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This paper examines constructions of war heroism within the context of the commemoration in 2007 on Argentinean and British television of the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War. In order to do this, it combines two analytic frameworks: synchronic-diachronic analysis (Pardo 2006, 2008, 2010) and revisionist face-work/politeness analysis (e.g. Bravo 1999). The origins of both frameworks, especially the synchronic-diachronic analysis, lie in Latin America/Spanish linguistic scholarship. Methodologically, therefore, our analysis moves beyond traditional examination of non-Western contexts and cultures through Western analytic/theoretical models. The results reveal several differences in the discursive construction of heroic selves within mass mediated commemorative practices in Argentina and the United Kingdom. Thus, while Argentinean constructions generally coincide with a 'modern' notion of heroism, which highlights individualism and extra-ordinariness, British ones generally coincide with a 'postmodern' notion of the ordinary, 'banal' hero. Both sets, however, incorporate some elements, respectively, of 'postmodern' and 'modern' heroism. This suggests a gradual (post)modern heroism in the corpus rather than a binary (modern-postmodern) construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper analyzes the official proposal for recent history teaching. For such purpose, we draw on national education laws (1993 and 2006), the curricula approved from 1995 to present for the secondary level (at the national level and at the Province of Buenos Aires) and regulations of the commemorations--especially March 24th and September 16th--. This analysis will be made in relation to the representations of memory and the progress of historiography about recent past, to consider up to what extent school contents have witnessed an impact due to changes in these narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides information a symposium held by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of Syracuse University in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Argentine novelist Manuel Gálvez in October 1982. Theme of the conference; Background on the organizing committee for the symposium.

Focuses on activities concerning biomedical engineering in Argentina and Peru. Patents developed at the Department of Bioengineering of the Universidad Nacional de Tucuman; Celebration of the silver anniversary of the Sociedad Argentina de Bioingenieria; Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Argentine Society of Bioengineering.