The 2012 Year of Peru Conference examines Peruvian society, culture, aesthetics, and identity as portrayed in its films, foods, performances, arts, and literary genres.
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Robert Simon presents “The Unwanted Chalice: Teaching the Collectivist Perspective of Cesar Vallejo’s Poetry of the Spanish Civil War”.
Opening Ceremony & Luncheon Welcoming Remarks by KSU President Daniel S. Papp. Opening Address by Mr. Harold W. Forsyth, Ambassador of Peru.
“The Inti Raymi Festival: Teaching Intangible Cultural Heritage to Middle School Students” by Sandra Bird and Jeanette Wachtman.
“Streets in the Sky: The Balconies of Lima & the Road to Intercultural Competence” by Sabine Smith & Miriam Bley.
Sabrina Karim discusses the role of women’s cooperatives in the most impoverished areas of lima”.
“Flexibility or Brutality?: A Case Study of Chimu-Inka Stirrup Spout Vessels” by Jennifer E. Siegler.
Roberta Griffin discusses the study of Colonial Painting in Peru and the Mestizo and Inca Influences in Andean Baroque painting.
Meghan Tierney discusses Popular (mis)Representations of the Nasca Culture.