Palomar College

Welcome to Dr. Carlos von Son's Website

 

Palomar College's Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching  2007/2008

Latin American and Mexican Literature & Cultures,
US Latino/a & Chicano Literature & Cultures, Spanish & Humanities

Lecturer Multicultural Studies & Spanish @ Palomar College

Spanish @ MiraCosta College, Mesoamerican Cultures Riverside College

 Upcoming and recent activities: creative, academic and community work
 

 

California Labor Federation, Convention July 2008

Wait a Minute, Men! ¡Espérense un minuto, hombre! July 2008  (Click for images of rehearsal 1) (Click for images of rehearsal 2) (Click here for rehearsal 3)

The National Hispanic University Distinguished Speaker Series, June 2008

Leadership Academy Keynote Speaker, June 2008

Cruces at the Centro Cultural de la Raza (Balboa Park), May 2nd and 3rd 2008

Mexico as a Palimpsest at the San Luis Rey Mission,  April 2008

Palomar College  Impacts of Technology "What about Language" , February 2008

"Border Issues" @ Altavista High school, February 2008

La Pastorela Mechicana Center for the Arts,  December 2007

La Lotería at the Center for the Arts,  November 2007

"Cruces" was staged internationally in Tijuana for the first time,  November 2007

lCultural Advisor and Organizer of the 7th Day of the Dead Festival, November 2007

Key Note Speaker for "Encuentros" Conference,  October 2007

Article in the Telescope Palomar College on Encuentros, 2007

 Presentación del libro Pina Pellicer Luz de Tristeza, September 2007

Lectura binacional de poesía en Tijuana September 2007

Theatre Play: Cruces September 07 at Border Pedagogy Conference

Masters of Ceremony "16 de Septiembre Arte de Michoacán" en Oceanside September 2007

Palomar College's Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching August 2007

Theatre Play:  Espanglish in three scenes  Espanglish en tres escenas    Julio 13, 14 y 15, 2007

Poetry Reading June 24, 2007 at the Museum (Center for the Arts Escondido)

Theatre Play:  Cruces  at the Avo Playhouse (Read excerpts of the play) April 27 & 28, 2007

Documentary: Border Piece / Pieza Fronteriza, 2007 (Article in El Latino, Periódico San Diego)

Essay on Border Writing: "Centro y periferia: la palabra y sus entornos en  Luis Humberto Crosthwaite"

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Past work:

Cruces Avo Playhouse 2007

Ofrenda Desnuda, 2006

La Pastorela Mechicana performed at the Center for the Arts in Escondido December, 2006

Publication of La Pastorela Mechicana in the anthology Teatro del Norte vol. 6, UABC Tijuana, B.C.N. November 2006

Documentary Border Piece, first cut  presented at SDSU, December 9 2006

Cuernavaca Study Abroad Program for 2008

Día de los Muertos Festival in Oceanside, 2006

Día de los Muertos Website

Día de los Muertos Exhibition

Mexican Performing Arts Program & GPAP

Doña Criba @ Palomar College & CSUSM - Theater in Spanish, performed September 20006

Forum in Immigration, September 2006

Ofrenda Desnuda @ NY International Independent Video & Film Festival

Determinación y algo más

Current Courses - Spring & Summer  08

Anthropology 5  Meso-American Cultures Riverside Community College; Advanced Spanish Palomar College, Intermediate Spanish MiraCosta College; Theatre 197 Palomar College; Spanish 102 Palomar College

TV News Clips

Click here for Enthusiastic teacher's offerings.

Click here for La Pastorela Mechicana interview.

Click here for the independent film Ofrenda Desnuda interview.

Click here for the "Día de los Muertos Celebration" interview.

Click here for the "Bestias y Huesos" interview (Univisión) on the Linares art exhibition.

 
 

In the News

Wait a minute, men! Mienlace, 2008, Union Tribune

Gran Premier Mundial de la Obra Teatral “Wait a Minute, Men!”, 2008, La Prensa

Preparan controversial puesta en escena, 2008, Diario San Diego

Young Latinos learn leadership, 2008, UT

Recordaron a sus muertos, 2007, El Latino

Day of the Dead is a life-affirming event, 2007 UT

Día de los Muertos Festival still a 'go' for Sunday, 2007, NC Times 

Day of the Dead Dias de los Muertos Palomar College Exhibition, 2007, UT

Palomar hosts Latino youth event motivating kids to stay in school, 2007, The Telescope

Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrated with local festivals, exhibits, 2007, NC Times

Play brings border crossings home, 2007, NC Times

Play focusing on dangers of border crossing touches audience, 2007, NC Times

Palomar hosts Latino youth event motivating kids to stay in school, 2007, The Telescope

Spanish-language drama about border crossers at Avo 2007 NC Times

Palomar Professor Honored with the Distinguished Faculty Award 2007 NC Times

Palomar play deals with the mixing of English and Spanish 2007 NC Times

Art show examines half-century of Mexican history in Escondido 2007 NC Times

Poetry to complement Escondido arts center exhibit 2007 NC Times

Una mezcla de arte y poesía  2007 Mi Enlace

Palomar College hosts Cinco de Mayo fiesta 2007 NC Times

Border Piece Palomar 07 Telescope

'Pastorela' planned at Escondido Arts Center 2006 NC Times

Thousands enjoy Día de los Muertos in Oceanside 2006 NC Times

Palomar to offer new classes to attract Latino students 2006 NC Times 

'Borderland' teachers converge at Cal State San Marcos 2006 NC Times    

Palomar to show immigration films 2006 UT

Enthusiastic teacher's offerings 2006 UT

Students stage Spanish-language play to honor professor 2006 NC Times

Bilingual film featured in free screenings 2006 NC Times

 Living in Between 2005 NC Times

Film, exhibits, altars will honor Day of the Dead 2005 NC Times

Día de los Muertos returns to Cal State 2004 NC Times

Day of the Dead festivities 2004 NC Times

Día de los Muertos: North County cities, galleries, campuses 2003 NC Times

Day of the Dead 2003 UT

Educators discuss border education 2003 NC Times

Bilingual Theatre Presented by Carlos von Son CSUSM Professor 2002 La Prensa

New Latino theater troupe 2002 NC Times

Oceanside to host Day of the Dead celebration 2001 NC Times

Altars at CSUSM honor dead 2001 NC Times

 

Recognitions and Awards

Distinguished Speaker Series National Hispanic University 2008

Palomar College's Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching  2007/2008

Border Issues Presentation San Diego City College

Motivational Speaker High Tech High November 07

Teatro SubUrbano Comparsa Día de los Muertos 2007

 

 

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