April 7th: Presentation by Julio Ramos *A Department of Spanish & Portuguese Event

Julio Ramos is professor emeritus at UC-Berkeley. Professor Ramos has published widely on topics such as 19th and 20th century Latin American Literature, Cultural Theory, and Latin American film. Ramos is the author of Desencuentros de la modernidad en América Latina en el siglo XIX, one of the most important studies about modernity in the Western Hemisphere. Ramos is also a filmmaker, and has written about two Afro-Cuban directors featured at this year's festival: Gloria Rolando and Guillén Landrián.

Presentation "Detroit's Rivera: Work, Public Art, and Film"
HG 1010 5-7PM