Calendar of Events

• MARJORIE AGOSIN, CHA VISITING ARTIST ---Chair of the Dept of Spanish, Wellesley College ---Author of numerous award-winning books of poetry, fiction, the memoir, and critical works on Latin American literature ---Editor of various anthologies of works by Latin American Jewish women writers ---Activist recognized by the United Nations for her work in human rights ---Script writer for several award-winning films; curator of traveling exhibits ---University of Georgia alumna: B.A. in Philosophy and Spanish
  • Monday, Sept 10 Noon Lunch with interested members in Romance Languages and CLACS Savannah Room 4:00-4:00 Workshop: On the Political Memoir (please sign up in advance) Gilbert Hall 251
  • Tuesday, Sept 11 Noon Poetry Reading (in English), sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, Park Hall 261 4:00 p.m. CHA Public Lecture: Writings toward Hope: Ethics and the Political Memoir, Park Hall 265
  • Wednesday Sept 12 4:00-6:00 Workshop: On the Political Memoir (please sign up in advance) Gilbert Hall 309 6:30 Dinner with participants in the workshop
  • Thursday, Sept 13 Noon Lunch with interested members of the Athens Writing Community 4:00 Reading (in Spanish), sponsored by the Dept of Romance Languages and the Mary Linden Language Residencial Hall, followed by reception First floor of Mary Linden Residential Hall
  • Friday, Sept 14 12:20-1:10 p.m. Women's Studies Brown Bag Series: "A Viewing and Discussion of Agosin's Peabody-award winning film, 'Threads of Hope'" (on the way in which the women of Chile used scraps and thread to make the world aware of the disappearance and death of their loved ones duing the Pinochet era) Lunch with faculty and staff of the Women's Studies Program, Geography, and Philosophy 4:00-6:00 Workshop: On the Political Memoir Gilbert Hall 230
  • To sign up for the workshop, please contact Marjorie Agosín's hostess at UGA, Roberta Fernández, Romance Languages and Women's Studies, at the following address: robertaf@arches.uga.edu Anyone interested in having a No-Hostess lunch with Marjorie Agosin, please contact Roberta Fernandez for purposes of reservation.