BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's Program on Latin America and the Carib bean present \;Iani del Rosario Moreno from Suffolk University. \; The era of refugees and migrants\, encompassing most of the 20th and 21st centuries is characterized by displaced and transient human masses. They c ome crowded in boats\, trains\, trucks\, cars\, on foot or\, even swimming through bodies of water. Some travel alone\, while others travel with the ir families\, or in groups. This is an experience few would have chosen\, but due to forces beyond their control—poverty\, repression\, war—they hav e become migrants\, refugees or exiles. Through the lens of contemporary M exican theater the journeys these migrants engage as they search for a bet ter life are presented in plays written by Mexican dramatists such as Hugo Salcedo\, Victor Hugo Rascon Banda\, Angel Norzagaray or Manuel Talavera Trejo. Their plays depict thousands of anonymous actors in heroic\, treach erous and tragic Journeys across some of the most unwelcoming topography b etween Mexico and the United States. \;This event is hosted by the Dep artment of Languages\, Literatures\, and Linguistics\; and co-sponsored by PLACA and the Latino-Latin American Studies Program.Iani del Rosario More no is an associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies and his tory at the Language &\; Global Culture Department at Suffolk Universit y. Moreno holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic studies from the University of Kansas\ , and has taught a variety of courses in Spanish language\, culture and li terature at the University of Denver and Salve Regina University. Her inte rests include contemporary Latin American theater\; Brazilian language\, l iterature and culture\; U.S.-Mexico Border studies\; Spanish and Portugues e language and literature\; and contemporary Latin American cinema and mus ic.Her publications discuss contemporary Latin American theater and U.S.-M exico Border dramaturgy with emphasis on the theater done by Teatro del No rte and especially internationally recognized dramatist Hugo Salcedo of Ti juana\, Mexico. Professor Moreno has directed University productions of co ntemporary Latin American plays and has also traveled extensively in Latin America and lived abroad in Brazil. In 2005 she was selected by Rotary In ternational to be an Ambassador of Goodwill and Understanding in Brazil. DTEND:20250408T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T161056Z DTSTART:20250408T193000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Migratory Journeys to the United States as Seen Through Contemporar y Mexican Theater UID:RFCALITEM639141846563219539 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's Program on Latin A merica and the Caribbean present \;Iani del Rosario M oreno from Suffolk University. \;

The era of refugees and migran ts\, encompassing most of the 20th and 21st centuries is characterized by displaced and transient human masses. They come crowded in boats\, trains\ , trucks\, cars\, on foot or\, even swimming through bodies of water. Some travel alone\, while others travel with their families\, or in groups. Th is is an experience few would have chosen\, but due to forces beyond their control—poverty\, repression\, war—they have become migrants\, refugees o r exiles.

Through the lens of contemporary Mexican theater the jour neys these migrants engage as they search for a better life are presented in plays written by Mexican dramatists such as Hugo Salcedo\, Victor Hugo Rascon Banda\, Angel Norzagaray or Manuel Talavera Trejo. Their plays depi ct thousands of anonymous actors in heroic\, treacherous and tragic Journe ys across some of the most unwelcoming topography between Mexico and the U nited States. \;

This event is hosted by the Department of Languages\, Literatures\, and Linguistics\; and co-sponsored by PLACA a nd the Latino-Latin American Studies Program.

Iani del Rosario Moreno is an associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies and history at the Language &\; Global Culture Depart ment at Suffolk University. Moreno holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic studies from the University of Kansas\, and has taught a variety of courses in Spanish language\, culture and literature at the University of Denver and Salve Re gina University.

Her interests include contemporary Latin American theater\; Brazilian language\, literature and culture\; U.S.-Mexico Border studies\; Spanish and Portuguese language and literature\; and contempora ry Latin American cinema and music.

Her publications discuss contemp orary Latin American theater and U.S.-Mexico Border dramaturgy with emphas is on the theater done by Teatro del Norte and especially internationally recognized dramatist Hugo Salcedo of Tijuana\, Mexico. Professor Moreno ha s directed University productions of contemporary Latin American plays and has also traveled extensively in Latin America and lived abroad in Brazil . In 2005 she was selected by Rotary International to be an Ambassador of Goodwill and Understanding in Brazil.

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