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CAT-XAT
Friday, March 12 at 6pm (conversation starts at 6:30)
Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU
285 Mercer Street
(between Waverly and Washington Place), 7th Floor, NY NY
The Catalan Center at New York University and the Catalan Institute of America are please to announce our second joint CAT-XAT!
We are thrilled to be joined by Marayca Lopez, Ph.D. with doctoral thesis "Carceles Abiertas", master in "Criminologia y Ejecucion Penal" and master in Criminal Justice, who will talk about her professional experience in diferent parts of the world and her current tasks in NY where she works for RicciGreene Associates as an analyst and consultant in prisons and penitentiary architecture and also as a collaborator of penitentiary investigations carried by the Correccional Association of New York: Men and Women Prison Projects
Enjoy a glass of (Catalan) wine and some good conversation with us.
Catalan Happy Hour
Thursday March 18, 6-9pm
Isabella's
359 Columbus Ave
(@77th st - across the Museum of Natural History) NY NY
Informal Happy Hour gathering to meet Catalan-speaking people. Cash bar No reservation required. Everybody is welcome!
These events are sponsored by the Government of Catalonia - Departament de la Vicepresidencia - Secretaria d'Afers Exteriors
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