Month: November 2008

Apply by December 1, 2008, for early notification; March 1 is the final deadline.

Writers’ House students:

• Live together, forming a vibrant literary community in centrally located Dorchester Hall,
• Major in all fields, may be transfers or moving in from off-campus, and may be freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors,
• Partipate in a myriad of literary activities including:
• publication of Stylus,
• TerPoets Open Mics,
• meetings with Writers Here and Now visiting authors,
• writing workshops,
• field trips,
• one-on-one manuscript advising,
• poetry service-learning project
• literary study abroad
• Lannan Fellowships

If you’re interested but have some questions please don’t hesitate to call the Director, Johnna Schmidt, directly at 301-405-0671.

You can access an application at our website, which is under construction: www.writershouse.umd.edu

December 5th @ 3:30pm Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall. For directions click here.

Sponsored by the Comparative Literature Program, Dept of English, Dept of Spanish & Portuguese, LGBT Studies, and Latin American Studies.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Judith Freidenberg, Immigration and National Identity in Argentina ;
Memoirs of Villa ClaraPlace: Latin American Studies Center ,
0128B Holzapfel Hall

Memorias de Villa Clara – Published by Antropofagia, Buenos Aires , Argentina , 2005

In “Memorias de Villa Clara” (“Memories of Villa Clara”) Judith Freidenberg synthesizes the oral, material and written histories of Villa Clara to depict the village’s unique heritage. Situated in northeastern Argentina , Villa Clara was founded by Jewish colonists brought to the country by the Baron de Hirsch at the end of the 19th century. Freidenberg’s ethnographic and ethno-historic studies which form the basis of “Memorias” consider the strong history of other European immigration to Villa Clara later in history, as well as the experiences of the native gauchos. The book is directed towards a general public audience in order to encourage members of the Villa Clara community to reconstruct the village’s past. “Memorias,” written in Spanish, is available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Film: Nueve Reinas/Nine Queens

Place: Latin American Studies Center , 0128B Holzapfel Hall
“Nine Queens” is the story of two small-time swindlers, Juan (Gastón Pauls) and Marcos (Ricardo Darin), who team up after meeting in a convenience store and become involved in a half million dollar deal. Early one morning, Marcos… “Nine Queens” is the story of two small-time swindlers, Juan (Gastón Pauls) and Marcos (Ricardo Darin), who team up after meeting in a convenience store and become involved in a half million dollar deal.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 10:00 am
Sandra Cypess, “NEW ‘STAGES’ FOR MOTHERS IN ARGENTINA – From Politics to Theatrics.”
Place: Latin American Studies Center , 0128B Holzapfel Hall

Come to hear how Mothers in Argentina , including the “Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” –whose children “disappeared” during the Dirty War of the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 are represented on stage.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm
“Borges and the Kabbalah: Seeking Access” by Mirta Kupferminc and Saul Sosnowski.
Opening Reception.

Place: Art Gallery, Art and Sociology Building , University of Maryland, College Park .

Their collaborative work comprises several original etchings and aquatints by Kupferminc, and text by Sosnowski.

Exhibit opens from: November 12 – December 20, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Saúl Sosnowski in conversation with Mirta Kupeferminc.

Place: Art Gallery, Art and Sociology Building

Come and learn how it all started and how they combined art and literature to create the book, Borges y la Cabala: senderos del verbo, on which the exhibit at the Art Gallery is based.