Wednesday, September 25 → 6:30 PM → Il Posto Research Center. José Miguel de la Barra 480, office 201. Downtown Santiago. “Other Writings. Gestures, Movements, and Inscriptions in Contemporary Art and Poetry by Megumi Andrade Kobayashi.» The book proposes a journey through the work of a selected group of artists, poets...
Thursday, August 29 → 3:15 PM San Ignacio School → Alonso Ovalle 1452 Moneda Metro. Central Santiago. «Curricular Innovations in Secondary Education: Experiences of Three Chilean Schools Transforming Their Curriculum. Juan Cristóbal García-Huidobro SJ.» This book presents a study of three schools in our country that transformed their curriculum for secondary education. Together,...
Tuesday, August 27 → 7:00 PM Bar Santo Remedio → Román Díaz 152. Providencia. «Poetry in Expansion. Experimental Literary Practices in Chile 2000-2020. Author Fernando Pérez Villalón». The presentation of this book offers an overview of diverse experimental literary practices in Chile in the new millennium and proposes a critical and theoretical model for approaching them...
Thursday, August 22 → 6:00 PM Bellarmino Hall, UAH Library → Alameda 1825, Los Héroes Metro. «Writings of Afro-descendants: Debates and Trajectories of Black/Afro-descendant Intellectuals in 20th Century Latin America. María Elena Oliva Oliva.» The presentation of this book explores the debates and trajectories of thought among Black/Afro-descendant intellectuals from...
Thursday 07/18 → 6:00 PM → Bellarmino Hall. UAH Library. Alameda 1825 Los Héroes Metro. Downtown Santiago. «Hypermodernity and Mental Health. Reflections on the Psychological Consequences of Nihilism. By Felipe Quiroz Carolina Aldunce.» The quest to understand how new ways of life affect human existence today, how to face dilemmas…
Wednesday 07/10 → 6:00 PM → Documentation Center Palacio Pereira (CEDOC) Huérfanos #1515 Santiago Centro. «Hydroelectric Dams and Chilean Society. By Nicolás López Cvitanic.» The presentation of this book analyzes the tension between slogans of development and progress, versus environmentalist movements, thus opening a profound discussion around ecology, climate change, justice...
Tuesday 06/25 → 6:00 PM → Auditorium E11. Erasmo Escala 1825, Los Héroes metro station. Downtown Santiago. «Catholic Clergy: Abuse of Power and Sexual Abuse. Case studies and historical research tools (16th century to the early 20th century). Silvia Mostaccio, editor.» The presentation of this book brings together prominent male and female authors who historically analyze the dysfunctions…
Wednesday 06/19 → 6:00 PM → Room A1 CampusB, Av. Los Leones 1,200, Providencia. «Mad Exceptions: The Chilean Path to Sexual Dissidence,» by Carl Fischer. The presentation of this extensive and scholarly text, which highlights the cultural production of sex-diverse individuals and their challenges to heteronormativity, will be the topic that guides the…
Wednesday 05/29 → 4:30 PM → Auditorium E11 (Erasmo Escala 1825, Santiago Centro). «Women Scientists in Chile: How Their Life Stories Contribute to Science Education.» Authors Pamela Medina and Javiera Soto. The presentation of this book features the stories of seven researchers: Lorena Lobos (Biochemist), Brigitte Van Zundert (Molecular Biologist), Francisca Blanco (Phytopathologist), Paula…
Friday 05/17 → 1:00 PM → UAH TV Digital «Dimensions of Orality by Francisco José Cantero.» The presentation of this book leads to an exploration of the world of human sonority and audibility, confronting us with both its theoretical position and phonetic scientific evidence about our capacity to speak, listen, understand…
