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SP5 Lecture List

SP5 LectureCourse 2025-2026

Lectures take place on *Tuesdays 3pm*, *Wednesdays 3pm*, so you must keep these times free in your timetable.

SP5 - Latin American Culture and History

(Paper co-ordinator: Dr Carlos Fonseca)

Michaelmas Term

Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
1 Tuesday 3pm 14-Oct-25 María Reyes Baztán Foundations, Identity, Difference: Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Sab
1 Wednesday 15-Oct-25 Liesbeth François Foundations, Identity, Difference: Rosario Castellanos, Balún Canán
2 Tuesday 21-Oct-25 Paola González-Solís Foundations, Identity, Difference: El laberinto de la soledad
2 Wednesday 22-Oct-25 Carlos Castro Foundations, Identity, Difference: Guaman Poma
3 Tuesday 28-Oct-25 Josué Brocca Foundations, Identity, Difference: Popol Vuh
3 Wednesday 29-Oct-25 Rory O'Bryen Foundations, Identity, Difference: Soledad Acosta de Samper, Dolores
4 Tuesday 04-Nov-25 Rory O'Bryen Foundations, Identity, Difference: Extracts from Sarmiento, Facundo; José Martí, 'Nuestra América mestiza'; Roberto Fernández Retamar, 䲹á
4 Wednesday 05-Nov-25 Rory O'Bryen Foundations, Identity, Difference: Alejo Carpentier, El reino de este mundo
5 Tuesday 11-Nov-25 Liesbeth François Labyrinths of Fiction: Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones
5 Wednesday 12-Nov-25 Carlos Fonseca Labyrinths of Fiction: Cortázar, Bestiario
6 Tuesday 18-Nov-25 Carlos Fonseca Labyrinths of Fiction: La invención de Morel
6 Wednesday 19-Nov-25 N/A Spill-over slot

Lent Term

Week Day Time Date Lecturer Class/Lecture Venue
1 Tuesday 3pm 27-Jan-26 Rory O'Bryen Representing the City: Roberto Arlt, El juguete rabioso
1 Wednesday 28-Jan-26 Isaías Fanlo Representing the City: El Vampiro de la Colonia Roma
2 Tuesday 03-Feb-26 Oliver Wilson-Nunn Representing the City: Hugo Santiago: Աó [film]
2 Wednesday 04-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Charting Revolution: Elena Poniatowska, La noche de Tlatelolco
3 Tuesday 10-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Charting Revolution: The history of the Mexican Revolution
3 Wednesday 11-Feb-26 Carlos Fonseca Charting Revolution: Mariano Azuela, Los de abajo
4 Tuesday 17-Feb-26 Carlos Fonseca Charting Revolution: Juan Rulfo, El llano en llamas
4 Wednesday 18-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Penning the Dictator: Luisa Valenzuela, Cambio de armas
5 Tuesday 24-Feb-26 Rory O'Bryen Penning the Dictator: Miguel Ángel Asturias, El señor Presidente
5 Wednesday 25-Feb-26 Anna Corrigan Penning the Dictator: Marta Traba, Conversación al sur
6 Tuesday 03-Mar-26 N/A Spill-over slot