Library EventImagining the Latina/o/x Midwest (Sawyer Seminar Symposium)

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Friday, January 31, 2020 - 9:00am to 5:30pm

01/31/2020 9:00am 01/31/2020 5:30pm Imagining the Latina/o/x Midwest (Sawyer Seminar Symposium) In this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- three speakers will examine the potentials and pitfalls of imagining Latinidades in the Midwestern U.S. Building off the past success of the Latina/o Midwest Symposium, this kickoff event for the spring semester will draw attention to the ways in which Latina/o/x space and identity might be imagined and practiced outside of traditionally recognized Latina/o/x enclaves. Speakers include the following: Theresa Delgadillo is Professor of Comparative Studies and Program Director of Latina/o Studies at The Ohio State University. Lilia Fernandez is Associate Professor and Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Latino & Caribbean Studies and the Department of History at Rutgers University. Sujey Vega is Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. This event will be held at the Iowa City Public Library. From more information see our Sawyer Seminar website at http://imagininglatinidades.com Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C

In this one-day symposium -- part of our yearlong Mellon Foundation-funded Sawyer Seminar on “Imagining Latinidades: Articulations of National Belonging” -- three speakers will examine the potentials and pitfalls of imagining Latinidades in the Midwestern U.S. Building off the past success of the Latina/o Midwest Symposium, this kickoff event for the spring semester will draw attention to the ways in which Latina/o/x space and identity might be imagined and practiced outside of traditionally recognized Latina/o/x enclaves.

Speakers include the following:
Theresa Delgadillo is Professor of Comparative Studies and Program Director of Latina/o Studies at The Ohio State University.
Lilia Fernandez is Associate Professor and Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Latino & Caribbean Studies and the Department of History at Rutgers University.
Sujey Vega is Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. This event will be held at the Iowa City Public Library.

From more information see our Sawyer Seminar website at http://imagininglatinidades.com

If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.

This event is open to the public.

Cosponsor

Cosponsor Organization: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies

Cosponsor Name: Erin Hackathorn

Cosponsor Phone: 319-335-4034