An interdisciplinary conference on Latin America and the Caribbean and their Diasporas in the twenty-first century.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Through images, practices, or texts in history, politics, economics, anthropology, geography, literature, art, or performance, among others, the Americas and the Caribbean have been defined and circumscribed since pre-colonial times. Through academic and community presentations and performances, this conference hopes to re-imagine the Americas in the face of twenty-first century research and the discourse of globalization.
Sponsored by Syracuse University’s Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, Latino-Latin American Studies, Imagining America, and the Mellon Humanities Corridor; and by Cornell University’s Latin American Studies Program and Latino Studies Program.
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Participation and Registration
This conference is open to the public; community members, university staff, students, and faculty are all invited to attend.
There is no conference registration fee, but we request that you please register to attend the conference. Please only register to attend if you will actually be able to. Unfortunately we cannot cover any costs associated with attendence. However, free on-campus parking is available during the conference (see the "Conference Information" link above).
Cornell University's Hispanic Theater Troupe, Teatrotaller, will perform, "California's Most Wanted," a pre-conference event to be held on Friday evening. Free transportation will be available from Syracuse University for registered participants. The bus will leave at 6 p.m. Friday from the SU quad, alongside Hendrick's Chapel.
Saturday will feature a full day of intellectual and social activities at Syracuse University, including academic paper presentations, a recital by Colleen Kattau (SUNY Cortland), performances by student groups and community organizations, including Syracuse University's Raíces Dance Troupe and Samba Laranja, and the Spanish Action League's La Joven Guardia del Teatro Latino and members of Brian Bromka's La Familia de la Salsa. The keynote panel features community and academic speakers. Meals will be provided at no cost to registered participants.
Pre-Conference Events
All are invited to attend the Pre-Conference Events that will lead up to the Saturday Conference:
March 25th: A screening and discussion of the film La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) at Syracuse University, organized by the Cinelatte Film Series.
April 1st: Popular Theater, Youth, and Empowerment on Two Continents - A panel discussion on the use of popular theater to empower youth, raise consciousness, articulate public issues and organize for social change in Syracuse and Brazil. The panelists are José Miguel Hernandez, Theater Director, The Spanish Action League (Syracuse) and Dr. Christen Smith, Ford Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. This panel discussion will take place at Syracuse University (click here for more information).
April 7th: The Bartels Lecture by former Brazilian president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso at Cornell University.
April 9th: Teatrotaller performs "California's Most Wanted" at the Risley Theater on Cornell University's campus. Free transportation to this event will leave Syracuse University, from the parking lot adjacent to Hendrick's Chapel, at 6 p.m. on Friday.
Contact Information
For questions or more information, write to PLACA@maxwell.syr.edu
Conference Organizers:
Dr. Gail Bulman, PLACA Director and Associate Professor, Language, Literature and Linguistics
Lori Klivak, PLACA Assistant Director
Pedro Tichauer, PLACA Co-Assistant Director