Bowdoin and the Common Good: a Celebration of Community
May 9,
20133:30 PM – 5:00 PM
David Saul Smith Union, Morrell Lounge
Thursday, May 9, 3:30-5:00 pm
Morrell Lounge, Smith Union
This celebration provides an opportunity for students involved in communities through service and research to share their projects and stories about what they have learned as a result of working in partnership with organizations throughout Maine and around the globe.
Join us for local foods including gelato from Gelato Fiasco and Maine-made root beer, and enjoy posters and displays that chronicle a year of the College's public engagement.
All are welcome!
Spanish Table
May 2,
20135:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Thorne Hall, Pinette Dining Room
Come and enjoy conversation while strengthening your language skills.
Spanish Table
February 7,
20135:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Thorne Hall, Mitchell South
Come and enjoy conversation while strengthening your language skills.
Spanish Table
January 31,
20135:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Thorne Hall, Pinette Dining Room
Come and enjoy conversation while strengthening your language skills.
Lecture with Eduardo Gonzalez Cueva on Internal Armed Conflict in Peru
November 19,
20127:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Adams Hall, Room 111 (Common Room)
Please join us for a lecture with Eduardo Gonzalez Cueva, director of the Truth and Memory Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice on
Monday, November 19
7:00 pm
Environmental Studies Common Room, Adams Hall 111. (The presentation will be delivered in English.)
Gonzalez Cueva is a Peruvian sociologist, with an M.A. degree from the New School for Social Research (New York) and from the Catholic University of Peru (Lima). At ICTJ, he is the director of the Truth and Memory Program, providing advice to countries on truth commissions, declassification of archives, memorialization activities, museums of memory, and other social instruments. He has provided technical and strategic support to truth-seeking initiatives in places as diverse as East Timor, Morocco, Liberia, Canada, and the Western Balkans.
Before joining ICTJ, he helped organize and carry out the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where he worked as the director of Public Hearings and Victim Protection, and later as an editor of the commission's Final Report. Previously, he worked as an advocate for the establishment of the International Criminal Court.
He is also a visiting professor in New York, at The New School University. He will discuss the internal armed conflict in Peru, between the Shining Path and the government of that country. Any student interested in Human Rights, Peace Studies, Conflict, Authoritarianism or Latin America is welcome.
Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and the Spanish Department
LASO: The Latin American Student Organization
The Spanish Program and LASO collaborate in numerous programs and events to promote understanding of Hispanic cultures on campus and beyond. Among their shared yearly projects are the planning and implementation of the Hispanic Heritage Month on campus and the presence of Bowdoin students in El Centro Latino de Maine.
Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good
Coordinates service trips that Bowdoin students organize to support community projects, including several in Latin America and with Latino populations in the United States. The McKeen Center also advises our faculty and students to integrate public engagement in their research and pedagogical practice, offering abundant resources, including special grants and organizational support. In addition, the Spanish Program and the McKeen Center often work together in the organization of public lectures, workshops, and service initiatives.
The Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association
Fosters a spirit of friendship and cooperation with citizens of Trinidad, Cuba and the Brunswick area. LAS faculty and students are actively involved with BTSA. One of its highlights is "Cuba Week," a celebration of Cuban culture through arts, food, and scholarship every year in April.
El Centro Latino Maine
The Spanish program is also in touch with this advocacy and social group in support of the population of Hispanic origin living in Maine, which offers numerous opportunities for our students and faculty to get involved and stay connected to Hispanic cultures near home.
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