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On March 9, 2022, from 2:30 to 4:30 PM, Drs. Marcel Kitissou and Frank Essien of UAlbany's Department of Africana Studies will be presenting about recent political coups in West Africa. Their discussion, entitled, "Recent Coups in West Africa: Causes and Risks," will be held over Zoom, and is open to the UAlbany community.

Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latino Studies Professor and Chair Alejandra Bronfman curates "The best books on sound and why you should care about it" on Shepherd.com.

Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies PhD student Andrea Miranda co-curated the exhibit "Keeping Seeds in the Hair" displayed in the contemporary art museum, MAC Panamá. This exhibit "is an investigation that emerges from MAC Panamá’s permanent collection, in which the curatorial team, comprised specifically for this project, developed an open process of shared learning and common doing. A disparity in abilities, origins, and positions that we braid over time with different questionings, concerns, and intuitions, with the intention of connecting with each other and, furthermore, making space for other lives."

On Wednesday, February 23, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM EST, the Department of Africana Studies at the University at Albany (SUNY), will be hosting an Africana Studies Alumni Black History Panel, via Zoom webinar.

Dr. Jennifer Burns will be speaking on a panel at the screening of a new documentary, "Searching for Timbuctoo," which highlights the history of a pioneering Black settlement near Lake Placid, named Timbuctoo. In addition to Dr. Burns, the panel will feature the film's director, Paul Miller, and several other scholars and community members. It will be held Friday, November 12, 2021, at Page Hall, on UAlbany's Downtown Campus (135 Western Ave).

Assistant Professor Gabriel Hetland of Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies was featured in the Q&A section of the Latin America Advisor, a daily publication of The Dialogue. Professor Hetland answered the question: What Do Recent Primaries Say About Venezuela’s Politics? "In short, there are many dynamic factors shaping elections, which makes them arguably the most interesting and important to take place in years." Read his answer in the full article.

On Friday, October 29, 2021, the Department of Africana Studies will hold its 13th annual Research Symposium. The Symposium will be held from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the Campus Center Boardroom, Room 192. The central event of the research symposium will be the faculty panel, to be held from 9:30 AM-12:00 PM.

Organizer, producer, journalist, scholar and activist Rosa Clemente will speak as part of the University’s celebration of National Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month.