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Caribbean migration lecture series to begin Feb. 19

Author: Shannon Roddel

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Arlene D路vila, professor of anthropology at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean 91视频 at New York University, will open the Institute for Latino 91视频鈥� (ILS) spring lecture series titled"Caribbean Flights: From the First Colonial Cities in America to Metropolis U.S.A."

Featuring nationally and internationally known scholars,鈥淐aribbean Flights鈥漣s the ILS鈥� second lecture series devoted to examining the cultural, political and social consequences of Hispanic Caribbean migration.

All talks will be held at 4 p.m. in 200 McKenna Hall, unless otherwise noted.They are as follows:

Feb. 19 帽 D路vila will deliver a lecture titled"Knocking Down the Walls: The Fight for Latino Cultural Equity in NYC,"which examines the struggle by Latinos and African-Americans in New York City to assert cultural equity in arts funding as they defend their cultural institutions from privatizing forces and government cuts.

March 19 帽 Efrn Rivera Ramos, professor of law and former dean of the University of Puerto Rico 91视频 of Law, will discuss"Territory, Citizenship and Rights: The Challenges of Overcoming American Colonialism in Puerto Rico."

April 1 帽 Jalil Sued Badillo, professor and chair of the Interdisciplinary 91视频, General Social Sciences Department at the University of Puerto Rico, will deliver a lecture titled"Puerto Rico Insular Identities on the March"in 112 McKenna.

April 15 帽 Ramona Hern路ndez, professor of sociology and director of the Dominican 91视频 Institute at the City University of New York, will give a talk titled"Dominicans in the United States: From the Almost Anonymous Few to the Recognized Many."

Additional information about the speakers is available on the Web at .

The series is co-sponsored by Notre Dame鈥檚 Henkels Lecture Series, Graduate 91视频, College of Arts and Letters Office of Undergraduate 91视频, Kellogg Institute for International 91视频, and Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

_ Contact: Yolanda Lizardi Marino, director of academic affairs, Institute for Latino 91视频, 574-631-0940,_ " ymarino@nd.edu ":mailto:ymarino@nd.edu

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