Saturday 12 October 2013, 1.00pm to 7pm, Birkbeck, University of London, Torrington Sq., Main Building,  Room B20 CILAVS is delighted to host Circular: 2nd Brazilian Youth Film Festival in London. Curators: Cristiane Pederiva and Pedro Michelli Programme First Session: suitable… Continue Reading →

Saturday, 19 October 2013, 1.00-5.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 41 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD São Paulo is the largest city in South America and the powerhouse of Brazil’s economy. A multi-racial metropolis with a diverse population of Asian, Arabic, and European immigrants… Continue Reading →

28-30 November 2013, Birkbeck Cinema, 41 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD The Colombian Film Panorama is a selection of documentaries made by young emerging women filmmakers as well as experienced directors and their perspective on women. The programme focusing on… Continue Reading →

Jean Franco Friday 22 November 2013, 6.00pm, Keynes Library, School of Arts, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD In this seminar, Jean Franco will discuss her latest book Cruel Modernity, which examines the conditions under which extreme cruelty became the… Continue Reading →

Roger Bartra (University of Mexico – UNAM) Thursday, 19 June 2014, 6.00-7.30pm, Peltz Gallery, School of Arts, Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD In this talk, Roger Bartra will discuss his latest book Anthropology of the Brain: Consciousness, Culture… Continue Reading →

Lúcia Sá (University of Manchester) Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 6.00-7.30pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD In this paper, Prof Lúcia Sá discusses the depiction of women in urban spaces by Brazilian media, with particular attention to the… Continue Reading →

Andrés Montenegro (Assistant Curator, Essex Collection of Art from Latin America – ESCALA) Friday, 30 May 2014, 12.00pm -1.30pm, Room 122, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Organizers: Dolores Galindo, Bea Caballero and Tomás Peters (Birkbeck’s… Continue Reading →

Thursday 7 November 2013, 9.30am-5pm, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Friday 8 November 2013, 10am-5pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 41 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Convenors: Luciana Martins & Diane Gabrysiak This symposium brings together scholars and curators from the… Continue Reading →

Three public lectures Monday 6th; Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th January 2014, 2.00pm-5.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD Four years after the first complete retrospective of his work in the UK, Pedro Costa, one of the most… Continue Reading →

Thursday 26 June 2014, 7.00-9.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Antônio Márcio da Silva will introduce his book The ‘femme’ fatale in Brazilian cinema: challenging Hollywood norms (2014), followed by Q&A. The femme fatale has long been constructed and understood in popular culture and cinema… Continue Reading →