Dr. Galina Bakhtiarova

selected CONFERENCES AND INVITED LECTURES

 

Conference paper: “Reinventing Myths: From DQ Don Quijote en Barcelona to The Ring of the Nibelungs in Valencia”
            International Conference Literatura Peru 2009, Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru, November 2009

Conference paper: “Creative Collaboration: Summer Arts, Culture and Language Study in Spain”
            International Connections: Engaging Campus, Community and World Conference, CCSU, Hartford,
            November 2008

Invited Lecture: “ Days of the Dead: A Celebration of Life,” New Fairfield Middle and High Schools, New
           Fairfield, CT, October 2008

Conference paper: “Spatial (dis)Placements: DQ Don Quijote en Barcelona, an Opera in the Digital
            Age” Opera, Exoticism and Visual Culture: The Fin de Siècle and its Legacy, An International
            Interdisciplinary Symposium, London, September 2008

Live interview on Catalan TV3 during the broadcast of the 42nd Cantada d’Havaneres of Calella de Palafrugell,
             July 5, 2008

Conference paper: “Where the Musical and Visual Collide: Don Quijote en Barcelona on Video and on Line”
             Music, Body and Stage: The Iconography of Music Theater and Opera, CUNY, Graduate Centre, New
             York, March 2008

Conference paper: “Trans/Oceanic Trans/lations: The Case of The Catalan Habanera” 3rd World Congress of
            the International American Studies Association, University of Lisbon,    September 2007

Conference paper: “Don Quixote in the Third Millennium and Beyond” 2006 Modern Languages Association
            Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2006

Conference paper: “Urbanism and Urbanity in Catalonia: Casas de Americanos, Gegants, Street Theater and
            a Yearning for the Lost Tropical Paradise” Transatlantic Conflict and Consensus: Culture, History and
            Politics, Fourth Biennial Conference on Transatlantic Studies, Maastricht, Holland, October 2006

Conference paper: “Empires of the Habanera: Cuba in the Cultural Imagination of Catalunya” CSU Faculty
            Research Conference, Danbury, October 2006

Conference paper: “Feminist World? : Colonial Desire Reinvented in Catalan Film”  The June Baker Higgins
           Gender Studies Conference “Sex and Sexuality in a Feminist World,” Central Connecticut State
           University, New Britain, Connecticut, April 2006

invited lecture: “Exploring Web Resources for Arts and Sciences:  The Virtual Museum Project” Center for
           Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut,
           March 2006

invited lecture: “The Habanera Beyond the Caribbean: Jelly Roll Morton, Xavier Cugat,  Sebastián Iradier and
           the Spanish Tinge” Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, January
           2006

Conference paper: “DQ Don Quijote en Barcelona: ¿Un mito, una fantasía, una realidad?” The American
           Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Southern California Chapter, Fall 2005 Meeting, San
           Marino, California, October 2005

Conference paper: “Using Frameworks for Teaching Narrative: Concept Mapping” The American Association
           of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Southern California Chapter, Spring 2005 Meeting, Northridge,
           California, April 2005

Conference paper: “Crónica sentimental de España: ¿Qué se perdió en Cuba?” 2004 Modern Languages
            Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 2004

Conference paper: “Integrating Technology into Language and Literature Classroom: Exploring Web
            Resources for Teaching Poetry, Arts and Culture of the Spanish-Speaking World” The American
            Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Southern California Chapter, Fall 2004 Meeting, Los
            Angeles, California, October 2004

Conference paper: “‘Cuando salí de La Habana’: The Habanera Beyond the Caribbean” Caribbean
           Soundscapes: Caribbean Music and Culture Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, March 2004

Invited lecture: “Imperios de la habanera: Cuba/España–España/Cuba,” Spanish Resource Center at USC,
           Office of the Embassy of Spain, Los Angeles, California, October 2003

Invited lecture: “Integrating Culture into the Curriculum: The Virtual Museum “El Mundo Hispano,”
           Department of Hispanic Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, February 2003

Conference paper:  “Trigueñas, Mulatas, and Others:  Transatlantic Voyages of an Habanera,” The African
           Diaspora in/and Latin America: Literatures, Cultures, and Histories Conference, Santa Barbara,
           California, May 2003

Conference paper: “Transatlantic Returns: The Habanera in Catalonia,” 2002 Modern Languages Association
           Convention, New York, December 2002 

Conference paper: “A Tale of Two Habaneras: Transatlantic Journeys of a Cultural Sign” Transatlantic Studies
           Conference, Dundee, Great Britain, July 2002

Invited lecture: “Las habaneras: Canciones de ida y vuelta” Spanish Resource Center at USC, Office of the
            Embassy of Spain, Los Angeles, California, January 2002

Conference paper: “La habanera a finales del siglo XX: refiguración de mitos y reinvención del pasado,” Spain
           in the Twenty-First Century: An International Symposium, Columbus, Ohio, October 2000

Conference paper: “Havanera 1820 de Antoni Verdaguer: Cataluña, Cuba y el deseo colonial,” International
          Conference Cine-Lit 2000, Portland, Oregon, February 2000