Scholars from America, ECNU teachers and students debated on a wide range of topics during the Latin American Culture Week held at the university's Minhang campus from May 10 to 13.
The Latin American Culture Week consists of several symposiums.
Prof. Tong Shijun (center) shares view with participants of the first symposium.
Chairman of the University Council of ECNU, Tong Shijun, spoke to the guests from a number of countries such as the United States, Brazil and Argentina, at the first symposium themed “Political Dilemmas of Latin America” on May 10.
The keynote speaker was Prof. Martin Sivak, who teaches at the New York University Buenos Aires. As a veteran journalist, Sivak has recently finished a biography of Evo Morales, the former Bolivian president and the country's first president to come from the indigenous population. In his speech, Sivak talked about the political trouble in Bolivia.
Scholars exchange views at the symposiums held during the Culture Week.
Prof. Enrique Larreta, head of the Institute of Multicultural Studies of Brazil Mendez University, Prof. Greg Mahoney with ECNU's Department of Politics, Associate Prof. Horacio Ortiz with ENCU's School of Social Development, teachers and students from the university's Department of History and the Spanish school of Foreign Languages Department also attended the symposium.
The symposium was followed by two other seminars in the next two days, which were themed “Global and Local Media” and “Chinese and Latin American Cities and Modernity”.
Two other seminars are also held.
Martin Rivolta, Consul General of Argentina in Shanghai, and Javier de Cicco, the Cultural Consul of the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Shanghai, paid a visit to ECNU during the week and met with ECNU Vice President Mei Bing.
Martin Rivolta and Javier de Cicco pay a visit to ECNU.
ECNU established an intercollegiate link with Brazil Mendez University in 2015, aiming to jointly set up a Latin American Culture Research Center to conduct cross-disciplinary studies in politics, history, sociology, philosophy and culture. 2016 is the Chinese and Latin American cultural exchange year and the Latin American Culture Week was the first of its kind hosted by ECNU. The event acquaints local teachers and students with recent Latin American politics, history, society and culture, and expands the university's cooperation with international peers.
