Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of our faculty sponsors, Professors Miguel Martínez and Rocco Rubini, it is our pleasure to announce the Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop schedule for the winter quarter 2012. All meetings will be held in Wieboldt 207 at 1:30 PM unless otherwise indicated on the schedule.

Friday January 25 at 2:00

Roni Kubati, PH. D Candidate in Italian will present. Title TBA

Friday February 8 at 2:30 PM

Maggie Fitz-Morkin, PH.D Candidate in Italian will present and discuss, “Obscenity and Pedagogy in Petrarch’s Invective Contra Medicum.”

Respondent: Lawrence Hooper

Friday February 15 at 2:00 PM

Juan Camilo Acevedo, Ph. D Candidate in Spanish will present and discuss, “Cut, Copy and Paste: Publishing and Authorship in the Spanish Golden Age”

Respondent: Jose Estrada

Friday March 1 at 12:00 PM

Hosted in CWAC Room 152. Sharon Kinoshita, Professor of Literature, University of California Santa Cruz will present and discuss, “Re-orientations: The Worlding of Marco Polo.” This talk is co-sponsored with the Medieval Workshop.

Friday March 15 at 2:00 PM

Jeffrey Kwesi Coleman, Ph. D Candidate in Spanish will present and discuss a chapter of his dissertation, TBA

Respondent: Susana Perez

We look forward to seeing you at our meetings!

Best Regards,

James Nemiroff and David Reher

Graduate Student Coordinators

Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop

PS: Those requiring assistance to attend these events should contact the Graduate Student Coordinator David Reher at dmreher@uchicago.edu.