Los 1001 años de la lengua española

Leer y escribir suele ser un problema para muchos alumnos universitarios. Estudian, pero tienen dificultades para comunicar a sus evaluadores lo que saben. Contestan cuando se les pregunta, pero las respuestas no satisfacen a los docentes. Los profesores prestan atención a partes de los textos que los estudiantes ponderaron irrelevantes. Los alumnos privilegian lo que los profesores dejan de lado. Parece que falta ponerse de acuerdo sobre qué se exige. Las instituciones en las que se difunden conocimientos oficialmente tienen modos propios de comunicación. La universidad es una de esas...

The Joan Miro Foundation presents "Her Memory," an exhibition by Kiki Smith organised in collaboration with the Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld and the Kunsthalle Nrnberg, containing recent work by this US artist. It could in fact be called an exhibition in progress, since it has been amplified in each venue anterior to the exhibition presented in the Foundation, which is the last location of this tour. Kiki Smith was born in Nrnberg in 1954 to an artistic family: her mother an opera singer and her father Minimalist artist Tony Smith. Her work is characterised by a constant reflection on human...

Judging from his reaction, it seemed that the question had touched on a sensitive spot. He took his time, explaining that, unlike the petty wars which we as humans constantly involve ourselves in because of social, religious, or economic reasons, the war of sorcerers is not directed against other people, but against their own weaknesses. By the same token, their peace is not the submissive condition to which modern man has been reduced; rather, it is an imperturbable state of internal silence and discipline.

Coeditado con el Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia, este libro reune las aportaciones, cuestionamientos y reflexiones llevados a cabo en el Encuentro Internacional "A cien anos de la Generacion del 98" organizado por la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras de la UNAM. Diversos especialistas en el tema, espanoles, cubanos y mexicanos, aportaron su vision y el fruto de anos de estudio en el conocimiento y comprension de los protagonistas de esta importante generacion de intelectuales espanoles.