Events
Events
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies News and Events
Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Making of the Panama Labor Movement
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time: 9:55 AM-11:10 AM
Where: Karnoutsos, Room 102
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Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremony
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Where: GSUB Lobby
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Past Events
2nd Annual Pa’Lante Graduation Ceremony For Hispanic/Latinx Students
Date: Friday, May 20th, 2022
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Where: GSUB Lobby
СŷÊÓƵ as a Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Town Hall Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Location: G-SUB Multipurpose room B or via Zoom
To attend in person or via Zoom, register here:
Book Party with Author & СŷÊÓƵ Alumnus Alvert Hernandez
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
11:30am
GSUB Room 129 or via Zoom
Conversations: Latin America and Caribbean Issues Series
Thursday Feb. 3, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Karnoutsos Room 102
Dr. Natoschia Scruggs
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Director of the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center
"Interrogating the African Diaspora in Latin America"
Dr. Scruggs’ research focuses on contemporary and historical public policy formation and analysis, particularly as they pertain to global migration. Her publications include peer-reviewed articles and book chapters addressing family violence, elder abuse, sexual exploitation, displacement, and state violence.
Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center Webpage
Poetry Slam: My Story/Mi historia
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Location: GSUB Multipurpose Room B or via Zoom
Day of The Dead Student Contest
Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Gilligan Student Union Building, Room: 129
We would like to congratulate Tionna Watson, СŷÊÓƵ student in the Graphic Design program, for her art work submission and Francy Poster, СŷÊÓƵ student in the Spanish program for her altar submission. Both students won our 2021 Day of The Dead Contest.
Category: Art Projects
Winner: Tionna Nyasia Watson
Category: Art Projects
Winner: Francy Moser
Title: A mis Ancestros
Latinx Student Success: A Panel Discussion
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Zoom
The Panel:
- Cristian Vergara
- Alvert Hernandez
- Jodi Bailey
- Yalile Suriel
Conversations: Latin America and Caribbean Issues Series
Thursday Sept. 30, 11:30 am -12:30 pm
Karnoutsos 102
Dr. Marcelo E. Fuentes
Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures, СŷÊÓƵ
The Racism of Imperialism: Latin American Natives through European Eyes
Dr. Fuentes’s research focuses on expressions of imperialism, Islamophobia, and racism in Spanish and Portuguese literature from the Middle Ages to early modernity. One of his most recent publications is the article “‘Crespo e Nuu e Negro’: Gomes Eanes de Zurara and the Racialization of Non-Christians by Portuguese Authors “in the journal Essays in Medieval Studies.