Illinois State University continues its observance of Latino Heritage Month Wednesday with a screening of the documentary Empire of Dreams at 7 p.m. in Felmley Hall Annex, room 133.
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session, facilitated by Professor of Politics and Government Carlos Parodi. All documentary showings are sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program, Milner Library, and Conexiones Latinas de McLean County.
Ana Roncero-Bellido
Meanwhile, Ana Roncero-Bellido will present “Latinas Anónimas: Articulating a Transnational Feminist Rhetorics of Solidarity Through Testimonio,” at 1 p.m., Friday, October 2, in Williams Hall , room 314.
Roncero-Bellido, a Ph.D. candidate with Illinois State’s Department of English, will present her research on the use of testimonio to theorize the complexity of Latina identity. By focusing on the anonymous testimonios written by The Latina Feminist Group (TLFG), she seeks to understand how testimonio becomes a form of healing and a space of solidarity.
The event, which is part of the Conversando Entre Nosotros: LALS Brown Bag Series Lecture, is sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program.
Then, enjoy arts in an afternoon of Latino music, poetry, and visual art with the Latino Arts Celebration at 1 p.m. Sunday, October 4, at the University Galleries in Uptown Normal.
Cellist Adriana Ransom will perform a recital featuring works of Gaspar Cassado (Spain), Mario Lavista (Mexico), and Leo Brouwer (Cuba), intertwined with literary readings from Spain, Mexico, and Cuba.
Works by Latino alumni artists will also be on display as part of the University Galleries’ Alumni Spectacular. The event is sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program, and the School of Music.
Immigration issues and immigration policy are in the spotlight as a central issue in the current presidential campaign debates. An immigrant rights and U.S. immigration policy panel will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, in the Jaime Escalante Room of the Vrooman Center, in between Hewett and Manchester halls.
This panel has been organized with the expressed purpose to gather state and local community leaders to address the lack of immigration reform and the problems that this entails for immigrant families and communities.
Panel members include:
Fred Tsao (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights)
Jennifer Carrillo (Illinois People’s Action)
Carlos Parodi (ISU Department of Politics and Government)
Maura Toro-Morn (ISU, Latin American and Latino/a Studies)
The panel is sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program, the Department of Politics and Government, and the Conexiones Latinas de McLean County.
Anahi Russo-Gullido of the Metropolitan State University of Denver will host a Skype talk for the first of the Queer Talks Series. Her talk, titled “Negotiating Marriage and Polyamory in Queer Mexico City” will be at noon on Thursday, October 8, in the Vrooman Center, room 104.
Professor of Spanish James J. Pancrazio will give a talk titled “Rewriting, Invention, and Plagiarism: the Case of Enriqueta Faber, and the Writing of Transvestism” at 1 p.m. Friday, October 16, in Williams Hall, room 314.
Pancrazio will share a comparison of the literary versions of the case of Faber, the 19th century transvestite that resided in Cuba, in effort to show that each generation rewrites or recreates the image of the transvestite according to their own historical and ideological circumstances. The event, which is part of the Conversando Entre Nosotros: LALS Brown Bag Series Lecture, is sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program.
A screening of the documentary “Peril and Promise” will be 7 p.m. October 21, in Felmley Hall Annex, room 133. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session, facilitated by Professor of Psychology Rocio Rivadeneyra. All documentary showings are sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program; Milner Library; and Conexiones Latinas de McLean County.
Hollywood actor Carlos Ponce will be the featured speaker at the Latino Cultural Dinner at 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 3, in the Brown Ballroom.
Carlos Ponce
Ponce is known for his roles in Rio (2011), Spy (2015), and Couples Retreat (2009), and more recently known for his ABC show Cristela. During a Q&A session with Professor Rocia Rivadeneyra, Ponce will be sharing his experiences being a Latino actor in Hollywood.
Tickets will be available closer to the event. Visit Housing.IllinoisState.edu to purchase tickets. The cost is one meal swipe for meal plan participants and $20 for individuals without meal plans.
The Latino Cultural Dinner is sponsored by Campus Dining Services, the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program, and the ISU Association of Residence Halls, The University Housing Services, Waterson Area Government, Waterson Diversity Coalition, Multi-Ethnic Cultural and Co-Curricular Programming and Advisory Committee.
Author of Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago Lilia Fernandez will give a talk titled Was the City Black and White? A History of Latinos in Mid-Century Chicago at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, in Stevenson Hall, room 101.
Fernandez, of The Ohio State University, Department of History, will share research from her new book and speak on the presence of Latinos in mid-20th century Chicago, the dynamics they witnessed, the social change they championed, and the way they came to understand their place in the black and white metropolis.
The event is sponsored by the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program and the Department of History.