Public Performance
Die Physiker (The Physicists) by Friedrich Duerrenmatt
Presented by the students of GER 3305: German on Stage
Directed by Dr. Valentina Glajar and Wyatt Constantine
7 p.m.
Centennial G02
For more information, contact Dr. Valentina Glajar
Poster
Public Lectures
Hauteville House, Steampunk, and the Origins of the Graphic Novel in France
"Reinventing Storytelling for Grownups: the Birth of the Comic Strip—1820s-1850s"
Dr. Philippe Willems, Northern Illinois University
"Punk à la vapeur? Steampunk in the French Mode"
Dr. Melanie Hawthorne, Texas A&M University
Q&A with Mr. Fred Duval, author of Hauteville House and other graphic novel series
4 p.m.
Centennial G02
For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Forrest
Lecture Poster
Symposium and Public Lectures
Border Writers / Escritores de la Frontera: A Literary Symposium
Panel Presenters: Norma E. Cantú, Christine Granados, Reyna Grande, Domingo Martínez, Chuy Ramírez, Alberto Ramón, Sergio Troncoso
3:30 - 10 p.m.
Wittliff Collection, Alkek Library, Seventh Floor
For more information contact Dr. Sergio Martínez or Dr. Jaime Mejía
Event Schedule
Public Lecture
"Historic Realism? García Márquez's Colombia, 1928-1991"
Professor Michael LaRosa, Rhodes College
3:30 p.m.
Centennial GO2
For more information contact Dr. Sharon Ugalde or 512.245.3072
Public Lecture
"Pasado de moda: Re-assessing Latin American Fashion"
Regina A. Root, Class of 1963 Term Distinguished Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at The College of William and Mary
5 p.m.
Centennial GO1
For more information contact Dr. Heather Bamford or 512.245.3070
Poster
Public Lecture
"La literatura dominicana: su escenario en las letras hispanoamericanas"
René Rodríguez Soriano (writer) and Rubén Sánchez Féliz
12:30 - 1:40 p.m.
Centennial G02
For more information contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez or 512.245.3071
Poster
Spanish-Language Film Series
Noche de Cine Spring 2013
Screenings on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial Hall GO2
For more information contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez or 512.245.3071
Spring 2013 Film Schedule
Der deutsche Kinoabend: German Film Series. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. in Centennial G02
Spring 2013 film schedule
Public Lectures and Film Screenings
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Spring 2013 film schedule
Public Performance
Le Paradis des femmes (The Paradise of Women), An Interpretation of L'Île des esclaves by Marivaux
Presented by The French Acting Class
7 p.m.
Centennial G02
For more information contact Dr. Carole Martin or 512.245.2489
Performance Poster
Public Performance
Molière Than Thou by Timothy Mooney
7 p.m.
Centennial Hall G02
For more information contact 512.245.2360
Poster
Public Lecture
"Critical issues of Equity in Education"
Sylvia Mendez, civil rights activist and 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
6 p.m.
The Wittliff Collection, Alkek Library, seventh floor
For more information contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez or Dr. Jesse Gainer
Sylvia Mendez reception poster
Spanish-Language Film Series
Paisajes del Mundo Hispano en el Cine / Sceneries of the Hispanic World in Film
For more information contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez or 512.245.3071
Screenings on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial Hall GO2
Fall 2012 Film Schedule
Poetry Reading
Poetry Festival for Peace
Students and faculty from across campus and guests will read poems by universally well-known Latin American and Spanish poets. Guest reader, Dr. Jeff Gordon, Department of Philosophy, will read Pablo Neruda’s work and a selection of American poets. Faculty will read also in German, Italian, and Japanese. All languages are welcome.
2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Centennial Hall G02
For more information, contact Dr. Miriam Balboa Echeverría
Poster
Symposium
Symposium on Modern Spanish Culture (from the margins)
Dr. Mary Coffey, Pomona College, "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Competing Notions of the Subaltern in Emilia Pardo Bazán's Short Fiction"
Dr. María Elena Soliño, University of Houston, "From Blue Shirts to Aprons: Representations of Femininity in Early Postwar Film"
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Centennial Hall G02
For more information contact Dr. Catherine Jaffe or 512.245.2360
Poster
Public Lecture
Common Experience Brown Bag Lecture:
"Recovering an 18th-Century Woman's Life in Spanish Archives"
Dr. Catherine Jaffe
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
ASBN 353
For more information contact Dr. Catherine Jaffe or 512.245.2360
Brown Bag Lecture Series Flyer
Public Lectures and Film Screenings
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Fall 2012 film schedule
Public Performance
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis by Bertolt Brecht 7:30 p.m.
Centennial G02
For more information contact Dr. Valentina Glajar
Publicity Poster
Meeting of the Central Texas Chapter of American Association of Teachers of French
Public Lectures
Dr. Philippe Seminet: "Apprendre le français en ligne: les avantages de Français interactif"
Dr. Moira Di Mauro-Jackson: "Contes and légendes du monde francophone: Fiches pédagogiques avec un "Twist" Multiculturel"
Ms. Florence Lemoine: "Utilisation de la radio en cours de français"
Ms. Esther Boateng:"Idées pour motiver des élèves en français"
Dr. Helen Gant Guillory: "Une introduction à la phonétique française : la mélodie de l’intonation"
9:30 a.m.
Centennial HALL G02
Public Performance
Música española del siglo XVIII y Recepción: A concert and reception offered by the Ibero-American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Texas State faculty musicians: Ian Davidson (oboe), Jason Kwak (piano), Yuri Porras (voice), Charles Ditto (piano)
7:15 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Rio Grande Ballroom - West / Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk
For more information contact: Dr. Catherine Jaffe / 512.245.2360
Press Release
Concert Program
Spanish-Language Film Series: Noche de Cine: El cine hispano contemporáneo [Contemporary Hispanic Film]
Contact Ms. Melissa Jasso at mj24@txstate.edu / 512.245.6267 or Dr. Sergio M. Martínez / 512.245.3071
Screenings on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial Hall GO2
Spring Spanish Film Schedule 2012
Der deutsche Kinoabend: German Film Series. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial G02
Spring 2012 film schedule
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Spring 2012 film schedule
Public Lecture and Film Screening
389 Miles: Living the Border
Documentary Director: Luis Carlos Davis
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Centennial Hall GO2
Event Poster
For more information contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez or 512.245.3071
Public Lecture and Film Screening
"From Hombres de maíz to King Corn"
Dr. Arturo Arias (introduction by Dr. Miriam Echeverria)
3:15 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Centennial Hall GO2
Event Poster
For more information contact Alba Melgar or Gloria Velásquez
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Fall 2011 film schedule
Spanish-Language Film Series: Noche de Cine: La Novela Hispanoamericana y Española en el Cine [Spanish and Spanish-American Novels in Film]
Contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez or 512.245.3071
Screenings on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial Hall GO2
Fall 2011 Spanish Film Schedule
Public Reading
“Cuentos del valle del Río Bravo: Una presentación por Rolando Hinojosa-Smith”
“Tales From the Rio Grande Valley: A Reading by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith”
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Centennial Hall GO2
Reading Poster
Public Lecture and Illustrator Workshop
"From Oral Tradition and Traditional Stories to Written and New Stories"
Dominique Mwankumi
2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Centennial Hall Teaching Theater (G02)
Lecture Poster
Immigrant America - A Public Symposium
12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Alkek Library Teaching Theater
Symposium program
Spanish-Language Film Series: Noche de Cine: La ciudad latinoamericana en el cine [The Latin-American City in Film]
Contact Dr. Sergio M. Martínez sm55@txstate.edu or 512.245.3071
Screenings on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial Hall GO2
Spring 2011 Spanish Film Schedule
VIDA Y HONOR | LIFE & HONOR: The ROLANDO HINOJOSA & MIGUEL MÉNDEZ Literary Symposium
The Wittliff Collection / Alkek Library / 7th Floor
8:15 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
German Film Series: East Germany. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial G02
Spring 2011 film schedule
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Spring 2011 film schedule
Public Lecture and Film Screening
"The 1940’s: The Golden Age in Film and Music in Mexico"
Dr. Michael Nelson Miller, instructor, Department of History, Texas State University
The presentation will be followed by the screening of María Candelaria
Lecture 3 p.m. Centennial Hall G02
Film 5 p.m. Centennial Hall G02
Co-sponsors: Rincón Hispano Universitario, the Department of Modern Languages, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the College of Education
Public Lecture
"Los representantes de la América hispana en las Cortes de Cádiz de 1812"
Prof. María Victoria López-Cordón Cortezo, Catedrática de Historia Moderna, Universidad Complutense, Madrid
5 p.m., Centennial Hall G02
Co-sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and the Department of History
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Spring 2010 film schedule
La Noche de Cine: weekly screenings of Spanish-language films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Spring 2010 film schedule
Le Ciné-Club Français: Weekly screenings of French and Francophone films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Fridays at 3 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Fall 2009 film schedule
La Noche de Cine: Bi-weekly screenings of Spanish-language films. Open to the general public.
Screenings on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in Centennial GO2
Fall 2009 film schedule
Timothy Mooney: Keeping Molière Alive
Tim Mooney will be doing a workshop on the life of Molière, and a presentation of his one-man performance, "Molière Than Thou". Open to the general public.
7 p.m.
Centennial Hall G02
J. K. Huysmans Colloquium
Public Lectures:
Dr. Marc Smeets, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
"Huysmans and the Novel of Conversion"
Dr. Robert Ziegler, Montana Tech, the University of Montana
"Women's Beds in J.-K. Huysmans: The Departure Point of a Spiritual Journey"
Dr. Elizabeth Emery, Montclair State University, New Jersey
"Huysmans and the Nineteenth-Century Cult of Interior Design"
3 p.m.
Centennial Hall G02
Tournées International Film Festival & Symposium: Filmmaking and Civic Responsibility
Texas State University-San Marcos
Festival program
Dr. Jim Coleman, Open University, U.K.
Public lecture: Distance language learning and new technologies: Research and teaching at the UK Open University
3 p.m.
Centennial Hall G02
Dr. María Payares Grau, Universitat de Illes Balears, Spain
Public Lecture: Representaciones mitológicas de la mujer en la poesía femenina española contemporánea: Eva y Penélope
5:15 p.m.
Centennial Hall 220
Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages
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