Essay Film Festival Prelude: Things in the Distance – Alberto Seixas Santos Date and Time: Saturday 7 March, 1pm-6pmLocation: Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, WC1. Reflecting on the Carnation Revolution’s filmic production, Portuguese filmmaker Alberto Seixas Santos often criticised the… Continue Reading →
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. In this seminar, Trifonia Melibea Obono will talk about her feminist and LGBT activism, as well as her latest nonfiction book Yo no quería ser madre (I didn’t want to be a mother), in… Continue Reading →
UTOPIA FILM FESTIVAL in partnership with CILAVS proudly presents the UK premiere of Haptic Films: Video Essays by Ricardo Vieira Lisboa (rated 15*), followed by a talk with the director. Attendance is free but booking necessary:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-talk-haptic-films-video-essays-by-ricardo-vieira-lisboa-tickets-80673012151 In Ricardo Vieira Lisboa’s own words: ‘In this… Continue Reading →
Wednesday 4th December, 11AMPaul Hirst Seminar Room (102)10 Gower StreetBirkbeck, University of LondonLondon WC1E 6HJ.All welcome. No booking necessary. In her talk, Dr. Pietro-Piastro will discuss the importance of food in the Mexican official nationalist discourse and how the roots… Continue Reading →
Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the beginning of Spanish Republican Exile at the end of the Spanish Civil War, this event brings together scholars and artists to discuss the presence and legacies of Spanish Republican exiles in Britain within a… Continue Reading →
A book launch and Q&A will be held on the 23rd of November, 3.00-5.00 PM, at the Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck University of London. In this book launch, Birkbeck scholar Mpalive Msiska will interview Dr. Carmen Fracchia, from the Department of Cultures and Languages,… Continue Reading →
Join us for a screening of The Terror and the Time (1978) and In the Sky’s Wild Noise (1983), two movies from Guyana’s Victor Jara Collective. Guyana’s Victor Jara Collective may have produced just two films, yet as an example… Continue Reading →
On the 8th of October Dr Carmen Fracchia will be giving a lecture titled “The African Presence in Spain from the 16th to the 18th Centuries” as part of Black History Month 2019. You can find the event description here,… Continue Reading →
Carmen Fracchia has recently published her new book ‘Black but Human’: Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700. It is the first book about the visual representations of African slaves and ex-slaves in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty, when… Continue Reading →
Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán’s thought was always characterized by his political insights on current affairs, which permeated all genres and aspects of his writing. This political dimension has been mostly studied in relation to the Spanish, Catalan and Barcelona… Continue Reading →
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