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LHCS and CLAC Events
for Spring 2008
- LHCS Faculty Research Workshop, Contact Sarah for papers
- Feb 13--Ulla Berg
- March 5--Darius Echeverria: "Occupied Arizona: Mexican-Americans and the Consequences of Border(line) Citizenship, 1912–1962"
- April 16-Zaire Dinzey Flores tba
- May 7-The Life Story Interview, Oral History and Ethnography.
- CLAC Diálogo with Prof. Peter Guarnaccia Tuesday, February 19 at 12:00pm, Center for Latino Arts and Culture,122 College Avenue
- PETER GUARNACCIA, Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers and Investigator at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
- My American Girls: A Dominican Story--Film Hosted by Director, February 25, 7PM College Hall, Liviningston Student Center
- Miracles on the Border Exhibit, February 12 through March 7, Center for Latino Arts and Culture, College Ave.
- 28 retablos created during the twentieth century by Mexican immigrants or their relatives. It represents the work of migrants that endured the troubles and difficulties of crossing the border in search of employment in the United States. The retablos themselves are works of art, old and deep-seated religious expressions, depicting the migrants' experience
- Miracles on the Border Reception Thursday Feb 21 with Prof. Doug Massey (Princeton) and Jorge Durand 12Noon at CLAC
- Cuban Film Series --7:15 PM, Ruth Adams Conference Room
- Memorias del Subdesarollo, March 24
- Lucia, March, March 31
- De cierta manera (no subtitles), April 7
- Vampiros en la Habana, April 14
- Alicia en el pueblo de las maravillas (no subtitles), April 21
- Suite Habana (no subtitles), April 28
- Anti-Human-Trafficking: Born into Brothels Screening--Feb 2, Rutgers Student Center MPR, wit Director Ross Kauffman
- Not for Trade Show--March 1; Rutgers Student Center Graduate Student Lounge: activist training session and outreach in New Brunswick.
- Mondongo Scam Play, Wednesday, March 5, 8:00pm
- Crossroads Theater, 7 Livingston Ave.
Written and performed by acclaimed Dominican artist CLAUDIO MIR, Mondongo Scam is a bilingual solo work that shatters stereotypes of all kinds. Its point of departure are the struggles that immigrants live through in order to survive. Casiano Tapia, the central character, is an undocumented immigrant who is accused of fraud for using social security cards and other documents of deceased U.S. citizens. Free, tickets are required. For tickets, contact CLAC.
- Alternative Spring Break Faculty-Student Study Trip to the Dominican Republic: Race, Class and Gender in Dominican Urban Culture
- This is a 1.5 credit course offered by the Center for Latino Arts and Culture and the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies in collaboration with Melassa Foundation in Dominican Republic. This on-site course offers students the opportunity to study Dominican urban culture, with a critical lens to issues of class, gender and racial inequality. Taught by Zaire Dinzey Flores, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Caribbean Studies, Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies. For More Information contact: Silismar Suriel, Program Coordinator, CLAC, Silismar@rci.rutgrs.edu, 732-932-1263
- Central American Immigrant Families and Contemporary Immigration Law--Redefinition, Reorganization or Breakdown-- Prof. Cecilia Menjivar, March 26, 3:20-4:40, Lucy Stone Hall B117
- Prof. Menjivar is a Cowden Distinguished Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona. Her recent book is Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America.
- Click HERE for more information!
- Latinos and Baseball, Dr. Adrian Burgos, Monday March 31 Lucy Stone Hall B269 10:20 to 11:40
- Adrian Burgos Jr., is Associate Professor of History at University of Illinois. His research is concerned with the intersections of race, nation, and culture between the United States and the Spanish-speaking Americas. His most recent work, Playing America’s Game: Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line (University of California Press, 2007), examines the tensions that developed regarding the incorporation of individuals from the Spanish-speaking Americas in U.S. professional baseball circuits
- Click HERE for more information!
- Terrorizing Latina/o Immigrants:Race, Gender, and Immigration Policy Post 9/11, Professor Anna Sampaio, April 2 4:30, Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, 1st floor Conference Room, 162 Ryders Lane Douglass Campus
- Prof. Sampaio is an Associate professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Colorado, Denverand a Visiting Professor, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. Drawing from feminist theory and critical race studies, this lecture examines the emergence of the current security state and the degree to which it embodies a particular gendered and racialized logic. The paper highlights the impact of the security state on shifts in immigration policy, particularly those affecting Latina/o immigrants in the U.S. It explores how Latina/o immigrants are increasingly positioned by the state as threats to national security and as potential terrorists, even as they are terrorized by state security practices.
- The Young Lords and film producer Iris Morales--Film and Presentations, April 3
- Talk at 1:40-3:00PM, Allison Road Classroom Building, Room 206
- Talk and screening, 7pm
- "Being Boricua Has Nothing to Do With Geography: Recent Trends in the Puerto Rican Diaspora"--April 3 5PM, Public Lecture by Dr. Jorge Duany, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Puerto Rico, Room 410, Rutgers Students Center
- Caribbean Racial Formation Conference, April 4 Full Day Conference
- In an attempt to develop an intellectual space for inter-disciplinary
perspectives on Latinos and race, the Department of Latino and Hispanic
Caribbean Studies has organized a day-long conference that will begin with
a panel in which three scholars, Ginetta Candelario (Smith College), Jorge
Duany (University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras), and Isar Godreau
(University of Puerto Rico - Cayey) will showcase work on various topics
related to race in the Caribbean and Caribbean communities in the U.S.
- Click HERE for more information!
- Distinguished Chicano Artist and Scholar Tomas Ybarra Frausto will give a workshop "El cuento sin nunca acabar/The Never Ending Story." 8 abril. 10:30 AM -1 PM. Lucy Stone Hall B205, Liv Campus: Click HERE for more information!
- Chinese-Descent Cubans in the Cuban Revolution: Our history is Still Being Written, Book Forum and Presentation--April 8 7PM Mary Alice Waters President Pathfinder Press and Prof. Robyn Rodriguez, Asian-American Cultural Center, Liv Campus: Click HERE for more information!
- Film in Cuba, Dr. Sujatha Fernandes, April 22 4pm
- Fernandes is the author of the recent book Cuba Represent! (Duke UP) which deals with the intersection of art and politics in Cuba since the 90s. Her talk will be focused mostly on film culture and politics in Cuba..
- Rutgers-Wide Student Research Conference
- Pandereta!! Tracing the Roots of the Latino American Tambourine--Guest lecture by Dr. Mauricio Molina. May 1, 6:30 PM, B105 Lucy Stone Hall
- Graduation & Honors Ceremony will be held at the CLAC, check back for time and date.
- Check the Center for Latino Arts and Culture Calendar for other great events
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