Symposium with scholar Nestor Garcia Canclini: Global Imaginaries, Media and Aesthetics. University of Miami

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Program                                                                                                   

5:00-5:15pm – Introduction by George Yúdice
                        http://www.as.miami.edu/mll/people/faculty/dr-george-yudice-/

5:15-5:35pm – Miguel Kanai, Department of Geography, on Imagined Globalization
                        http://www.as.miami.edu/geography/people/faculty/j-miguel-kanai/

5:35-5:55pm – Ana Rosas Mantecón, on Media and Globalization in García Canclini’s work                            
                       http://ceas.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/cv_anarosas.pdf

5:55-6:15pm – Otávio Bueno, Philosophy Department, on Art Beyond Itself
                        http://www.as.miami.edu/personal/obueno/Site/Otavio_Bueno.html

6:15-6:35pm – Néstor García Canclini’s response*

6:35-7:15pm – Néstor García Canclini Lecture on Current Work
                        http://nestorgarciacanclini.net/index.php/curriculum-vitae-extensor

7:15-8:00pm – Discussion

8:00-9:00pm – Reception

 * All presentations in English, except for Dr. García Canclini’s, which will be in Spanish, with English projected for simultaneous reading. Questions and answers will be in English

Forthcoming academic events on Cultural Studies.

A book presentation, September 19th: Jorge Duany (Cuban Research Institute Director, Florida International University) latest edited volume on social and cultural dimensions of the Cuban diaspora.

A symposium, October 3th: About scholar Nestor Garcia Canclini's two latest books on global imaginaries, media and aesthetics, sponsored by the Modern Languages and Literatures Department, University of Miami.