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Nkisis, Orixás and Ancestors: The Role of Religion, Creativity and Environmental Ethics in the Afro-Atlantic Diaspora
Tuesday, September 18 Afro-Brazilian Religion and Environmental Ethics, public lecture by Makota Valdina Pinto Weston Hall | 5:00 PM | Presentation Room Makota Valdina Pinto is an ethicist, environmental justice activist and an elder in the Congo-Angola tradition of the Afro-Brazilian religion, Candomblé. Ms. Pinto… Continue reading »
AAMC’s Awards for Excellence Curatorial Recipients
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One Day at a Time at Williams!
Latina and Latino Heritage Month Calendar
Summer of Protest
“Queer Chicano Art Is as Timeless As It Is Vital”
An article discussing the exhibition Professor Chavoya co-curated in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles and the ONE Archives recently appeared in Vice https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8x8nxz/queer-chicano-art-is-as-timeless-as-it-is-vital… Continue reading »
U.S. COLOMBIANIDADES AND THE FUTURE OF LATINX STUDIES*
U.S. COLOMBIANIDADES AND THE FUTURE OF LATINX STUDIES* October 20–22, 2017 Oakley Center Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 Coffee and Pastries: 9:00–9:30 AM Welcome: 9:30–10:00 AM Panel 1 | 10:00–11:30 AM | Mapping Colombianx Spaces across the Americas Moderator: Diane Garbow… Continue reading »
Exhibition | Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), is pleased to host Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A., organized by ONE National Gay & Lesbian archives at the USC Libraries as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. The exhibition will be shown in two West Hollywood spaces, MOCA Pacific… Continue reading »
Fellowship in Afro-Latinidades in the United States
The Program in Latina and Latino Studies at Williams College invites applications for a two-year pre-doctoral fellowship or a one-year post-doctoral fellowship in Afro-Latina/o/x Studies beginning in the fall semester of 2018. The program seeks a scholar of Afro-Latinidades in the United States whose research and teaching embraces and advances… Continue reading »