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Talking Trash. Cultural Uses of Waste

May 28, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Thursday, May 28, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:30pm, Pacific Time (PT)

Join us on Thursday, May 28, 2020, from 2:00 to 3:30pm, Pacific Time (PT) for a remote presentation by Professor Maite Zubiaurre, a member of the UHI Core Faculty and Professor of Germanic Languages and of Spanish & Portuguese, discussing her recent scholarly monograph, Talking Trash. Cultural Uses of Waste (Vanderbilt University Press, 2019).

Professors Charlene Villaseñor-Black (Art History; Chicana Studies, UCLA) and Allison Carruth (English, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA) will be joining for a discussion of the book.

To register for the event please visit:  https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0l_QscF0SfC8pNbP5dIzyQ

Talking Trash. Cultural Uses of Waste, has been awarded the “2020 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.” https://humanities.ucla.edu/news/maite-zubiaurre-talking-trash-award/

For more information about the discussion please see the following links:

UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies: https://www.international.ucla.edu/euro/event/13950

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/235152641083066/

Details

Date:
May 28, 2020
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Website:
https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0l_QscF0SfC8pNbP5dIzyQ