Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (FLCL) Presents

Hispanic Studies Student Colloquium: Mapping the Future through Literature and Art

 

This colloquium explores contemporary literature and visual art from Iberia and Latin America that challenge the present in order to imagine alternative futures. As dystopian narratives dominate and often reinforce the status quo, thinkers like Mark Fisher, Donna Haraway, and Layla Martínez argue that the inability to envision change is a political condition. Still, between utopia and dystopia, artists and writers are mapping new possibilities. In response to ecological collapse, gender violence, pandemics, and other social traumas, their work does more than speculate—it acts in the present, cultivating resistance and collective care. What roles do literature and art play in imagining change? What power do they hold amid widespread pessimism?

*Open to all members of the Spanish-speaking community at Bard.*

For further details, contact Prof. Patricia López-Gay at [email protected]
 

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For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 12:30 am – 2:00 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Weis Cinema, Campus Center

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