Due to weather conditions, the Bianca Laureano student workshop has been cancelled. Instead Bianca Laureano will give a presentation at 3:30PM in Haldeman 041. See revised schedule below.

The Latina/o Century: Path Breakers and New Directions in Latina/o Studies

An Interdisciplinary Conference at Dartmouth College



2:00-2:30PM Welcoming remarks

 

2:30-3:20PM: Panel 1: The Evolving Patterns of Transnationalism, Diaspora, and Migration

·      Jorge Duany (Florida International University): "Transnational Migration from the Hispanic Caribbean"

·      Mark Overmyer-Velázquez (University of Connecticut, Storrs): "Global Latinos: Peruvian Migrants in Post Pinochet Chile"

 

3:30-4:20PM: Panel 2: Afro-Latinidades in the Hemispheric Contact Zone

·      Bianca Laureano (Independent scholar and activist): "Principles of Pleasure: Findings from the LatiNegr@s & Sexuality Survey"

·      Solimar Otero (Louisiana State University): Crossroads and Borderlands: Bridging Conversations between the Latina/o and African Diasporas"

 

4:30-5:20PM: Panel 3: Latina/o Spiritual and Secular Imaginaries

·      Miguel "Willie" Ramos (Florida International University): "The Lukumí-Yoruba in Cuba"

·      Theresa Delgaldillo (Ohio State University): "Religion in the Latina/o Literary Imagination"

 

5:30-6:30PM: Wine and Cheese Reception