The Community Leadership Center and the Department of History will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a discussion of the book Nationalist Heroines: Puerto Rican Women History Forgot, 1930s-1950s. Written by Dr. Olga Jiménez de Wagenheim, Professor Emerita in History at Rutgers University–Newark, this book tells the stories of women who fought for their homeland’s freedom. The … Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on 10/13…
The Latin American and Latino Studies Program will host a screening of the new documentary, Adelante, on Thursday, April 16th, at 11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center’s Raptor Roost. The film’s director, Noam Osband, will speak about the film and his creative process prior to the film’s start. Adelante portrays a community of recent Mexican immigrants who … Continue reading Screening of Documentary “Adelante” Scheduled for 4/16…
On Wednesday, April 23rd, at 12 p.m., Documenting the Latino Experience: A Film Series will show Goodwill: The Flight of Emilio Carranza, a film directed and produced by Rutgers-Camden’s own Dr. Robert A. Emmons, Jr. For more information, contact Dr. Lorrin Thomas, Co-Director of Latin American and Latino Studies.
Assistant Professor Dylon Robbins from New York University will give a lecture called “Listening for an Afro-Latin Soundscape: Music and African Diasporas in the Americas,” on Tuesday, April 8th, at 12:20 p.m. in Armitage Hall 124. Lunch will be provided at this event. For more information about this event, contact Dr. Alejandra Josiowicz. This event … Continue reading Music and African Diasporas in the Americas Lecture on 4/8…
Documenting the Latino Experience Film Series continues on Thursday, March 27th, from 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., with a showing of Cuentos, a documentary about the experience of Puerto Ricans living in the historic Spring Garden Barrio of Philadelphia. This film is directed by Gilberto González. This event will take place in Fine Arts 110.
On Tuesday, February 25th, the Latin American and Latino Studies Program presents the film series “Documenting the Latino Experience” with a screening of Niños de la Memoria, a film that explores the search for children who disappeared during the Salvadorean Civil War in the 1980s. The screening will be followed by a question and answer … Continue reading “Documenting the Latino Experience” Film Series Begins 2/25…
