Monday, December 9, 2019 - 9:30am to 6:30pm
Location:
Central American Studies Symposium 2019 - Memory and Imaginaries of the Future
Whitsett Room
SH 451 9:30am - 12:15pm
English Reading Room
JR 319 12:30pm - 6:30pm
Opening Lecture:
Julia Medina, University of San Diego
"Plants in the 2018 Nicaraguan Insurrection: Replanting Revolutionary Imageries"
Poetry Readings:
Susana Marcelo
Carolina Rivera Escamilla
Book Presentation:
Yansi Perez, Carleton College
"Beyond Mourning: Other Ways to Imagine, Feel, and Think Memory in Central America"
Faculty Panel:
Douglas Carranza Mena, "Indigenous Diaspora in Los Angeles: Rethinking the Concept of Experience"
Beatriz Cortez, "The Memory of Plants"
Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens, "Memory in Post-War Guatemala"
Student Presentations:
Nataly Ascencio
Jason Baek
Irene Cruz
Vanessa Cruz
Kelly de Leon
Rosa Gomez
Maria Gonzalez
Angel Hernandez
Luciano Lemus
Sabina Perez
Elmer Quiju
Guadalupe Salas
Amanda Tzoc
Kelvin Villalta
Click here for flyer and program of event.
This event is sponsored by the Department of Central American Studies