In this interactive roundtable, members of the newly formed Black Latinas Know Collective (BLKC) will discuss the BLCK Statement (https://www.blacklatinasknow.org/) and the ways in which Black Latina scholars and their knowledge productions challenge and re-think Latinx Studies, Black Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and traditional social science and humanities disciplines. . . . . […]
A writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian descent, born in London and raised in Boston, now living in Rome and Berlin, who has studied Latin and music, Taiye Selasi is herself a study in the modern meaning of identity. In 2005 she published the much-discussed (and controversial) essay "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What Is an […]
An exhibit on the African roots of the Latinx diaspora OPENING PARTY: November 8, 2019 6PM - 8PM ON VIEW: November 8, 2019 through March 2020 Regular Exhibition Hours: Monday through Friday 11AM to 7PM King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012
Anthony Bogues (Ph.D., 1994, Political Theory, University of the West Indies, Mona) is a writer , scholar, curator, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice; Professor of Africana Studies, Royce Professor of Teaching Excellence (2004-2007); and currently the Asa Messer Professsor of Humanities and Critical Theory. He is also […]
Featuring the book’s editors, S. Heijin Lee (NYU Department of Social & Cultural Analysis), Monika Mehta (SUNY Binghamton Department of English), and Robert Ku (SUNY Binghamton Department of Asian and Asian American Studies) as well as two contributors, Dredge Kang (University of California, San Diego) and Praseeda Gopinath (SUNY Binghamton Department of English), this event […]
King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | A CONVERSATION WITH CRISTINA PATO, AFA S. DWORKIN AND ARTURO O’FARRILL: Afro Latin Perspectives in Jazz and Classical Music Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, NYC Reception to Follow Cristina Pato is the 2019 / 2020 King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization, NYU […]
The New York Latin American History Workshop (NYCLAHW) hosts the talk “Ladies at the Register: Protest, Charity, and Urban Space in 1890s Port-au-Prince” by scholar Anne Eller, Yale University. For information or to obtain a copy of the pre-circulated paper, contact Mariana Katz at m.katz@columbia.edu The event is free and open to the public. Photo ID required to […]
Nov 15, 2019 Valley of the Birdtail: An Ojibway Reserve, a White Town, and Canada’s History of Separate and Unequal Education 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Wilf Hall Room 512, 139 MacDougal Street, New York, NY 10012
The International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (IPRHFF)’s mission is to create platforms that allow a diverse pool of influencers in filmmaking to reach a broader audience. We develop programs that allow local and international filmmakers, from emerging artists to film industry veterans, to reach out to audiences throughout New York City and beyond. Our […]
Pam Sporn’s 2018 documentary Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route explores the rise, demise, and contested resurgence of America’s “motor city” through a multi-generational choir of voices who reside in mail carrier Wendell Watkins’s work route. Archival footage and oral histories convey the impetus behind the African American migration up north to push against […]
The Summer of 2019 marked a pivotal moment in the history of people’s struggles in the island of Puerto Rico. Two weeks of massive protests culminated in the ousting of then-governor Ricardo Roselló. Our event explores how this protest was a response to humiliation, corruption, and austerity measures imposed by a “fiscal oversight board,” and […]