Special Activities

Students find activities on campus that can augment their studies in Spanish and Hispanic studies, including:

• Spanish House (La Casa Hispana) is a college-ownded residence. Students living in Casa Hispana share similar interests in Spanish and Hispanic studies, but need not be declared majors.
• Latino group (Sociedad de Estudiantes Latinos) is an on-campus student group based in Earlham's Latino cultural center.
• Latino Festival is celebrated on campus in April every year.
• Speakers, visiting writers and artists com to campus regularly. Recent guests include: authors Ben Saenz and Carlos Morton; singer-songwriters Ganino Palomares and Lila Downs, Ecuadorian human rights activist Alexis Fonce and Caribbean linguist Frank Martinus.

May Terms

Recent on-campus May Terms have included:

Afro-Caribbean Poetry
and an intensive reading of Don Quijote de la Mancha.

Off-campus May Terms have included:

On-site studies in a Hispanic community in Chicago,
Islamic Spain,
Intensive Spanish in Mexico,
Cultural ecology in Menorca, and
Language and culture in Curaçao.

Ford/Knight Projects

Recent Ford/Knight projects, in which students and faculty collaborate on scholarly research, have included:

Chicano theater, Images of national identity in Spain,
Latin American music,
Spanish Creole language and culture in the Caribbean, and
Mexican mural art in Pilsen, Chicago.

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