UW-Madison Department of Spanish and Portuguese April '23 Newsletter

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STUDENT NEWS

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your past donations. Because of your generosity, we have been able to financially support students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese with scholarships, fellowships, travel grants, and research opportunities that enhance student’s educational experiences We have had the honor of students and faculty receiving Fulbright Awards, Fellowships, and numerous other recognitions along with several publications. We look forward to the continued opportunities and accolades that our students and staff will have in the department and appreciate your continued support.

Ongoing Events Upcoming Events Pg. 2 Pg. 5 Past Events Pg. 7

FEATURED EVENTS

Awards and News

NEWS Publications Awards Pg. 13 Pg. 15 Pg. 11

FACULTY

A LOOK F O W A R D

April 11th

April 14th

April 25th

Richard Zenith (Guest Speaker)

Writing Workshop

Presentación del Diccionario del español de México (por Francisco Segovia)

April 28th

Enrique Pato (Guest Speaker)

Committed to Change Video Project Committed to Change Video Project

Saylín Álvarez

This project aims to develop digital content about topics that are inclusive and representative to a diverse student audience. Its goal is to emphasize the diversity of the people and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world, to address current needs in terms of inclusion in language teaching, to reflect on how diversity is represented in the classes we offer, and to help us reach and engage Black, Latinx and other minoritized students by tackling issues that matter to them and that are not sufficiently represented in language teaching materials. The project involves recording interviews and short videos that will be placed on a UW website with the potential to invite students from different ethnicities and backgrounds to explore and discover commonalities between their own experiences and the multiplicity of cultural expressions and ethnic identities of the Spanish-speaking world.

La Mesa de Conversación (Spanish)

Where?

Union South, The Sett (second floor, mezzanine level) When?

Tuesdays: 5:00-7:00pm

For more information, please contact Steve Fondow. Join us for our next meeting!

Bate-Papo (Portuguese)

Where?

Union South, The Sett (second floor, mezzanine level) When?

Thursdays: 5:00-6:30pm

Spring 2023: February 2-May 4

For more information, please contact Ellen Sapega. Join us for our next meeting!

A LOOK B A C K

Kaleidoscope Conference of the Graduate Students of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Organizers Organizers Organizers

Michelle Dutton, Pedro Gonzales Durán, and Jorge Hernández Lasa were the Organizing Committee of the Kaleidoscope Graduate Student Conference at UW-Madison. Their efforts brought together master’s and doctoral students from this and other universities throughout the United States to present their work in Spanish and Portuguese literatures and languages, as well as in other disciplines in the humanities.

The 17th Annual Kaleidoscope had a wonderful turnout, with participants from across the country in-person and online. Highlights included invited guest speakers Dr. Tara Daly (Marquette University) who presented "Bartolina Sisa as Montage: Images of Indigenous Insurgency in the Andes, " Dr. Pedro Ruiz Pérez (University of Córdoba), who presented virtually from Spain on "En torno al autor y su imagen. Quevedo, " and Dr. Kara Morgan-Short (University of Illinois-Chicago), who presented "Understanding the neurocognition of adult-learned language: Context , knowledge, and learners. " Presenters from our own Spanish and Portuguese Department included Estefanía Galindo Navarro, Rocío González-Espresati Clement, and Pablo Pastore, with two presenters from LACIS, Andrea Guzmán Giura and Gabriela Yepes-Rossel, also representing UW-Madison. The event was organized by the Kaleidoscope Co-Chairs Michelle Dutton, Pedro Gonzales Durán, and Jorge Hernández Lasa, with funding support from the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS) Program, the Kemper Knapp Bequest, and the Graduate School's Professional Development Grant. Thank you to everyone who helped support this event!

Estafanía Galindo Navarro: “Colombian Spanish Intonation: A comparison between Colombian Caribbean Spanish intonation in cities and towns”

Rocío González-Espresati Clement: “The cavalier in rusted iron armor ”

Pablo Pastore: “Provocaciones transculturadas:

Nuevas expresiones del arte indígena en Latinoamérica”

Participants Participants Participants

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Sherry Velasco

We were honored to have University of Southern California's Prof. Sherry Velasco give a lecture entitled ‘Resounding Moriscos from Spain to Algiers’

Enrique García Santo-Tomás

University of Michigan, Ann

Arbor's Prof. Enrique García SantoTomás gave a lecture entitled ‘The Diaper and the Handkerchief: Satires on Tobacco and the Early Modern Nose.

Writing Workshop

PhD Candidates in Spanish (Literature), Denise Castillo and Ruth Llana, wrote the drafts for March's Writing Workshop discussion.

Flash Talks

Pedro Gonzales, Jamie Moya de Cotler, and Katherine Ward presented Andean-related research at the first ASSO interdisciplinary flash talks on March 31, 2023.

Emi Frerichs, PhD Candidate in Latin American Literature and a minor specialization in Gender and Women’s Studies, has recently accepted the position of Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transgender Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Homed in the Gender & Women’s Studies Department, the historic postdoctoral fellowship dedicated specifically to Transgender Studies is the first of its kind, where scholars are asked to teach one course and give one public presentation on their research per year. While is residence, Frerichs will spend one semester instructing an interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar on Trans* Studies entitled “Trans* History and Politics in the Americas, ” which examines transnational expressions of trans*, travesti, and non-binary histories in distinct Latin American political, cultural, and literary contexts. Their research efforts will be dedicated to the development of their first scholarly monograph, Towards a Travesti Subjectivity and System of Aesthetics: Approaching Trans*lations in Argentinean Literature , History, and Culture. Through analysis of travesti authorship and representation in 21st Century Argentinean literature through three fictional texts (La virgen cabeza by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, Continuadísimo by Naty Menstrual, and Las malas by Camila Sosa Villada), Frerichs focuses on how the radical re-inscriptions of genre by each author unveil literary and aesthetic modes for decolonizing the conscripts of gender in the Global South. Renewable for a second year, their attention will first be dedicated to an expansion of these concepts through Argentinean-Chilean narrative intimacies, while also commencing work on a second comparative project on Latin American life narratives prospectively entitled Transmasculinidades: The Living Genres of El Rechazo, which will examine transmasculine identities, activism, and subjecthood within Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.

Katherine Ward has received a Fulbright Hays

Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad

Fellowship to support her dissertation titled, Intercultural Bilingual Educators’ Perceptions of Non-Standardized Spanish in Ecuador: A Case Study in Combatting Linguistic Discrimination in Schools. Katherine will spend six months in Ecuador working collaboratively with Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachers in the town of Otavalo to explore their stances toward Spanish language features associated with the Indigenous language Kichwa and their inclinations to intervene pedagogically when their bilingual students use them in the classroom. Findings from her research will inform the creation of workshops on eradicating linguistic discrimination at eight participating schools in Otavalo, using teachers’ perceptions of marginalized language features as points of entry to reflect on broader, systemic inequity in schools and society internationally.

Congrats to our students for organizing and participating

Congrats to our students for organizing and participating in successful and engaging events! [ in successful and engaging events! [read more... read more...] ]

Kaleidoscope Participants

Estafanía Galindo Navarro

Rocío González-Espresati Clement

Pablo Pastore

Writing Workshop Participants

Denise Oyuki Castillo

Ruth Llana Fernández

Flash Talk Participants

Pedro Gonzales Durán

Gloria Morales Osorio

Kaleidoscope Organizers

Michelle Dutton

Pedro Gonzales Durán

Jorge Hernández Lasa

Paola Hernández Paola Hernández named a Mellon-Morgridge Professor named a Mellon-Morgridge Professor

Paola Hernández, has been named a MellonMorgridge Professor. This professorship is part of the Constellations humanities program, a collaborative initiative to energize undergraduate interest in the humanities through exceptional humanities classes and co-curricular experiences. Beginning in AY 2023-24 Professor Hernández will teach a large lecture class on Border and Migration Studies in LatinX America.

Borders & Migration in LatinX America, Spring 2024 Borders & Migration in LatinX America, Spring 2024

Border and Migration Studies in LatinX America: This new lecture course (in English) welcomes new students to our campus to learn about a historical and contemporary topic so close to all of us: the U.S.-Mexico border and its ongoing

historical and political debates. The class takes a journey from a historical understanding of the Monroe Doctrine to today, taking into consideration different types of migration policies. Because this is a humanistic course, we will learn about the border through

literature, art, performance, theatre, cartoons, and films. The course calls for a variety of approaches to the topic of border and migration to allow students to immerse themselves in this geopolitical place.

Saylín Álvarez received a Committed to Change Grant! Saylín will develop digital content to reflect and emphasize cultural and ethnic diversity of the community of Spanish speakers. It will include recording interviews and short

videos with accompanying mini-dossier to be placed in a module hosted on a departmental website.

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