‘Changing places. Dynamic ways of escaping from the functionalist-essentialist paradigms of identity’ Prof Denise Y. Arnold (ILCA and Birkbeck) Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 6.30 pm, Council Room, Birkbeck Main Building, Malet St, London  WC1E 7HX

María Ruido (Universitat de Barcelona and Birkbeck) Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 12.00 – 2.00 pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

Prof Paul Julian Smith (University of Cambridge) Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 1.00-2.00pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

Monday, 19 November 2007 at 3.00 pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD A new documentary film on Hugo Chávez and the political conflict in Venezuela, featuring a Q&A session with producer and co-director Chris Moore.

Prof Teresa Vilarós (University of Aberdeen) Thursday, 13 March 2008 at 4.30 pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

Luis Camnitzer (Professor Emeritus of Art at SUNY Old Westbury) Monday, 10 March 2008 at 4.30pm, Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

Prof Parvati Nair (Queen Mary University of London) Friday, 25 January 2008, 6-7.30 pm, Room B04, 43 Gordon Square, Birkbeck, London, WC1H 0PD

Carlos Monsiváis Monday, 29 October 2007 at 7pm, Room B04, Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD