Talk – «Approach to Canarian Emigration to Louisiana and its Cultural Influence»

Talk — An approach to Canarian emigration to Louisiana and its cultural influence at the British Club of Las Palmas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The Anglocanarian International Classroom organizes the II cycle of talks The Canarian Legacy in Louisiana, within which on Friday, June 26, at 7:00 PM, ULPGC graduate, and current Master's student at Louisiana State University, Sofía Bernal, gives the lecture An Approach to Canarian Emigration to Louisiana and its Cultural Influence, at the British Club of Las Palmas.

Admission is a single price of 5 euros. Tickets on this link

Sofía Bernal will discuss her research on the Canarian cultural influence in Louisiana and her comparative study of oral traditions on both sides of the Atlantic, specifically the relationship between décimas in Hispanic oral tradition with the romance tradition in the Canary Islands and America.

The event image highlights the theme Sofía Bernal: An Approach to Canarian Emigration to Louisiana and its Cultural Influence, along with the Anglocanarian International Classroom of the ULPGC and visual references to Canarian migration to Louisiana, with locations such as Galveztown, Valenzuela, Barataria, and St. Bernard.