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Canning House's Department of Culture and the Embassy of
Colombia want to seize the opportunity to commemorate the 200 years of Independence of Colombia with a special program of events that will run from April to June. This program will include artistic and cultural events that reflect the different aspects of the national culture of Colombia in terms of music, literature and art. In addition to that, this program also offers a series of debates and reflections around different topics of vital importance to a better understanding of history, identity, and the political and cultural development of Colombia. The intention is to consider the questions of the past, the present, and the future of this country.
The
following programme is arranged in collaboration with a variety of partners,
including the British Academy, Warwick University, Gassworks, International
Coffee Organisation, International Financial Services, Intercontinental London
Park Lane Hotel, Circolombia, among others.
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Lizzie Ball, violin
Graham Walker, cello
Iván Guevara-Bernal, piano
Classico Latino will perform a programme of classic Latin-American music shortly before they appear in Colombia's Festival Mono Nuñez — the first European group ever to do so. The concert will include Boleros, Tangos, Cumbias, Pasillos and many more, in the group's own unique arrangements for piano, violin and cello.
VENUE St. John's Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
(nearest tube: Westminster)
TICKETS £15, £12, £10 (ILAMS members £10)
Book by telephone — 020 7222 1061
www.classicolatino.com/launch.htm
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Noemi Sanin Posada, Ambassador of Colombia
The Ambassador of Colombia in the United Kingdom, Noemi Sanin will discuss the current political, social and economic situation of Colombia, concentrating specifically on the country's position within the context of the current global financial crisis.
Noemi Sanin has had a long diplomatic career having been Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to Venezuela and Ambassador to Spain. She was also previously Minister of Communications and ran for President of Colombia on two occasions.
VENUE Latin American Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
1 Church Walk, Oxford OX2 6JF
TICKETS Free Admission
Reservations: Pablo Marquez, OULAS (Oxford University Latin American Society)
pmarqueze@gmail.com
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Haydon Warren-Gash (Left), Former UK Ambassador to Colombia (2005-08)
Jeremy Thorp (Middle), Former UK Ambassador to Colombia (1998-2001)
Sir Keith Morris (Right), Former UK Ambassador to Colombia (1990-94)
Three former UK Ambassadors to Colombia discuss their past experiences and future predications for British-Colombian Diplomatic Relations.
VENUE Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ
TICKETS Book at
www.canninghouse.com/content/culture/events
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Dr Raul Cuero, PhD in Microbiology, Research Scientist, Distinguished Professor
Professor Cuero will share the life, cultural, and scientific experiences that led him to become one of the most prolific Hispanic inventors. During the presentation, he will explain his views on what he sees are the advantages Latin America posses for the recovery of the current global economy: a young and mixed population; diversity and abundance of natural resources; great passion for education, knowledge and innovation.
You can find more information about Raul Cuero at
www.raulcuerobiotech.com
VENUE Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ
TICKETS Book at
www.canninghouse.com/content/culture/events
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Left to right: Miller Lagos y Gabriel Sierra.
Everything has a name, or the potential to be named is a group exhibition that focuses on how European colonial powers during the 17th and 18th Centuries appropriated the natural environment in the Americas. The exhibition features works which address how organisms, land and people have been respectively classified, renamed and dislocated by generations of explorers and colonisers, as a consequence of economically and scientifically motivated expeditions by European empires to the Americas. These forms of cultural domination — from the renaming of a region, to the classification of a medicinal plant — have left lasting legacies, which remain in common use today.
This exhibition is curated by Anna Colin (Exhibitions Curator, Gasworks) and Catalina Lozano (Residencies Coordinator, Gasworks)
In association with GASWORKS
www.gasworks.org.uk/exhibitions/detail.php?id=436
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Left to right: Eduardo Posada Carbo, Geoffrey Kantaris, Gerald Martin, Christopher Abel, Rory O'Bryen,
John King, Juan Gabriel Vásquez
A series of talks by British and Colombian academics and authors presenting and discussing their most recent research on Colombian history and culture.
Elections and the origins of democracy in Colombia
Eduardo Posada Carbo, Departmental Lecturer in Latin American Politics and Research Associate at the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
Historical perspectives on contemporary Colombian politics
Christopher Abel, Latin American History, University College London (UCL)
Colombian cinema and La Violencia
Dr Rory O'Bryen, Latin American Literature and Cinema, University of Cambridge
Cinema and the City in Colombia
Dr Geoffrey Kantaris, Director, Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge
García Marquez: writing history
Gerald Martin, Senior Research Professor, London Metropolitan University and Author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life
Professor John King, Comparative American Study, University of Warwick
History in the fiction of Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Anne McLean
Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Author, The Informers — Shortlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
VENUE British Academy, Council Room, 10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH
TICKETS Registration for this event is free but limited.
Please apply before 23 April to Professor Anthony McFarlane,
History Department, University of Warwick — a.mcfarlane@warwick.ac.uk
Organised by University of Warwick and sponsore by JISLAC, the British Academy, the Embassy of Colombia in the UK and Canning House
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Author, The Informers — Shortlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
The Colombian author will give an account of Colombian fictional literature since the early writings of the Nobel Prize winner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The Colombian author, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Latin American literature at the Sorbonne currently lives in Barcelona. His work is published in 10 languages, and he has translated works by E.M. Forster and Victor Hugo, amongst others, into Spanish. His essays, reviews and reportage have appeared in various magazines and literary supplements. He was recently nominated as one of the Bogota 39, South America's most promising writers of the new generation.
VENUE Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PJ
TICKETS Book at
www.canninghouse.com/content/culture/events
Photo by Nina Subin
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CIRCOLOMBIA presents one very special night with performances from the best carnival groups in the UK. A dazzling spectacle of artistic achievement and audience participation, including a parade of five magnificent giant carnival queens from five continents accompanied by dancers and musicians who will demonstrate carnival traditions from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and South America.
VENUE 3 St Mary's Road, Luton LU1 3JA
(Main line station: LUTON)
TICKETS FREE event
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