PLACA presents: Re-Imagining the Americas (Im)migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora

Re-Imagining the Americas: (Im)migration, Transnationalism, and Diaspora Panel Topics Experiencing the Immigration Debate Moving Across Borders Representing América Language in the Americas Theorizing Transnationalism Making Place (E)racing the Americas Policing Bodies Living the Diaspora Keynotes Debra A. Castillo Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Comparative Literature Director of the Latin American Studies Cornell University Jorge Durand Professor of Anthropology Universidad de Guadalajara Co-Director, Mexican Migration Project Latin American Migration Project Pat Rector Outreach & Education Coordinator Occupational Health Clinical Center Syracuse Eric Rosario Alderperson, City of Ithaca Second Ward Entertainment Singer/Activist Colleen Kattau,Syracuse University’s Raices Dance Troupe,Syracuse University’s Samba Laranja, La joven Guardia del teatro, La Familia de la Salsa. The conference program is online at: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/placa/2010_Conference_Program/. Please register to attend the conference (via the website) and encourage students and community members to do so. Sponsers PLACA (Program on Latin America and the Caribbean) Syracuse University The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University LLAS – Syracuse University Latino-Latin American Studies Program Cornell University’s LASP (Latin American Studies Program) Cornell University’s LSP (Latino Studies Program) Imagining America, Syracuse University Mellon CNY Humanities Corridor and the SU Humanities Center Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Syracuse University.