TALK: Social Response, Galician Style?:
The Aftermath of the “Prestige” Disaster
Gabriel Rei-Doval (Professor of Spanish and Portuguese,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Tuesday, November 23 / 3:30 PM /Building 387, Room 101, UCSB / Free

At the time of its 2nd year anniversary, Professor Gabriel Rei-Doval will lecture on the social response of the cultural nation of Galicia--one of the 3 historical nationalities within the Spanish State--to the most catastrophic maritime ecological disaster in Europe: when the oil-tanker “Prestige” sprang a leak. Currently at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Professor Rei-Douval comes to the USA from having held a position in Galician languages and culture at the Queen’s College at Oxford University.

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