"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