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IX Congress of the International Federation
of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (FIEALC)

April, 1999

Professors José M. Caparrós Lera and Rafael de España at Tel Aviv University in April, 1999. Both FILM-HISTORIA directors were invited to participate in the IX Congress of The International Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe-FIEALC). The 1999 meeting focused on "The Mediterranean and Latin America," with numerous papers and videotape presentations by scholars from throughout the world. The Conference was hosted by the School of History at the Entin Faculty of Humanities. It was organized by Profs. Tzvi Medin and Raanan Rein, under the auspices of the Gretl and Fred Raymond Extraordinary Chair for International Exchanges in Science and the Morris E. Curiel Center for International Studies. The renowned Argentinean author Marcos Aguinis delivered the keynote speech at the Conference. Opening remarks were given by President Prof. Yoram Dinstein, Rector Prof. Nili Cohen, and Dean Prof. Marcelo Dascal. The Conference featured an exhibition of photographs of Mexico by Israel Kornblat, entitled "The Grand Tinacal" at the Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery.

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