Category: Latino/a and Latin American Studies

“Internal or Transnational? Zapotec Women’s Migration Dilemmas,” a CSWS Noon Talk with Iván Sandoval Cervantes

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[ April 22, 2015; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_21598" align="alignright" width="300"] photo by Iván Sandoval Cervantes[/caption]

 

 

Jane Grant Room
330 Hendricks Hall
UO campus
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For women of the Zapotec community of Santa Ana Zegache, discussing migration presents gender specific dilemmas. In this presentation, Iván Sandoval Cervantes provides an historical analysis of the different migration movements in which women from Santa Ana Zegache have participated: Zegacheñas […]

A Conversation with Gabriela Martínez

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Gabriela Martínez speaking at the CSWS 40th Anniversary Celebration / photo by Jack Liu.
Media, Democracy, and the Construction of Collective Memory
Reprinted from 2014 CSWS Annual Review (published October 2014)
CSWS last interviewed Gabriela Martínez for the Annual Review in summer 2012, when she was the incoming associate director of CSWS. Now entering her third and final […]

Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans

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[ October 23, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Knight Library, Browsing Room
1501 Kincaid St.
Free & open to public

See also Globalization, Gender and Development Conference

“Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans,” with Leisy J. Abrego, Assistant Professor, UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies. Trained as a sociologist, Abrego studies families, Central American migration, and Latino immigrants’ lived experiences of […]

Mare Advertencia Lirika: Zapotec Hip Hop Artist to Perform

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[ October 16, 2014; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Beall Concert Hall
961 E. 18th Ave.
Eugene — UO campus

Mare, a Zapotec rapper from Oaxaca and founder of Advertencia Lirika, will perform at Beall Concert Hall on the University of Oregon campus at 4 p.m. October 16. Mare uses her rap as a tool to develop consciousness and to build networks within social movements in Oaxaca […]

Running from Peril, Chasing Hope: Central American Children and the Refugee Crisis

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[ December 3, 2014; 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Ford Alumni Center
1720 E. 13th Ave.
UO campus

A symposium to start a dialogue, grow awareness, and plan for action

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Agenda

2:00–4:00 P.M. Plenary Session featuring local experts and faculty members who will lead a discussion of the complex issues surrounding immigration policy and its impact on children and families
4:30–6:30 P.M. Featured Speakers: Julie Lopez, journalist […]

“¡Santa!: Afro-Diasporic Ways of Being and Knowing,” with Ana-Maurine Lara

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[ November 21, 2014; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20646" align="alignright" width="166"] Ana-Maurine Lara[/caption]

204 Condon Hall
1321 Kincaid St.
UO campus
CLLAS Visiting Scholar Ana-Maurine Lara to deliver lecture about her research
Ana-Maurine Lara is the first ever Visiting Scholar with the UO Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies. She recently completed her PhD in African American Studies and Anthropology at Yale University. Her first academic […]