Dr. Allison Guzman, assistant professor of Spanish at Providence College in Rhode Island, will present the University of Southern Indiana’s College of Liberal Arts Berger Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October, 28 in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center. During her career, Guzman has published 10 articles on Spanish culture, and holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Literatures from the University of Salamanca in Spain.
Her lecture, “The Memory of the Spanish Civil War in Contemporary Society and Theater†will focus on human rights and social justice issues confronting Spain since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. Guzman will examine the influence dictator rule had on the country, and how it has contributed to Spain’s modern cultural identity.
Every year the College of Liberal Arts remembers and honors Sydney Berger, one of Evansville’s most respected attorneys, with a guest lecturer on the theme of civil rights or civil liberties. In addition to working with local labor and civil rights organizations, Berger was an adjunct professor of constitutional law at the University of Southern Indiana for almost 20 years.
The lecture is free and open to th
