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Early Modern Studies Lecture: Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri

Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri, professor of French at the University of California San Diego, will give a lecture entitled “Ahmad al-Hajarî, Worldmaker.” Zhiri will be hosted at UGA by the Early Modern Studies Research Group, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant-funded research project in the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Matching funds are provided by Franklin College of Arts and…


Music and Politics: The use of Music by The Bolsonaro and Milei Presidential Campaigns

The Portuguese Program is excited to invite you to a talk by Dr. Lígia Bezerra, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies at Arizona State University, on Thursday, September 16, 2026, at 5:00PM in Gilbert Hall 118.   Abstract: This talk will look into how popular music was utilized by Argentina’s president Javier Milei’s and Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign and supporters. Using tools from French Discourse…


Talk Series: Language Variability in Latin America

Dr. Andries Coetzee (University of Michigan) will be the second speaker in this year’s talk series, Language Variability in Latin America, funded by the Willson Center. He will be giving a research talk and lead a more informal, interdisciplinary discussion.  Information and abstracts for both are below.   Research talk: Language, Place and Identity in Post-Colonial Societies: Three Case Studies from Afrikaans, Gilbert Hall…


Experiencias De Tránsito Y Transición: Latinoamericanos Trans*migrantes

Lecture with Mexican historian, writer and university professor associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH) in Mexico, Nithia Castorena‑Sáenz.    Sponsored by Romance Languages and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts    


Multispecies Poetry from the Amazon

Lecture (in English) with Portuguese Scholar, Dr. Patrícia Vieira from the University of Coimbra, Portugal.


Autoria feminina, literatura e ecologia: intersecções poéticas em pesquisas brasileiras

Lecture with Brazilian Scholar Dr. Izabel Brandão from the Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil. Email Dr. Cecília Rodrigues to request a link for the online lecture. Email: ceciliar@uga.edu


Guest Lecture: Dr. Liliana Sánchez


Guest Lecture: Dr. Antonio Pedrós‑Gascón

Associate Professor Dr. Antonio Pedrós‑Gascón (Colorado State University), an internationally recognized scholar of Peninsular literature, will deliver a lecture on Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer, one of the key feminist voices of the 19th‑century transatlantic world. Dr. Pedrós‑Gascón currently leads the scholarly edition of Gimeno de Flaquer’s Complete Works, a major contribution to the recovery of this influential yet underrecognized figure…


From Page to Screen: Exploring the Dominican Dream, Identity, Translation, and Film

We will welcome Dominican author and screenwriter Miguel Yarull as our guest speaker. His talk, From Page to Screen: Exploring the Dominican Dream, Identity, Translation, and Film, promises to be a compelling exploration of literature and cinema.


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