Symposium: Latinos in the U.S. South
Please join the Latin American & Latino Studies Program on Wednesday and Thursday, March 19-20, for a two-day conference on "Latinas/os & the U.S. South."
The conference includes a broad-based roster of panelists encompassing faculty of the Latin American & Latino Studies Program, U of A staff and students, and off-campus participants, artists and politicians.
The keynote will be delivered by historian Cecilia Marquez of Duke University and author of Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation.
Schedule
Wednesday, March 19
Arkansas Union, room 504
12:30 p.m. — Opening remarks: Professor Steven Rosales
12:40 p.m. — Illuminating el Nuevo South: Roundtable discussion
- Professor Cecilia Márquez, Duke University
- Professor Alejandra Campos, University of Arkansas
- Professor Vanesa Ribas, University of California San Diego
2 p.m. — Latina/o Public Health and Arkansas
- Professor Michael David Niño, University of Arkansas
- Professor Ana Bridges, University of Arkansas
3:30 p.m. — Latina/o Arkansas Politics
- Diana Gonzales-Worthen, Arkansas House of Representatives
- Irvin Camacho, Alliance for Immigrant Respect and Education
Thursday, March 20
Arkansas Union, room 504
9:25 a.m. — Opening remarks: Professor Steven Rosales
9:30 a.m. — Art as Activism
- Professsor Erika Almenara, University of Arkansas
- José Hernández, muralist and graffiti artist
- Cheanie Noai, conservationist and graphic designer
11 a.m. — The Old South: Cabeza de Vaca Revisited
- Professor Luis Fernando Restrepo, University of Arkansas
- Archeologist George Sabo, University of Arkansas
Noon — Lunch
1 p.m. — Slaughterhouse Lives
- Professor Vanesa Ribas, University of California San Diego
2:15 p.m. — Latina/o Community Organizing
- Fernando García, Arkansas Justice Reform Coalition
- Magaly Licolli, Venceremos
- Amelia Southern-Uribe, Zero Hour Arkansas RSO
3:30 — U of A Latina/o Staff Perspectives
- Rafael Arciga García, assistant dean of admissions
- Magdalena Arroyo, talent management
- Martha A. Anderson, Digital Services Department head
Gearhart Hall, room 026
5:30 p.m. — Keynote lecture: Making the Latino South
- Professor Cecilia Márquez, Duke University
Contacts
Steven Rosales, program director
Latin American & Latino Studies
rosales@uark.edu