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Welcome to Latin American Studies at the University of Toronto
Our headquarters is in the Munk Centre for International Studies, 327N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto.Thanks for your patience as we load and order our website for the 2007-08 year.
Camille Harrison, Administrator
tel: 416 946-8972
e-mail: camille.harrison@utoronto.ca
office hours: Mon-Fri (afternoons only)
Upcoming Events
THE VIRGIN, SAINTS AND ANGELS: South American Paintings 1600-1825 from the Thoma Collection
4 September to 9 December 2007 – the University of Toronto Art Centre (within the main quadrangle of University College, 15 King’s College Circle) Enter a world of miracles, mystery and angelic music – of human need, saintly helpers and heavenly light . . .
An exhibition of fifty-five paintings from Spanish South America explores a compelling visual tradition, a new world of images touched off in Europe and evolving in the Spanish territories of the Americas.
MOVING WORLDS OF THE BAROQUE: a Chancellor Jackman Program for the Arts Symposium at the University of Toronto
11-13 October 2007
An international, interdisciplinary meeting to explore the Baroque not only as a complex of literary, artistic and architectural styles, but also as a broader, mobile cultural system that emerged out of the transatlantic interactions and diasporas of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In conjunction with The Virgin, Saints and Angels exhibition. Click here to read more...
ITINERARIO TORONTO
September through December 2007, across the Greater Toronto Area
Experience the diverse spirit, cultures and cuisines of Latin America in Toronto’s neighbourhoods. Click for more information on participating businesses and special events. In conjunction with The Virgin, Saints and Angels exhibition. Click here to read more...
MAPPING & BUILDING: Cuba, Canada, Mexico and the United States – Past, Present, Future
Montréal – 8-9 September 2007 & Toronto – 25-26 October 2007
Two international symposia generously sponsored by the Ford Foundation, with the assistance of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, and the Canadian Association for Latin American and Canadian Studies. Click here to read more...
LAS@UofT counts on your contribution of ideas and energy.
For more information, to become involved and to get on our mailing list, contact Camille Harrison -- camille.harrison@utoronto.ca
Click on "About Us" to learn about our programme, the programme's logo, the work of Liliana RodrÃguez.
For information about OLAS, the Organization of Latin American Students on the St. George Campus, visit http://olas.sa.utoronto.ca www.olasonline.ca
Imperial Decadence: a roundtable on the late Spanish Empire
Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 4-6pm
Munk Centre, 208N
Peter BLANCHARD, History UofT; Alan DURSTON, History York University; Manuel LUCENA GIRALDO, CSIC, Madrid; Manuel HERRERO SANCHEZ, Universidad de Pablo Olavide
Venezuela and Twenty-First Century Socialism
Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 12-2 pm
Munk Centre, 108N
DIANE RABY, University of Liverpool
Moving Worlds of the Baroque: a Chancellor Jackman Program for the Arts Symposium at the University of Toronto
Thursday, October 11 - Saturday, October 13, 2007
University of Toronto Art Centre, Vic 212 and Textile Museum of Canada
An international, interdisciplinary group of scholars, visit www.utoronto.ca/las and click on Moving Worlds of the Baroque for programme details and venues
Imported Brilliance: Silk and Metal Yarns in the Colonial Andean Weaving Tradition
Sat, 13 Oct 07 -- 12-1pm, Public Lecture concluding Moving Worlds of the Baroque
Textile Museum of Canada auditorium, 55 Centre Avenue (just south of Dundas St W), st. patrick subway; Museum admission fees apply to non-participants
Elena PHIPPS, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
