Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008
Dr. Camila Bari de López, Westminster College associate professor of Spanish, attended the International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities in Santiago, Chile.
The conference, organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, drew scholars from Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Europe, and the United States. The conference focused on social studies with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration.
"The presentation by Dr. Rafael Sagredo Baeza, professor of history and curator of the Medina Collection of first works published in Latin America, was of high importance for my preparation of future courses on Latin American culture," López said.
"I am presently studying Prof. Baeza's work on naturalist Claudio Gay and sharing it with Dr. Marosh Furimsky, Westminster assistant professor of biology, in preparation for a future cluster course on the ecosystems and culture of northern Chile and the Andean region," she added.
López, who has been with Westminster since 1997, earned an undergraduate degree from the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina, and Ph.D. from the University at Albany.
Contact López at (724) 946-7258 or e-mail baridec@westminster.edu for additional information.
