni Vaz Del Bello.
4:15-5:30 pm - Round Table: “Vermont and Brazil: a sisterhood of sustainable future” Moderator: Debora Teixeira, Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics, UVM
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