The Latin@ Studies Committee and the Office of Hispanic
Student Services are co-organizing a symposium in which
representatives of Latin@ Studies programs, junior and senior
scholars as well as directors of Latin@ research centers
will discuss the importance of Latin@ Studies in the Midwest.
This event will take place on April 16-17, 2004 at the Blackwell
facility in the Fisher School of Business and the Multicultural
Center at OSU. On the first day of activities, four panels
are scheduled on the following topics: “Latin@ Cultural
Studies”; “Historicizing Latin@ Studies”;
“New Directions in Latin@ Studies”; and “Report
from the Field.” These panels feature some of the most
intellectually exciting scholars in the field. The first
two panels are presented by junior scholars, and the other
two by senior scholars, including one by directors of programs,
who will address the challenges and promises of developing
Latin@ Studies programs in the region. The second day of
activities presents a summit of representatives of programs
and Latin@ faculty in general with the purpose of laying
the groundwork for inter-institutional collaborations in
the Midwest.
Due to its regional and interdisciplinary scope, and its
two-fold academic and organizational focus, this will be
the first time that a conference of its kind will take place
at OSU or elsewhere. The list of presenters who have already
confirmed their participation include Frances Aparicio,
U. of Illinois at Chicago; Suzanne Oboler, U. of Illinois
at Chicago; Ruth Behar, U. of Michigan; Jorge Chapa, Indiana
U.; María Montoya, U. of Michigan; Theresa Delgadillo,
Notre Dame U.; Mary Beltran, U. of Wisconsin; Ramona Fernandez,
MSU; María Cotera, U. of Michigan; Pablo Mitchell,
Oberlin College; Adrian Burgos, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
OSU Professors Luz Calvo (Comparative Studies), Catriona
R. Esquibel (Women’s Studies), Ileana Rodríguez
(Spanish and Portuguese), Keith Kilty (Social Work), and
Ignacio Corona (Spanish and Portuguese) will be the moderators.
Professor Angeles Romero (Comparative Studies) will be in
charge of the cultural program.
The complete program of activities will appear in our Winter
issue. For further information, please contact Professor
Ignacio Corona at 292-8617 or the Latino/a Studies at OSU
webpage: www.comparativestudies.ohiostate.edu/latinostudies/events.htm
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