The Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

April 8th-11th
Pre-registration ends March 14, 2009. Take advantage of reduced conference registration.
Coming to New Brunswick from Newark International Airport? Click here for a train schedule.
Click here to see the preliminary program. Complete details will be available in the printed program. If there are any corrections/edits, corrections can still be accepted.
We will be subsidizing student registration for the conference, so please refer interested students to our Program Assistant, Mekala (maudain@eden.rutgers.edu).

Wednesday, April 8
- 7:30-9:00pm Welcome reception, sponspored by the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University and NACCS. Performance: A trio and dance troupe Xochipilli
Thursday, April 9

6:00 pm Reception with the Artist Manhatitlan Codex: An Exhibition by Felipe Galindo Tuesday, April 7 to Friday, May 1 CLAC at 122 College Avenue. Inspired by the ongoing phenomenon of Mexican immigration to the U.S. and drawing on pictorial traditions of Mexico, Manhatitlan Codex explores the concepts of homeland, migration, and globalization. Join us for a conversation with NewYork-based cartoonist, illustrator and animator Felipe Galindo about his work, as well as a screening of his recent short animated films. Cosponsored by the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies.
7:30-8:30pm Graduate Student Reception
8:30-10:00 pm Joteria Reception

Friday, April 10th
- 9:00 am SPECIAL PREVIEW: LA ONDA CHICANA (The Chicano Wave at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. From the barrios of California and Texas they forged new musical styles, struggled against discrimination, sang their way to the national stage, and forever changed American music. Starring Ritchie Valens, El Chicano, Little Joe, Freddy Fender, Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt, Flaco Jimenez, Tierra, Selena and Los Tigres del Norte. This session will feature a special preview screening of the forthcoming PBS documentary scheduled for a prime-time national broadcast in the fall of 2009. La Onda Chicana will be part of the new PBS series LATIN MUSIC USA. The film will be followed by a discussion with award winning filmmaker John J. Valadez about the creative power of Chicano music to transform American consciousness.
- 4:00pm Film Screening and Director's Discussion: Ed Morales and "Whose Barrio Is It?" Rutgers Student Center, Room 410, College Avenue. "Whose Barrio?" is an emotionally charged look at the changes in Manhattan's
  Spanish Harlem as real estate speculation pushes rents and property values past the point of affordability for most area residents. By interviewing long-time East Harlemites and new arrivals, and digging deep into the flavor of a neighborhood long regarded as a cultural homeland for Latinos and other ethnic groups, the film reveals a complex web of individual and community interests. The movie follows the stories of José Rivera and James Garcia, who represent the old guard and the newcomers in the neighborhood.. Longtime East Harlem tenant James Barrow worries that a series of crane accidents in the city may strike home because of a construction project next door. Organizers for Movement for Justice in El Barrio have come to the aid of tenants in tenement housing now overseen by Dawnay Day Group, a multinational real estate developer with offices in London. Tenant Paula Serrano describes the demonstrations and legal actions taken by the group, and warns against the changes developers have in store for the neighborhood. City Council member Melissa MarkViverito engages in dialog with the community over a new development project for El Barrio proposed by the city and wrestles with compromise even as she strives to improve the
  situation.
- 7:00 to 9:00pm Nuyorican Poets Café CosechaVoices is sponsoring a Chicana/o -Mejicana/o Night .
  Writers will include CosechaVoices students, Emmy Perez, Tato Laviera, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Dr. Edna Ochoa, Dr. Glen Martinez, and others to be determined. Location: 236 E3d St N.Y.C. BetAve B-C Phone: 212-505- 8183.
  Cost: $10.00- 15.00. Organizer: Tato Laviera. tatolaviera@hotmail.com
Saturday, April 11
- Offsite, Time TBA Latino Studies Program, New York University Invitational Panel and Reception reflecting on the impact of Renato Rosaldo's book, Culture and Truth. Speakers include Ruth Behar, Pat Zavella, Arlene Torres, and Claudio Lomnitz. A rocking reception with live music follows.
- 5:00 to 6:30 pm Recepción de Despedida Mari Castañeda at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.