Scholarly Colloquia and Events

  • 4/20 John N Plank Cuban Lecture Series

    "National Configurations and Comparative Racial Consciousness: A Conversation between Cuban and U.S. Scholars"

    April 20, 2017

    11:00am-2:00pm

    PRLACC - Student Union, 4th floor

     

    FILM—11:00-11:45am: Dialogue with my Grandmother

    Directed by Gloria Rolando. Spanish with English subtitles


    ROUNDTABLE—11:50am

    Cuban Participants:

    Roberto Zurbano, Activist and Cultural Studies scholar

    Duo Obsesión, Hip-hop artists and activists

    Gloria Rolando: Activist and filmmaker

     

    UConn Participants:

    Shawn Salvant, Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies

    Jeffrey Ogbar, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music

    Kelly Walters, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

     

    Organizers and Moderators:

    Melina Pappademos, UConn History Department and Africana Studies

    Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, UConn—Literature, Cultures, and Languages

     

    Sponsored by:

    El Instituto: Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies John N. Plank Cuban Lecure Series

    UConn Caribbean Inititiatve

     

     

    For more information, contact: El Instituto at elinstituto@uconn.edu