CORRE LA VOZ
The Weekly Bulletin of the Latin American Studies Program
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
April 18, 2007
To contact Corre la Voz, write to
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In This Issue:
* Latin American Film Series--FINAL FILM
* Film Series on Cuba--FINAL FILM
* Paul Farmer to Speak at Miami University
* Summer and Fall Courses Offered in Latin American Studies
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007
Latin American Film Series
7:00 p.m., Culler Hall 046
Habana Blues (2005, Cuba/Spain)
Two young cuban musicians, Ruy and Tito, share the same dream: to become
famous and finally leave Havana. Ruy lives with Caridad and their two
children. Although they still love each other, their relationship seems
close to an end. Tito is on his own living with his grandmother. While in
rehearsals for their first big concert, they learn that Spanish producers
Martha and Lorenzo are in Cuba looking for new talents. Facing what might
be the chance of a lifetime, they will have to conquer the Spanish.
(From Yahoo! Movies)
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007
Film Series on Cuba
7 p.m., Irvin 120
Guantanamera (1998)
The last work of the dying director, Tomas Gutierrez Alea, this film is a
bittersweet comedy about death and burial in Cuba of the "special period."
An aged singing star returns to her home province and dies at the pleasure
of reuniting with her childhood sweetheart. Her niece (played by Alea's
wife, Marta Ibarra) is married to an ambitious bureaucrat in charge of
transporting corpses to their desired burial locations in a period when
gas-shortages create transportation nightmares for most of the population.
In the adverture-filled trek to Havana, love unexpectedly enters the
picture.
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2007
PAUL FARMER, A MAN WHO WOULD CURE THE WORLD
7:30 p.m., Millett Assembly Hall
"Global Vulnerability and Health Care Distribution"
Lecture by Paul Farmer, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor, Department of
Social Medicine, Harvard University School of Medicine
Co-sponsored by the Center for American and World Cultures, the Donald C.
Faber Scholar-in-Residence Fund of the Honors and Scholars Program, and
the Harry Armogida Memorial Lecture Series Fund of the School of Education
and Applied Professions with support from the Black World Studies Program,
the Departments of Anthropology, Educational Leadership, Microbiology,
Physical Education, Health, and Sports Studies, Sociology and Gerontology,
the Graduate School, the Grayson-Kirk Fund of the International Studies
Program, the Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute, the Institute of
Environmental Sciences, and the Women's Center
An excellent book about Paul Farmer:
Tracy Kidder, "Mountains beyond Mountains"
Come and join us!
Facebook Group Discussion
http://muohio.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2251452710
Courses Offered in Latin American Studies
Course Prof. Day(s) Time
Summer 2007
Summer I
LAS 208: LA. Civ. after 1825 Garcia MTR 10:30 12:45
ATH 415: Caribbean Archaeology: Gnivecki San Salvador, Bahamas
Field and Lab. Methods
Summer II-III at MUH*
LAS 207: LA Civ. before 1825 Gnivecki MW 6:30 9:30
* Meets for 7 weeks, 6/12-8/2, but not week of 7/22. MUH
Fall 2007
ATH 305: Peoples & Cult. of LA Minzenberg MWF 9:00 9:50
ATH 305: Peoples & Cult. of LA Minzenberg MWF 10:00 10:50
ATH 414: Caribbean Archaeology Gnivecki MW at MUH 1:00 2:15
GEO 473: Developmt & Underdvlpmt Klak M 1:00 3:40
HST 361: Colonial America Pestana TR 2:00 3:15
IES/LAS 414: LA Env. Affairs Woy-Hazelton TR 9:30 10:45
LAS 208 A: LA Civ. after 1825 Minzenberg MWF 12:00 - 12:50
LAS 208 B: LA Civ. after 1825 Settle TR 11:00 12:15
LAS 208H A: LA Civ. after 1825 Settle TR 9:30 10:45
LAS/HST 260: LA in the US Jarrett Bromberg TR at MUH 4:00 5:15
LAS/HST 319: Revolution in LA Settle TR 2:00 3:15
LAS 410A: Latin American Issues Paulson R 4:00 6:40
POL 378: LA: Region & World Ziegler MWF 9:00 9:50
POL 439: No. Amer. Politics Vanderbush M 9:00 11:50
SOC 490: Immigration, Ethnicity, Peguero M 4:00 6:40
& Justice*
*Directors approval required to count toward LAS minor.
For information and upcomming events please visit www.muohio.edu/alas
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