Program in Spanish

After a year of hiatus, the Hispanic Forum is back in a new, student-driven format! On Thursday, October 15th, and Friday, October 16th, join us in Microsoft Teams for a collection of talks by UVM Spanish students on “Science in the Hispanic World: From the Middle Ages to the Present.” For more details and the link to Teams, please consult the brochure.

This year’s Forum is titled “Before Jamestown: Spanish, French, and Portuguese Settlements in North America” and will explore the lasting impact early explorers and settlers from Continental Europe had on America. The Forum will conclude with a screening of the documentary film America’s Untold Story: The First Permanent European Settlement. For those interested in attending, the Forum will open at 10:00am on Thursday, October 11th, and will close at 5:00pm the same day. For further information, please consult the brochure and poster.

The 24th Hispanic Forum commemorated the 525th anniversary of the arrival of Hispanic culture to the Americas, with particular attention paid to the status of Latinos and the Spanish language in Vermont. The Forum concluded with a Jazz Poetry performance by Tina Escaja and the Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quintento.  For further information, please consult the brochure, poster, or the Jazz Poetry flyer.

The 23rd Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2016 on the theme “Hispanic Culture at UVM in the 400th Anniversary of Cervantes’ Death”. More information can be found in the brochure and on the poster.

The 22nd Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2015 on the theme “Cancion Protesta: Music and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean”. More information can be found on the poster.

The 21st Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2014 on the theme “The Hispanic City and the Global Imagination”. More information can be found on the poster.

The 20th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2013 on the theme “Queer Spain/Queer Vermont”. More information can be found in the brochure and on the poster.

The 19th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2012 on the theme “The Green and the Greenest: Brazil and UVM”. More information can be found on the poster (PDF).

The 16th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2009 on the theme “Art & Revolution: Cuba 50 Years Later”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 14th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2007 on the theme “Looking Back on The Spanish Civil War”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 13th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2006 on the theme “Amazon & Vermont: A Symposium in Honor of the Work of Professor James B. Petersen”. More information can be found on the poster.

The 12th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2005 on the theme “Don Quixote & Cervantes’ ‘Others’: Peregrinations into the New Millennium”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 11th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2004 on the theme “Lorca en Vermont, 1929-2004”. More information can be found in the brochure and on the poster.

The 10th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2003 on the theme “Literatures, Arts, & Technologies”. More information can be found on the poster.

The 9th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2002 on the theme “Narratives of Transformation in the Hispanic World”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 7th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 2000 on the theme “Light and Image: Film in the Hispanic World”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 6th Hispanic Forum took place in September/October of 1999 on the theme “Centro America: Histories, Arts, Cultures”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 5th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 1998 on the theme “Linguistic Frontiers & Contact Zones in the Formation of Hispanic Culture”. More information can be found in the brochure on the poster.

The 4th Hispanic Forum took place in October of 1997 on the theme “Hispanics in North America, 1513-1997: A Foreign Culture in the United States?”. More information can be found on the poster and the brochure.

The 3rd Hispanic Forum took place in September of 1996 on the theme “Delmira Agustini and Modernisms”. More information can be found in the brochure.

The 1st Hispanic Forum took place in October of 1994 on the theme “Semitic Spain & the New World”. More information can be found on the poster and the brochure.