From the Chair
Welcome to the 2011-2012 academic year. I am delighted to continue my service as chair of the Department of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies. I joined the Lehman faculty seven years ago, and have enjoyed teaching courses on Caribbean and Latin American literature, Latin American film, and Latin American and Puerto Rican popular music. My main areas of research include gender and sexuality studies, critical theory, and popular culture. Currently, I am working on a book entitled The Politics of Voice: Gender and Popular Music in Puerto Rico, 1935-1995, forthcoming from Duke University Press. Read More from Licia Fiol-Matta.
Faculty Spotlight
David A. Badillo, Associate Professor in Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies, writes on U.S. Latino history; his teaching interests also include Mexican migration, Puerto Rican history, and Caribbean music. He has published Latinos and the New Immigrant Church (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) as well as more than fifteen journal articles and chapters in edited volumes on themes encompassing religion, urbanization, and civil rights. During the Spring 2012 semester he will present three conference papers on his current book project, “In the Shadow of the Courts,” which focuses on legal advocacy and landmark court cases dealing with Mexican-American education, voting, immigration, and alienages. The venues are “Siglo XXI: Forging the Future of Latinos in a Time of Crisis,” a biennial conference event sponsored by the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR)—in New York City, February 23-25; a symposium of the Commission for the Study of the History of the Church in Latin America (CEHILA, USA)—at the University of Notre Dame in late April; and the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association (LSA)—early June in Honolulu, Hawaii. Later that month, as a visiting faculty member of the Hispanic Summer Program, he will teach a graduate course at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
On Dec. 7, 2011, Prof. David Badillo interviewed Dr. Sylvia Méndez at Hunter College, CUNY, (sponsored by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies/Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños): Click on link to access the video: A Conversation with Sylvia Méndez
See Previous Faculty Spotlights
News and Announcements
February 16, 2012 LAPRS cosponsors an important event:
Padre Solalinde
Co- Sponsored by:
Center for Human Rights and Peace Studies
Dept. of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies
New York University's Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis
Faculty Initiative for the Formation of a Mexican Studies Institute
The National Human Rights Committee of Mexico (CNDH) estimates that over 11,000 migrants were kidnapped in Mexico in a six-month period in 2010. Padre Alejandro Solalinde Guerra decided to create a shelter called “Hermanos en el Camino” which provides migrants a brief and safe rest during their journey. As a result of his work, he has faced death threats and other challenges. As a result of his work, he has faced death threats and other challenges. Come hear him speak about his efforts and learn more about the situation he faces in his work.
Lehman College
East Dining Room
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
For more information:
alyshia.galvez@lehman.cuny.edu
Mujeres de Febrero con Duarte, obra teatral
Dominican Heritage Celebration:
February 27, 2012 at 6 PM in the Lovinger Theater in the Music Building
for more information, contact (718)960-8292
LAPRS cosponsors a talk by
Jessica Vásquez
Mexican Migration and Family: Experiences of Race Across Three Generations
Prof. Vásquez, University of Kansas, is a visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation and author of Mexican Americans Across Generations.
Thursday, March 22, 20112 PM Carman B08.
LAPRS Faculty member Alyshia Gálvez speaks at Leonard Lief Library on April 18, 2012 at 4 pm on her new book: Patient Citizens, Immigrant Mothers.
Summer in Puerto Rico? LAPRS Faculty member David Badillo is teaching at a summer program in San Juan. Check it out here:
http://hispanicsummerprogram.org/ (click on Hispanic Summer Program for info on visiting faculty)
http://depts.drew.edu/hit/hsp/newsletter/Winter2011-2012/hsp_winter2011.html#openingarticle
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