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Mariselle Meléndez: Reading Colonial Latin America through Primary Sources in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Event Type: Informational
Sponsor: Supported by the Art + Design Visitors Committee, the Jerold Ziff Contemporary Art Lecture Fund, the Humanities Research Institute, and Krannert Art Museum
Date: Sep 29, 2021 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Mariselle Melendez
Registration: Registration
Contact: Carrie Lingscheit
E-Mail: carriel@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Campus Humanities Calendar; The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is pleased to welcome Mariselle Meléndez, LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar and Professor of Spanish at the U of I, to showcase some of the unique holdings in our collection. In her live Zoom presentation at 3:00pm on Wednesday, September 29, Professor Meléndez will discuss what these primary sources can tell us about the interactions between Europe and the Americas between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. Open to any and all interested, please join us by registering at the following link: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C4wYH7bRQqO2bEJwhHnLJg

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