Scholar to discuss Argentine liberalism in Jan. 31 lecture at Rice University

Franz Brotzen
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Scholar to discuss Argentine liberalism in Jan. 31 lecture at Rice University

Nicolas Shumway, dean of Rice University’s School of Humanities and an expert on Latin American intellectual history and culture, will speak Jan. 31 on “How Liberalism Became a Bad Word in Argentina.” A reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Who: Nicolas Shumway, dean of Rice University’s School of Humanities, professor of Hispanic studies and the Frances Moody Newman Professor of Humanities.

What: Lecture on “How Liberalism Became a Bad Word in Argentina.”

When: 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Where: Humanities Building, Room 119, on the Rice University campus, 6100 Main St. For directions, go to www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html.

The lecture is part of the Humanities Research Center’s Global Hispanism Workshop series, “Latin American Intellectuals in the 21st Century.”