Winter 2016 “The State of Latino Studies”
Curated by Professor Ramón Gutiérrez, Preston & Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor in United States History and the College
Thursday, January 14, 2016 | 4.30pm
THE POLITICS OF DEMOGRAPHOBIA: MEDIA, RACIAL STATISTICS, AND LATIN@ THREAT
Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz, Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Thursday, January 21, 2016 | 4.30pm
THE STATE OF LATINO STUDIES PANEL with
Frances R. Aparicio, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Latina and Latino Studies Program, Northwestern University
Lourdes Torres, Editor of Latino Studies and Vincent de Paul Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies, DePaul University
Charlene Villaseñor Black, (Incoming) Editor of Aztlán and Professor of Art History and Chicana/o Studies, UCLA
Thursday, February 11, 2016 | 4.30pm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS AN IDIOM FOR THEORIZING LATINO POLITICS
Anthony Badami, Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 | 4.30pm
WHAT'S IN A NAME?: THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF HISPANIC AND LATINO PANETHNICITIES
Ramón Gutiérrez, Preston and Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor in United States History and the College, University of Chicago
Thursday, February 25, 2016 | 4.30pm
WHAT WAS CHICANO LITERATURE? AND IS LATINO LITERARY HISTORY POSSIBLE?
José Antonio Arellano, Doctoral Student, Department of English, University of Chicago
Thursday, March 10, 2016 | 4.30pm
REVISITING COLONIAL LABOR SYSTEMS: CITIZENSHIP, LATINOS AND THE U.S. MILITARY
Alfredo Gonzalez, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago