Past Event Category: Latinx Studies and Beyond 2023-2024
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Apr 4Strangers No Longer: An Evening with Sergio González
Marquette University History Professor and UW–Madison alum Sergio González will visit Madison on April 4, 2024 to discuss his new book Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin (University of Illinois Press) which examines the relationship between Latino communities, religion, and social movements in the twentieth century Midwest. A prolific author, Dr. …
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Feb 22Latinx Labor and Reproductive Justice at the Border and in the Midwest
The third panel in the “Latinx Studies in the Midwest and Beyond” series considers the precarity that Latinx laborers face in the Midwest and the history of cross-ethnic relations among Latinx laborers in Chicago in the context of global and hemispheric neoliberal economies. This event is supported by the Anonymous Fund, the Center for Latin …
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Oct 25Puerto Rican Studies in the Midwest, Panel #2
Mark H. Ingraham Hall, Rm. #206
This second panel in the “Latinx Studies in the Midwest and Beyond” series focuses on island Puerto Rico, exploring debt, spatial politics, and sexuality. Speakers include Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes (U Michigan), Zorimar Rivera-Montes (Tulane U), and Joaquin Villanueva (Gustavus Adolphus College). This event is supported by the Anonymous Fund, the Center for Latin American, Caribbean …
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Sep 27Puerto Rican Studies in the Midwest and Beyond, Panel #1
Mark H. Ingraham Hall, Rm. #206
This first panel in the “Latinx Studies in the Midwest and Beyond” series focuses on Chicago, including the educational experiences of Puerto Ricans in that city, relations between Puerto Ricans and Palestinians, and migration and immigration to the city. Speakers include Mirelsie Velazquez (U Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sara Awartani (U Michigan), and Maura Toro-Morn (Illinois State …