Associate Professor Londoño Elected to Urban History Association Board
Associate Professor Johana Londoño was nominated and elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Urban History Association (UHA). "The Urban History Association was founded in Cincinnati in 1988 for the purpose of stimulating interest and forwarding research and study in the history of the city in all periods and geographical areas."
Linda Farthing Discussion on Recent Bolivia Election, Oct. 29
On October 18, Bolivians overwhelmingly voted for the Movement to Socialism (MAS), setting the country on a path back to democracy, following nearly a year of rightwing authoritarian rule. On Thursday, October 29 at 7:30-9pm via Zoom, journalist and independent scholar Linda Farthing will discuss with Gabriel Hetland why MAS won, and what it means for the country, the region, and the world.
PhD Candidate Eric Macias joins Immigrant Fellows Program at Harvard University!
Eric Macias, a third year PhD Candidate in the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o Studies Department at the University at Albany, was selected to join the Immigration Research Fellows Program at Harvard University. The Immigration Research Fellows Program offers advanced-level doctoral students at Harvard University the opportunity to receive additional training and support for one academic year. During their time as Fellows, scholars will participate in a bi-weekly colloquia series, present and receive feedback on their work, and contribute to the initiative’s other intellectual activities.
New publication by Alejandra Bronfman, “Glittery: Unearthed Histories of Music, Mica, and Work”
LACS Chair and Associate Professor Alejandra Bronfman contributed a chapter in Audible Infrastructures titled, “Glittery: Unearthed Histories of Music, Mica, and Work”. The compilation was edited by Kyle Devine, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Oslo, and by Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Victoria.
UAlbany Professor Views Hispanic Heritage Month as "Small Token" of Appreciation
Dr. Jose Cruz is a political science professor at the University at Albany. He’s an expert in Hispanic culture and its influences on American politics. To him, Hispanic Heritage Month is a celebration of that. “It’s a small token, I think, of appreciation and recognition of Hispanics, Latinos, their history, and contributions that they have made to American politics, society, and economy,” says Cruz.
Read: "Reimagining US Colombianidades: Transnational subjectivities, cultural expressions, and political contestations," a Special Issue for the Latino Studies Journal co-edited by LACS Assistant Professor Johana Londoño
LACS Assistant Professor Johana Londoño co-edited a special issue for the Latino Studies Journal titled "Reimagining US Colombianidades: Transnational subjectivities, cultural expressions, and political contestations," along with Prof. Lina Rincon (Framingham State University), Jennifer Harford Vargas (Bryn Mawr College), and María Elena Cepeda (Williams College).
Read: "Puerto Rico’s Summer 2019 Uprising and the Crisis of Colonialism" by LACS Professor Pedro Cabán
Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies Professor Pedro Cabán published a commentary in Latin American Perspectives titled, "Puerto Rico’s Summer 2019 Uprising and the Crisis of Colonialism."
LACS Decolonizing Food Workshop at HWFC
A group of 20 UAlbany students from a Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino Studies class performed a decolonizing food workshop led by instructor and LACS PhD Candidate Cassandra Andrusz-Ho Ching, inside the community kitchen at the Honest Weight Co-Op with the goal to rethink how recipes have been influenced by colonization and neo-colonialism.