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WORKSHOP: Accommodating Justice: How to make justice more accessible to diverse vulnerable populations in the US and Latin America

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Anna Alsina Naudi (Princeton University) and Nicolás Espejo Yáksic (Research Center for Constitutional Studies of the Supreme Court of Mexico) organized a full-day workshop sponsored by SPIA, Princeton Center for Human Values, the Humanities Council and the Spanish & Portuguese … Continue reading

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Colombian Photographer exhibit and class visits

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Jeison Riascos, aka el Murcy, is a Colombian photographer whose work is on display at the Lower Hyphen in East Pyne. His photographs focus on the region and people of El Chocó, a lush area of western Colombia with beaches … Continue reading

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Accent coach visit in FRS

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Accent Coach Tré Cotten visits Freshman Seminar “The way we talk” By Anais Holgado Lage On March 14th the students in the Freshman Seminar 150 “The way we talk”, taught by lecturer Anais Holgado Lage, received the in-person visit from … Continue reading

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Author Guest Speaker

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Author/illustrator Canizales returns to SPA207 to talk about his work By Anais Holgado Lage On Wednesday March 16th, the awarded Colombian author and illustrator Canizales virtually returned to Princeton to join the students in SPA 207 this semester, taught by … Continue reading

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SPA102 SP2022 Guest Speaker Mariana Costa Checa

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By Adriana Merino Be the Change You Wish to See On April 25, 2022, SPA 102 students were pleased to meet our Guest Speaker, Mariana Costa Checa, the Peruvian social entrepreneur who founded Laboratoria, a social enterprise that gives young … Continue reading

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¡Sí se pudo!

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By Iris Hauser SPA 107 – Spring 2022 final event – Invitation to Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Labor Union Dolores Huerta visited students in Spanish 107 to talk about the power of voting and the importance … Continue reading

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SPA 108 – “Trans-feminine Activism and Inclusive-Non-binary Language in Lima, Perú”

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By César Romero Fernández A talk given by Ernesto Cuba (The Graduate Center, CUNY) On Wednesday February 16, 2022, Ernesto Cuba gave the talk “Trans-feminine Activism and Inclusive/Non-binary Language in Lima, Peru,” a cultural event at the Department of Spanish … Continue reading

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César Padilla: The duality of Existence

SPA 107 – Final Event – Fall 2021 By Iris Hauser On December 7th, Spanish 107 welcomed guest speaker Dr. Cesar Padilla, Clinical Assistant Professor from Stanford University. Dr. Padilla is a first-generation Mexican American whose family migrated from Jalisco, … Continue reading

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Decolonizing language

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Three guest speakers share their projects and personal experiences with language maintenance, decolonization and reclamation in SPA-LIN-LAS 233 By Catalina Méndez Vallejo During the fall of 2021, three renowned scholars visited SPA-LIN-LAS 233 (Languages of the Americas), a course taught … Continue reading

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Real-world social issues in Spanish: SPA102 welcomes Bolivian miner Basilio Vargas

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On April 20th, the students of Spanish 102 had a rare opportunity to converse with Basilio Vargas, miner from Potosí, Bolivia and protagonist of the critically acclaimed documentary The Devil’s Miner (2005), filmed when he was just fourteen years old. The students, … Continue reading

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