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2000/01 EVENTS

LAILA/ALILA Conference
"15th International Symposium on Latin American Indian Literatures."
FCI will be one of the sponsors in cooperation with the Society of Women Geographers. This event will take place in Washington, D.C., at the Library of Congress, 15-17 June 2000. Event's Director : Dr. Mary Preuss. More Info.

Spanish Women Writers in Translation: Translation as an Art Form

Gallaudet University and FCI will jointly sponsor the first conference on Latin America and Spanish women authors in translation, to be held on October 13-14, 2000. The event will be bilingual in Spanish and English, and signed for the hearing-impaired. Director of this event: Prof. Michael Miller.
Dr. Miller has translated three novels: 
A Place Called Milagro de la Paz
by Manlio Argueta of El Salvador. Spanish original: Milagro de la Paz (Curbstone Press, 2000)
A Woman With Short Hair and Great Legs by Cristina Gutiérrez Richaud of Guadalajara, México. Spanish original: Mujer de cabellos cortos y buenas piernas. Unpublished.
With Every Drop of Blood of the Wound by Manuel Corleto of Guatemala. Spanish original: Con cada gota de sangre de la herida. Unpublished.

Borgesias 2000
One day conference dedicated to Jorge Luis Borges.
Roberto Alifano, poet, director of the journal Proa, which is published in Buenos Aires, will present an exceptional one day conference dedicated to Jorge Luis Borges.  Mr. Alifano will talk about his work with Borges during the last ten years of the author's life, and their unique friendship.

Film Project
FCI is sponsoring the first feature film from Latino filmmakers in the Washington, D.C area. More Info.

Alexander Von Humboldt: Conference 2001
Interdisciplinary Conference on Latin American Travel Literature: Written From and Toward the Americas. Arcata, California, 
18-22, Jun. 2001. More Info.

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