Congratulations!
Dr. Helen Pollard
Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Social Science
On September 3-4, 2009 a conference was held to honor the work of Dr. Helen P. Pollard by the Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico - Reconocimiento a la obra de la Dra. Helen P. Pollard. The papers presented will be published as a book in her honor. Two of the presenters are former MSU students [Christopher Fisher, Colorado State and Amy Hirshman, West Virginia University] and the remaining are Mexican, French, and American colleagues.
Dr. Danny Mendez
Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr. Danny Mendez has been awarded a prestigious teaching award, the Dominican Educators of Excellence in Higher Education for 2009 by the university UNAPEC (Asociacion de Estudios Dominicanos) in recognition of his dedication to the study, teaching and dissemination of Dominican Studies.
Dr. Rocio Quispe-Agnoli
Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese;
Director, Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities
Dr. Rocio Quispe-Agnoli will give the keynote address "El indio en el armario: Voces indígenas de América Latina en el cine contemporáneo" at the Young Latin American and Spanish Literature:
Conference/CONGRESO LITERATURA.PERU.2009 on November 24, 2009.
Dr. Elvira Sánchez-Blake
Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Dr. Elvira Sánchez-Blake has just published the novel "Espiral de silencios" (Beaumont 2009), a historical account of Colombians in the midst of war searching for peace. She has presented the book in a number of international events including: the Bogota International Book Fair (August, 2009), the AILFH Conference in Ecuador (October 2009), and has been invited to present at the "Colombiage" Festival of Arts, London and the Festival "Otoño Cultural" in Mérida Yucatán, Mexico, (November 2009). A review of Espiral de silencios (Spiral of silences) can be found here.
In addition, Dr. Sánchez-Blake is the invited speaker for the Festival of Ibero-American Literature organized by Foyles and the Association of Cultural Attaches of Latin America, Spain and Portugal (ACALASP) in London, UK (November 10-15, 2009). She is presenting a talk on "Ibero American Women Writers: Challenges and Perspectives for the XXI century."
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