Lecture: Literature and Daily Life in Michoacán
Friday, March 12
Central Washington University (CWU) and the Center for Latino and Latin American Studies are proud to host Dr. Raúl Eduardo González, Professor of Hispanic Languages and Literature at the Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo, from March 11-12, 2010.
In two weeks, Dr. González will present “Literature and Daily Life in Michoacán between Independence and the Revolution," a lecture that examines the presence of literature in the daily life of Michoacanos and the uses of daily life in the literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Michoacán, on the campuses of CWU and Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC).
His lecture is the third installment of a speaker series entitled “Mexico 1810-1910-2010: Everyday Life in Michoacán during Mexican Independence and the Revolution.” The series brings monthly speakers from Michoacán to our region from January to June 2010 in celebration of 200 years since the start of Mexico’s Independence War and 100 years since the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution. Scholars and artists from Michoacán will share their knowledge and experience with CWU students and the central Washington region.
In November 2009, Michoacán’s Secretary of Culture, the Honorable Maestro Jaime Hernández Díaz, visited our region to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with CWU. He also inaugurated the speaker series with his talk “Images of Valladolid through Travelers’ Eyes.”
“Mexico 1810-1910-2010” is the first step in a partnership between CWU and the SECUM that seeks to educate students and communities in central Washington about Michoacán and its peoples’ history and cultures, and the lives of immigrants in our region who come from Michoacán.
Dr. González's presentation at CWU will take place on Thursday, March 11 in the Dean Hall Lobby from 7:00-8:30PM.
On Friday, March 12, Dr. González's presentation will take place from 6:30-8:00PM in the Parker Room in YVCC’s Deccio Higher Education Building.
Both presentations are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Light refreshments will be served.
Event sponsors include: the SECUM, the CWU Center for Latino and Latin American Studies, CWU Offices of the President and Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, the CWU departments of history and philosophy and religious studies, Yakima Valley Community College, Fiesta Foods, and Ke Buena (96.9FM).
For more information, please contact Dr. Michael A. Ervin (509-963-1244 or ervinm@cwu.edu) or visit the “Mexico 1810-1910-2010” website at www.cwu.edu/~la_studies/Michoacan
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