SP13 Lecture Course 2025-2026
Lectures take place on *Fridays 2pm* and听*Tuesdays 1pm*
Paper SP13 - Contemporary Latin-American Culture
(Paper co-ordinator: Dr Liesbeth Fran莽ois)
Michaelmas Term
| Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | 2pm | 10-Oct-25 | Carlos Fonseca | Decline and Fall of the Lettered City 1/Ricardo Piglia: Respiraci贸n artificial and La ciudad ausente | LB 2 |
| 1 | Tuesday | 1pm | 14-Oct-25 | Rory O'Bryen | Decline and Fall of the Lettered City 2/Roberto Bola帽o: Literatura nazi en Am茅rica and Estrella distante | LB 3 |
| 2 | Friday | 2pm | 17-Oct-25 | Carlos Fonseca | Popular culture 1/Manuel Puig: Boquitas pintadas, El beso de la mujer ara帽a | LB 2 |
| 2 | Tuesday | 1pm | 21-Oct-25 | Rory O'Bryen | Popular culture 2: Alberto Fuguet and Sergio G贸mez, McOndo | LB 3 |
| 3 | Friday | 2pm | 24-Oct-25 | Liesbeth Fran莽ois | Popular culture 3/Mariana Enr铆quez: Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego and Los peligros de fumar en la cama | LB 2 |
| 3 | Tuesday | 1pm | 28-Oct-25 | Rory O'Bryen | Decline and Fall of the Lettered City 3/Fernando Vallejo: El r铆o del tiempo and La virgen de los sicarios | LB 3 |
| 4 | Friday | 2pm | 31-Oct-25 | Oli Wilson-Nunn | The Cinema of Fernando Solanas: La hora de los hornos, Sur and El viaje | LB 2 |
| 4 | Tuesday | 1pm | 04-Nov-25 | Rory O'Bryen | Queer Textualities 1: Pedro Lemebel, La esquina es mi coraz贸n and Loco af谩n: Cr贸nicas de un sidario | LB 3 |
| 5 | Friday | 2pm | 07-Nov-25 | Anna Corrigan | Post-Dictatorship Cinema 1: Patricio Guzm谩n | LB 2 |
| 5 | Tuesday | 1pm | 11-Nov-25 | Anna Corrigan | Post-Dictatorship Cinema 2: Los rubios and La historia oficial | LB 3 |
| 6 | Friday | 2pm | 14-Nov-25 | Isa铆as Fanlo | Queer Textualities 2: Jaime Manrique and Reinaldo Arenas | LB 2 |
| 6 | Tuesday | 1pm | 18-Nov-25 | Isa铆as Fanlo | Queer Textualities 3: Gloria Anzald煤a and Cherie Moraga | LB 3 |
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Lent Term
| Week | Day | Time | Date | Lecturer | Class/Lecture | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | 2pm | 23-Jan-26 | Anna Corrigan | Diamela Eltit and Paz Err谩zuriz, El infarto del alma | 听 |
| 1 | Tuesday | 1pm | 27-Jan-26 | Liesbeth Fran莽ois | Urban Cultures: Cristina Rivera Garza, Nadie me ver谩 llorar and Juan Villoro, Materia dispuesta | 听 |
| 2 | Friday | 2pm | 30-Jan-26 | Liesbeth Fran莽ois | Pathways of Testimony and Memory 1: Cecilia Vicu帽a (visual art) | 听 |
| 2 | Tuesday | 1pm | 03-Feb-26 | Rory O'Bryen | Testimonio 1: Miguel Barnet, Biograf铆a de un cimarr贸n and Elizabeth Burgos-Debray, Me llamo Rigoberta Mench煤 y as铆 me nace la conciencia | 听 |
| 3 | Friday | 2pm | 06-Feb-26 | Rory O'Bryen | Testimonio 2/Laura Restrepo: La novia oscura and La multitud errante | 听 |
| 3 | Tuesday | 1pm | 10-Feb-26 | Carlos Fonseca | Pathways of Testimony and Memory 2: Doris Salcedo and Teresa Margolles (visual art) | 听 |
| 4 | Friday | 2pm | 13-Feb-26 | Daniela Meneses | Escritura femenina: TBD | 听 |
| 4 | Tuesday | 1pm | 17-Feb-26 | Anna Corrigan | Post-boom ecologies 1: Beatriz Mu帽oz and Ana Mendieta | 听 |
| 5 | Friday | 2pm | 20-Feb-26 | Rory O'Bryen | Post-boom ecologies 2: Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Lo que so帽贸 Sebasti谩n and Luis Sep煤lveda, Un viejo que le铆a novelas de amor (seminar) | 听 |
| 5 | Tuesday | 1pm | 24-Feb-26 | Carlos Fonseca | Post-boom detective fiction: Ricardo Piglia, Plata quemada and Tom谩s Eloy Mart铆nez, Santa Evita | 听 |
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