What it means to be a Latino

Date of Event: March 29, 2012

Posted: March 16, 2012

GRANVILLE, Ohio—Denison University’s Department of Modern Languages will present a lecture by Gustavo Perez-Firmat, the David Feinson Professor of Humanities at Columbia University, at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, in the lecture hall of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). The lecture, “Havana Mañana: American Ideas of Latinness,” is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Monica Ayala-Martinez at 740-587-6228 or visit www.denison.edu.

A poet, fiction writer and scholar, Gustavo Pérez Firmat is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is the author of several books of literary and cultural criticism, four collections of poetry, a novel and a memoir.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville— Lecture: “Havana Mañana: American Ideas of Latinness,” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, in the lecture hall of the Burton D. Morgan Center (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Monica Ayala-Martinez at 740-587-6228 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

For press inquiries:

Name: Ginny Sharkey
Position Title: Media Relations
Primary Email: sharkeyv@denison.edu
Business Phone: (740) 587-6266

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