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Latina/o Studies Forum Series: Pulse and Queer Latinidad

Ramón Rivera-Servera, Northwestern University
Thursday, September 29, 2016
4:00-6:00 PM
3512 Haven Hall Map
The Latina/o Studies Program at the University of Michigan’s Department of American Culture is organizing a forum series for the 2016-2017 academic year. These forums will create a space for dialogues among faculty, students, staff, and the Ann Arbor community on a range of issues pertinent to the local and national Latina/o community. The forums will include the participation of University of Michigan faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, and invited speakers from other institutions and organizations.

The first forum, “Pulse and Queer Latinidad,” is Thursday, September 29, 2016, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Haven Hall 3512. This forum is dedicated to the June 12, 2016 shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The participants will discuss the importance of spaces such as Pulse for young queer Latinas/os, the mainstream media’s coverage of the shooting, the impact such a tragedy had on the LGBTQ and Latina/o communities, the ways in which many young Latinas/os used on-line forums to create a support network, and the ongoing systemic violence against queer Latinas/os. The forum participants are Dr. Ramón Rivera-Servera, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Performance Studies, Northwestern University; Dr. Larry La Fountain-Stokes, Associate Professor, Departments of American Culture, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Women’s Studies; Vicky Koski-Karell, doctoral student, Medical School and Department of Anthropology; and Patrick Mullen-Coyoy, BA student, Honors Latina/o Studies, Spanish, and History. Dr. María Cotera, Associate Professor, Departments of American Culture and Women’s Studies, will moderate.

The second forum, “Latinas/os and the 2016 Election,” is Thursday, November 3, 2016, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at North Quad 2435. Just five days before the 2016 presidential election, this forum will address the political mobilization of Latinas/os in response to Donald Trump’s campaign, the community’s engagement with policy debates regarding immigration, and the response of a diverse Latina/o community (in terms of ethnicity, age, and gender) to the Republican and Democratic candidates and platforms. The participants are Dr. John García, Research Professor Emeritus, Institute for Social Research, ICPSR and Center for Political Studies; Dr. Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science; and Vanessa Cruz Nichols, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science. Dr. Silvia Pedraza, Professor, Departments of American Culture and Sociology, will moderate.

The forums in winter 2017 will be part of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial events. Under the general theme of “The University, the Nation, and the Future of Latina/o Studies,” these engagements will explore the themes of Immigration and Afro-Latinidad. The “Migration” forum will address the impact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy has had at the University of Michigan and at the national level. The “Afro-Latinidades” forum will focus on Afro-Latino and African-American relationships during particular historical periods and especially the relationship between these two groups institutionally at the University of Michigan. More information about the winter 2017 forums will be provided later in the semester.

PARTICIPANTS

Dr. Ramón Rivera-Servera, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Performance Studies, Northwestern University

Dr. Larry La Fountain-Stokes, Associate Professor, Department of American Culture, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Women's Studies, University of Michigan

Vicky Koski-Karell, Doctoral Student, Medical School and Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

Patrick Mullen-Coyoy, BA Student, Latina/o Studies, Spanish, and History, University of Michigan

MODERATOR

Dr. María Cotera, Associate Professor, Department of American Culture and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan
Building: Haven Hall
Event Type: Lecture / Discussion
Tags: Discussion
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Latina/o Studies, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Spectrum Center, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Women's and Gender Studies Department, Department of American Culture, Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)