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Conference: Intersections of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation in
Colombia, Brazil, and Cuba
UMass, Amherst - 4/24/15 9:30 am -6:00 pm
Free and Open to the Public
Shirley Graham Du Bois Reading Room, 2nd Floor
New Africa House
Light refreshments will be provided
Keynote Speakers
Mara Viveros, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Gisela Arandia, Centro Juan Marinello, Cuba
Sonia Alvarez, UMASS-Amherst
Panel presentations:
Castriela E. Hernandez, Graduate Student
Maria Ximena Abello, Graduate Student
Logbona Olukonee, Universidad Agraria
de la Habana [unable to attend]
Whitney Battle-Baptiste, UMASS-Amherst (Discussant)
Dario H. Vasquez, Graduate Student
Agustin Lao-Montes, UMASS-Amherst
Film:
On the Ropes | Contra las Cuerdas: Racial Politics in Cuba. By
Amilcar Ortiz - "These individuals are the protagonists of this story, which addresses, in
depth, the racial problem in Cuba; a topic that has been barely touched
upon in documentary production on the island. They openly name and condemn
racism whilst suggesting constructive ways forward. They expose the
challenges in the present fight against racial discrimination and place
this debate within the context of a radical revolution; where, at its
beginning, black people found a significant space -of historical
recognition and social legitimization- both nationally and
internationally."
Book launch
Cuba's Racial Crucible: The Sexual Economy of Social Identities, 1750-2000
by
Karen Y. Morrison, UMASS-Amherst
Commentators:
Karen Y. Morrison, UMASS-Amherst
Lowell Gudmunson, Mount Holyoke College
Devyn Spence Benson, Louisiana State University
Cosponsored by Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies,
Afro Latin@ Working Group, Five Colleges Atlantic Studies Faculty Seminar,
Department of History, Women of Color Leadership Network, Graduate Student
Senate, Anthropology Graduate Caucus, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of
Afro-American Studies, Five Colleges Latin American, Caribbean and Latino
Studies Council, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
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