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Bharat Venkat, “At the Limits of Cure.”

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Spring 2021 Colloquium May 17 | 4PM - 5PM PST Speaker Bharat Venkat (UCLA) “At the Limits of Cure” What does it mean to be cured, and what does it mean for a cure to come undone? This talk draws from my forthcoming book At the Limits of Cure (Duke University Press, fall 2021), which focuses on […]

Madison Felman-Panagotacos, “La Difunta Correa”

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May 12 | 2PM - 3PM "La Difunta Correa" A Workshop with PhD Candidate from the Spanish and Portuguese department, Madison Felman-Panagotacos (UCLA)   This paper will trace the tumultuous popularization of the devotion to la Difunta Correa, considering reverence for her in conjunction with changing standards of what constitutes argentinidad and femininity. Examining cultural […]