96-03-26 Hispanic Week Looks at Latin America OHIO STATE TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY, CULTURES OF LATIN AMERICA COLUMBUS -- The formation of Latin America in the 19th=20 century was an arduous process, resulting in a period of flux=20 between each country=92s colonial past and its national=20 independence. April 19 and 20, the Department of Spanish and=20 Portuguese at The Ohio State University will re-visit Latin=20 America=92s turbulant history. The discussion, =93National Subjects and Discourses in Latin=20 America=92s 19th Century: A Colloquium (Coloquio: Sujetos Y=20 Discursos Nacionales En Hispanoamerica, Siglo XIX),=94 is just one=20 event in the university=92s 18th annual Hispanic Awareness Week,=20 April 14-21. The colloquium will be held in the second floor Main Lounge=20 of the Ohio Union, 1739 N. High St. Most of the presentations=20 will be given in Spanish. On April 19, topics include: -- 9:30-11:30 a.m., =93Narrativas proto-nacionales: el=20 discurso de los libertadores,=94 with Mabel Mora=F1a, chair of the=20 Department of Spanish Studies, University of Pittsburgh. -- 3:30-5:30 p.m., =93Prensa y naci=F3n en la Venezuela=20 independentista,=94 with Alicia R=EDos, Universidad Sim=F3n Bol=EDvar,=20 Caracas, Venezuela. April 20, discussions include: -- 9:30-11:30 a.m., =93Reading/Modernity/Culture: Literate=20 Imaginings of the Porfiriato, 1876-1911,=94 with Danny J.=20 Anderson, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of=20 Kansas. -- 5:30 p.m., =93Los rincones de la l=EDrica: =91Poes=EDa del=20 pasado, poemas del presente,=92=94 with Ohio State graduate student=20 Ana Merino, winner of the Adonais Literary Award. Hispanic Awareness Week begins 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 14,=20 with Fiesta =9196, a celebration with food, Latin music, games and=20 activities for all ages. The festival will be at Whetstone Park,=20 3923 N. High St. Other events include: -- Exhibit of Hispanic Textile and Clothing, photos from=20 Peru by Paul-Henri Bourguignon, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. April 8-26 in the=20 second floor of Bricker Hall, 190 N. Oval Mall. -- Latindio, a solo performance piece by George Emilio=20 Sanchez that explores the meaning of the word =93Latino,=94 7 p.m.=20 Monday, April 15, in the Ohio Union Conference Theater. -- =93Hispanic Business Opportunities in Ohio and Latin=20 America,=94 with Cecilia Castillo and Guillermo Rojas, State=20 Department of Development; Teodosio Feliciano, Ohio Hispanic=20 Chamber of Commerce; Al Sanchez, Turner Construction; and Douglas=20 Southgate, Latin American Studies Program, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.=20 Tuesday, April 17, in the Ohio Union Memorial Room. -- =93WWW. World Wide Web in Latin America,=94 a collection=20 of sites, with Ohio State doctoral candidate Edgardo Ortiz, 1=20 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Ohio Union Memorial Room. -- Hispanic Music Videos, 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, in=20 the Ohio Union food court. -- =93Do You See What I Mean?=94 a demonstration, quiz and=20 fun facts about non-verbal communication in Puerto Rico, with=20 education doctoral candidates Tamara J. Garc=EDa-Barbosa and Ivette=20 Diaz-Greene, 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in the Ohio Union=20 Memorial Room. -- Cuba: Siempre Viva, an exhibition of contemporary Cuban=20 photography, April 22 through May 3, in Hopkins Hall Gallery, 128=20 N. Oval Mall. An opening reception will 5-7 p.m. Monday, April=20 22, in the gallery. Co-sponsored by Antioch College. Hispanic Awareness Week is sponsored and coordinated by the=20 Office of Hispanic Student Services. Individual events are=20 sponsored by a variety of Ohio State and community organizations. For a poster with a complete listing of events, call 292- 2917. # Contact: Carmen Alvarez-Breckenridge, Hispanic Student Services,=20 (614) 292-2917 or breckenridge.1@osu.edu [Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Tue, 26 Mar 1996 15:09:41 -0500] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.