Hispanic Studies News & Events

• Latin American Film Series (associated with the course SPN 122A: Introduction to Hispanic Cultural Studies. Open to anyone interested.)
• October 25: Dependencia sexual. Dir. Rodrigo Bellott, Bolivia, 2003.
• November 15: Los rubios. Dir. Albertina Carri, Argentina, 2003.
• December tba: Salvador Allende. Dir. Patricio Guzmán, Chile/Belgium/France/Germany/Spain/Mexico, 2004

The films will be screened at the Coffee Depot (3204 Mission Inn Ave. Riverside, CA 92506, http://www.coffeedepot.tv) starting at 7:15 pm. Admission is free. If you have any questions please contact: freyasch@ucr.edu or aforn@ucr.edu.

• The Hispanic Studies Department welcomes Visiting Assistant Professor Inmaculada Alvarez for the 2006-07 academic year.

• Congratulations to Miranda Jaspers (Spanish) and Yanet Parra (Spanish) who won awards at the 2006 Undergraduate Honors Convocation. Miranda Jaspers won the Academic Excellence Award and Yanet Parra won the Tomás Rivera Award.