An invitation the second presentation of the lecture series dealing with the Celebration of Argentina’s Independence. The event is programmed for today, October 13 at 6:00pm and it is sponsored by XXV Festival of Images and Words, Celebrations and Legacies, ANTARES Publishing House, SARGASI Publications, with the support of the Consulate General of Argentina in Toronto.

The presentations will take place at Glendon College, York University, in the Sky Room, third floor of the Centre For Excellence (glass building located at the Entrance of Glendon College)

Address: Glendon College, 2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M6

Program:

6:15pm: Welcome by the Principal of Glendon College, York University

Argentina: History and Culture: Presentation by Mrs. María Amelia Leonardi, Consul General, Consulate of Argentina in Toronto

6:30pm: “De Vencedores y Vencidos” (Of Winners and Defeated) Presented by: Mr. Julio Erhart

6:55pm: “La declaración de la Independencia de 1816:¿Un acta de divorcio?” (The declaration of Independence: a divorce certificate?)
Presented by: Mr. Claudio A. Kuczer

7:15pm: “Argentina’s commissioned Anthem and the uncertain prospect of a nation: Music, regional struggles and conflicting national Projects”
Presented by: Alberto Munarriz

7:35pm: “Argentinians didn’t descend (only) from boats: The representation of Indigenous people in contemporary Argentinian Literature”
Presented by: Wojciech Tokarz

7:55pm: El Tango Argentino ( The Tango of Argentina): Presented by: Mrs. María de los Ángeles Arrieta, Consul, Consulate of Argentina in Toronto

8:00pm: “Tango and the construction of a young Nation’s identity” Presented by: Alberto Munarriz

8:20pm: “Tango: Su inserción y evolución en el Canadá” (Tango: Presence and Evolution in Canada)
Presented by: Roxana and Fabián Belmonte, followed by a Tango performance.

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