English Dept. Symposia and Conferences
Symposia and Conferences
coordinated by the English Department
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
- 29-30 April 1998: Puerto Rican Literature Written in the United States: Redefining Literary Boundaries. A symposium with Tato Laviera, Sandra María Esteves, Nicholasa Mohr, and Juan Flores.
- 24 April 1997: Puerto Rican Writers in the U.S.: the Reality of an Unexplored Fiction. A symposium with keynote addresses by Judith Ortiz-Cofer, Juan Flores, Tato Laviera, and Victor Hernández Cruz
- 8-24 October 1996: Cine Foro: Caribe. A forum on Caribbean film with keynote addresses by film critics and film-makers Luis Trelles, Enrique Piñeda, René Fortunato, and Caryl Phillips
- 3-6 March 1993: The Discourse of Disability Conference/ Congreso Otras Habilidades. A four-day conference on literature, film, music, and art by or about the differently abled. Keynote addresses by Ved Mehta and Sotero Rivera-Aviles
- April 1990: Anancy the Spider - a panel on this Caribbean trickster in conjunction with the Third Congress of the International Beast Fable Society
- 23-24 February 1989: Voices from the Islands. A two-day conference on the Literature and Culture of the English-Speaking West Indies. Keynote address by Derek Walcott and a theatrical performance by the Trinidad Tent Theatre
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