LACAS Speaker Series: spring 2006

"Candomblé and Umbanda: syncretism, Afro-traditions and cultural resistance in contempory Brazilian religious practices"
Speaker: Prof. Ricardo J. Santos, Nassau Community College, SUNY
Thursday February 16, 2006
3:00 - 6:00 PM
Room G023, Academic Building A, Binghamton University

"Pintame a dangerous mujer: Poesía and prose"
Speaker: Tatiana de la Tierra, SUNY-Buffalo
Thursday March 2, 2006
6:00 - 8:00 PM
LASU Lounge, University Union room 310, Binghamton University

"Viewing Brazil: local audiences and the interpretation of the nation"
Speaker: Prof. Antonio C. La Pastina, Texas A&M University
Thursday April 6, 2006
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Room G023, Academic Building A, Binghamton University

"The sexual other in Brazilian television: social and institutional constraints on representations"
Speaker: Prof. Antonio C. La Pastina, Texas A&M University
Friday April 7, 2006
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Room G021, Academic Building A, Binghamton University

"Violent acts: cultures, structures, and retraditionalization"
Speaker: Prof. Kumkum Sangari, University of Wisconsin
Tuesday April 18, 2006
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Room G023, Academic Building A, Binghamton University

"The importance of marronage in diaspora studies"
Speaker: Prof. William Fred Santiago-Valles, Western Michigan University
Thursday April 27, 2006
4:30 - 6:30 PM
Room E-F, Public Service Program Center, Binghamton University

"Confined lives in neo-colonial Peru: race, class, and imprisonment in Lima"
Speaker: Prof. Carlos Aguirre, University of Oregon
Friday May 5, 2006
12:00 - 2:00 PM
Fernand Braudel Center, Academic Building A room 330, Binghamton University

"Racism in the judicial system" >View flyer
Saturday May 6, 2006
5:00 - 8:00 PM
MacArthur Elementary School Cafeteria, 1127 Vestal Avenue, Binghamton, NY



Past LACAS events
*Thanks to all co-sponsors, who have made these events possible.

"Talking the talk: the School of the Americas and Human Rights," Dr. Lesley Gill, Department of Anthropology, American University (April 26, 2005).

AFROARGENTINES film screening, follwed by a discussion with Prof. Miriam Victoria Gomes, Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina (February 25, 2005).

"A memorial teach-in:dedicado a Pedro Pietri y Richie Perez" (May 7, 2004).

"Juan Sánchez: art and politics" (May 2004). Presentation by the artist hosted by Latin American Student Union (LASU), the LACAS Program, and co-sponsors.

"Latinos in the U.S. criminal justice system," Dr. Juanita Díaz, SUNY-Binghamton (March 2004).

"Are you not receiving enough financial aid? When should you file a FAFSA? How can you afford graduate school?," Facilitated by Shevonne McKenzie, Financial Aid Counselor (March 18, 2004).

"Birthing the nation in color, black, and white: Afro-Cuban perspectives on race and nation in 19th century Cuba," Dr. Fannie T. Rushing, Benedictine University (March 16, 2004).


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