Virginia Casta A premiere of the Colombian romantic comedy film, followed by Cuban and Salsa music. Director: Claudio Cataño (Colombia) | Spanish with English subtitles. Based on a best selling Colombian novel Virginia Casta stars acclaimed actress Cristina Umaña who gives a darkly comic performance as a love damaged heroine. Devastated by her recent break […]
To mark the end of a successful programme of creative leadership workshops, the talented and committed group of young Latin American women will share their experiences and the creative works they've produced at a celebration with parents, workshop facilitators and other invited guests. The programme was led by the Latin American Women's Rights Service, under the coordination […]
An evening of readings and discussion at The British Library in celebration of the life, work and legacy of poet-translator Michael Hamburger. Preceded by a drinks reception from 18:15 in the Eliot Room. Michael Hamburger, whose archive came to the British Library after his death in 2007, translated many of the great German and Austrian […]
Professor Claire Taylor, University of Liverpool: 'Points of Intersection: Digital Modern Languages' Abstract: In my talk I would like to explore the points of interconnection that have arisen in recent years between Modern Languages and the digital broadly conceived, this latter encompassing digital humanities, digital culture, digital pedagogy, and many more. Starting from an overview […]
Comunidad Rimanakuy invites you to celebrate Inti Raymi (The Festival of the Sun) in the International Year of Indigenous Languages! Comunidad Rimanakuy is a Quechua-speaking community group that aims to promote, support and protect the Andean cultures and Latin American indigenous languages in London. Funded by OWRI’s Cross Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community project from the […]
Join the Open World Research Initiative and the Latin American Youth Forum for a cartoneras exhibition, showcasing a creative community engagement project for and by young Latin Americans in south-east London. In collaboration with Building Young Brixton and the IndoAmerican Refugee and Migrant Organization (IRMO). Event poster El cartel
The London Spanish Book and Zine Fair, the first dedicated event to publications in Spanish in the United Kingdom, will take place on the Friday 4th and Saturday 5th of October 2019 at InSpire, the Crypt of St Peter’s, Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH. LSBF will showcase Spanish, English and dual language publications by Iberoamerican authors […]
Delving into a suitcase full of sketches, songs and letters, the theatre group brings to life the story of the Laterndl theatre in Hampstead, established by a group of exile actors and writers from Nazi-occupied Austria during the Second World War. Rekindling the Viennese tradition of political cabaret, they reflect on their new surroundings and hopes for the […]
What are the links between language and imagination? How do the languages we speak relate to community, culture and identity? Following a 2-month arts residency at Gearies Primary School in Redbridge – where the students speak 47 languages between them – come and watch a new verbatim play that explores and celebrates multilingualism. Join playwright […]
Cartoneras (Cardboard Publishing) is a unique grassroots Latin American publishing phenomenon, which offers alternative forms of community engagement, activism, and social change. The event will offer the chance to find out about this unique grassroots Latin American publishing phenomenon, and the Latin American community in London. A presentation by researchers Lucy Bell (University of Surrey) […]