Afro-Mexcian Studies Symposium 2007
DATE: Saturday, November 3, 2007
TIME: 9:00am - 4:45 p.m.
LOCATION: National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th St., Chicago, IL 60608
The National Museum of Mexican Art’s second annual Afro-Mexican Studies Symposium will bring together working scholars in this emerging field with other experts to discuss race relations in the U.S. and the Afro-Mexican struggle for recognition.
- Introduction with Cesáreo Moreno and Sagrario Cruz Carretero, Curators of The
African Presence in México
- Panel I – Afro-Mexican History and the Struggle for Recognition
- Dr. Herman Bennett, Associate Professor of the African Diaspora and Latin
American History, Rutgers University
- Prof. Israel Reyes Larrea, Organizer of the Afro-Mexican Forum for the Constitutional Recognition of the Rights of Black People of Mexico, Santiago, Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Dr. Herman Bennett, Associate Professor of the African Diaspora and Latin
American History, Rutgers University
- Cultural Memories – Crossover Foods
Keynote Cooking Demonstration and Lunch with Doris Careaga-Coleman - Panel II – Black/Brown Relations Then and Now
- Prof. Ben Vinson, III, Professor of Latin American History, Director of the Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University
- Rito Martinez, Principal, Social Justice High School, Little Village/Lawndale High School
- Cassandra Rivera, student from Yollocalli Arts Reach
- Dr. Nicole von Germeten, Assistant Professor of History, Oregon State University
- Book Signing
$10 General Admission. Members and students are free, but must RSVP. The symposium is being organized in conjunction with the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture. Call 312.738.1503 to register or purchase tickets.
