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June 2017

Exhibition: Tejas Verdes: I was not there

An Aesthetic Intervention and a Meditation on Absence Friday 3 June  – 15 July 2016, Peltz Gallery, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1H 0PD ‘Tejas Verdes: I was not there’ is a collaborative project between sociologist Margarita Palacios… Continue Reading →

Indigenous filmmaking in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Monday 16 May 2016, 6.00-9.00pm, Room B04, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1H 0PD Tuesday 17 May 2016, 6.00-9.00pm, Room 110,  School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1H 0PD Sunday 22 May 2016, 6.30-8.30pm, Muxima… Continue Reading →

Hollywood depictions of Portugal and Europe

Friday 20 May 2016, 2.00-5.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD During World War II and the Cold War, Europe served as the setting of numerous Hollywood productions, particularly stories of intrigue and espionage. This event will include… Continue Reading →

Film Screening with Q&A: London as a Village

Talk with filmmaker Takumã Kuikuro Moderated by Prof Paul Heritage (Queen Mary University of London) Wednesday 24 February 2016, 6.00-7.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD In April 2015, filmmaker Takumã Kuikuro travelled all the way… Continue Reading →

UTOPIA – 6th UK Portuguese Film Festival

Saturday 21 November 2015, Room B04, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1H 0PD Programme 2.15pm – Warriors (Quem vai à guerra, Marta Pessoa, Portugal, 2011, 130mins) Forty years after its abrupt conclusion, Portugal’s colonial war is still a sensitive… Continue Reading →

Circular: 4th Brazilian Youth Film Festival

Saturday 24 October 2015, 1.30-5.30pm, Room B33, Main Building, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street (entrance via Torrington Square), London WC1E 7HX CILAVS is delighted to host the 4th edition of Circular: Brazilian Youth Film Festival, bringing to London the best… Continue Reading →

Eating the New World: Foods from the Americas in the Old World, 1500-1700

Rebecca Earle (Warwick University) Wednesday 11 November 2015, 11-12.30pm, Paul Hirst Room (102), 10 Gower Street, Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1E 6HJ Prof Rebecca Earle is a cultural historian of Spanish America and early modern Europe at Warwick University. She… Continue Reading →

Roundtable: Landscapes of abandonment

6 April, 2017, 6-8:30pm After an introduction by Luciana Martins (Birkbeck), there will be short presentations by Jordan Goodman (UCL), Leslie Wylie (Leicester), and Ignacio Acosta (Brighton) followed by a Q&A session and a wine reception, including a private view… Continue Reading →

Screening: 327 cuadernos: Los diarios de Ricardo Piglia/ 327 Notebooks

written and directed by Andrés di Tella (2015) 24 March, 2017, 6-8:30pm The filmmaker will be in conversation with John Kraniauskas (Birkbeck) following the screening. This is the Opening Night of the Essay Film Festival 2017: A Critical Eye For… Continue Reading →

Black African Spain in the time of Murillo

22 February, 2017 A talk by Luis Mendez Rodriguez This talk analyzes the cultural history of slavery and the Black African presence in the Spain of the Golden Age, in relation to the paintings of Murillo. During the seventeenth century, Spanish… Continue Reading →

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