Scholars Archive

Matter and Memory: Reasserting the (Political) Present in Eduardo Coutinho’s Edifício Master (2002) and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius (2016)

Gonzalo Aguiar, State University of New York at Oswego

University at Albany, Humanities 354

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Finding Latin American and Spanish Videos for Research, Teaching, and Learning

Jesús Alonso-Regalado, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Reflections, Distortions, and the Homoerotic Aesthetics: Looking to Caribbean Female Filmmakers

Maria Alejandra Aguilar Dornelles, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Submission and Manumission in Michael Rowe’s Leap Year (2010)

Silvia Álvarez-Olarra, CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College

University at Albany, Humanities 290

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Scapegoating in the Films by Alejando Fernández Almendras

Ilka Kressner, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Lunch

University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Patroon Room

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

La isla mínima [Marshland] (2014): Revisiting post-Franco Spain with a Neo-Noir Film

Luis Cuesta, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Cinematographic Resources as Meaningful Affordances in a Foreign Language Class

Denise Osborne, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

The Anti-Hero Perspective of Sebastián Silva’s The Maid

Amber Bradley, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

From Locus Amoenus to Locus Horribilis: Provincial and Urban Spaces of Cultural (Re)Assertion and Hegemony in Yates and Sigel’s When the Mountains Tremble and Bustamante’s Ixcanul

Katrina Abad, University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany, Humanities 290

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Roundtable Discussion: Uses of Film in Different Academic Disciplines

Shira Segal, University at Albany, State University of New York
José Cruz, University at Albany, State University of New York
Maria Keyes, University at Albany, State University of New York
James Osborne, The College of Saint Rose
Lina Rincón, Framingham State University
Diana Aldrete, Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut

University at Albany, Humanities 290

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM