September 24

Nicole Guidotti-Hernández, University of Arizona
Luis Álvarez University of California, San Diego
Gerry Cadava, Northwestern University (moderator)
“The Borders of Ethnic Studies”
5 pm, Kresge 2-425
Sponsors: Latino Studies, African-American Studies, and LACS

October 2

Peter Beattie, Michigan State University
“Of Total, Greedy, and Jealous Institutions: Male Nubility, Conjugality, Sexuality and Discipline on the Social Margins of Imperial Brazil”
2:30-5:00 pm, Newberry Library
Sponsors: The Newberry Library and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Programs at Northwestern, The University of Chicago, UIC, and IIT

October 5

Round-table with Brazilian Writers Ana Maria Machado, João Almino, Bernardo Carvalho
2 pm, Forum Room of the Northwestern University Library
Sponsors: The Northwestern University Library and The Brazilian Consulate of Chicago

October 8

Rafael Hernández, University of Havana
“The Cuban Transition: Imagined and Actual”
4pm-6, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: LACS Colloquium

October 14

Kathleen Staudt, University of Texas at El Paso
"Human Rights and Immigration: U.S.-Mexico Border Perspectives"
4 pm, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: BCICS

October 19

Yarí Pérez Marín, Northwestern University
"New World Bodies: Anatomy and Physiology in Early Colonial Mexican Texts"
4 pm, Hagstrum Room, University Hall
Sponsor: Klopsteg Seminar Series in Science and Human Culture

October 21

Marcelo Leiras, Yale University and Universidad de San Andrés
“Who Wants an Independent Court? Political Competition and Judicial Autonomy in the Argentine Provinces”
4 pm, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: LACS Colloquium

October 23

Héctor Carrillo, Northwestern University
“International Sexual Migration and Health: The Case of Mexican Gay Migrants in California”
12 pm, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: BCICS

November 4

Victoria Langland, University of California, Davis
“Remembering 1968: Student Movements and Memory Struggles in Military Brazil”
4 pm, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: LACS Colloquium

November 11

Gonzalo Aguilar, Harvard and the Universidad de Buenos Aires
"El que debe morir: el sacrificio en la cultura brasileña de Gonçalves Dias a Hélio Oiticica"
4:30pm, Spanish & Portuguese Seminar Room, Kresge 2 –301
Sponsors: Spanish & Portuguese and LACS

November 13

Javier Villa-Flores, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Marketing Excitement: Bourbon Morality, Gambling, and the Royal Lottery in New Spain”
2:30 pm, Newberry Library
Sponsors: The Newberry Library and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Programs at Northwestern, The University of Chicago, UIC, and IIT

November 18

Victoria Fortuna, Northwestern University
"Dancing Memory/Mobilizing Dance: Argentine Contemporary Dance in the Streets"
5 pm, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: LACS Colloquium

November 19

Ruth Behar, University of Michigan
Searching for Home: Cuban Jewish Stories from the Island and the Diaspora
5:00pm, Spanish & Portuguese Seminar Room, Kresge 2-301
Sponsors: Latin American Jewish Initiative, Crowne Family Center for Jewish Studies, LACS, Spanish & Portuguese

December 9

Jorge Coronado, Northwestern University
Picturing the Everyday: Photographic Practices in Cusco, 1910-50
4pm, BCICS Conference Room, 1902 Sheridan Road
Sponsor: LACS Colloquium