Sergio Rojas (Universidad de Chile) Thursday 30 April 2015, 6pm, Room 632, Main Building, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street (entrance via Torrington Sq.), London WC1E 7HX Cierta producción artística en la actualidad intenta hacerse cargo del agotamiento de las… Continue Reading →

Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh) Wednesday 11 March 2015, 6.00pm, Room 354, Malet Street (entrance via Torrington Square), Birkbeck, University of London, London WC1E 7HX This talk will explore Borges’s relations with drawing and painting. Norah Borges, Borges’s sister, was… Continue Reading →

Brad Epps (University of Cambridge) Tuesday 2 December 6.00pm, Room 417, Malet Street (entrance via Torrington Sq.), Birkbeck, University of London, Main Building, London WC1E 7HX Invasión, one of the most celebrated and least seen and studied ‘cult’ films in… Continue Reading →

Grínor Rojo (CECLA – Universidad de Chile) Friday 24 October 2014, 6pm, Room 112, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD What to read and how to read Chilean novels of the dictatorship? From… Continue Reading →

Juan delGado Saturday 8 November 2014, 2.00-5.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Artist Juan delGado will present his recent commission The Flickering Darkness (Revisited) alongside the work by Agata Lulkowska. A panel will analyse and reflect on… Continue Reading →

21-22 May 2015, Keynes Library, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD The purpose of this International Conference is to recuperate María Zambrano as an important 20th century thinker, and to increase the visibility… Continue Reading →

Friday 19 June 2015, 6.00pm Room 124, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD In her first feature film, Maria Clara Escobar faces up the discoveries and frustrations on accessing the memory of a… Continue Reading →

18-20 May 2015, Room G01,  School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD This film programme presents four contemporary film narratives from Brazil and Colombia over three days. Four unique views that provide different accounts… Continue Reading →

Saturday 18 October 2014, 1pm to 5pm, Birkbeck, University of London, Torrington Sq., Main Building,  Room B34 CILAVS is delighted to host Circular: 3rd Brazilian Youth Film Festival, bringing to London the best films made in Brazil for young audiences…. Continue Reading →

Book launch Wednesday 11 February 2015, 6.00-7:30pm, Room 112, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD There is a large body of South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina… Continue Reading →