Events
Book Forum: Christina León’s “Matters of Inscription: Reading Figures of Latinidad”
East Duke Pink Parlor 112 East Duke Building, Durham, NC, United StatesFriday, 7 February, 3:00-5:00p East Duke Pink Parlor Duke University, East Campus The Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South is pleased to host a scholarly forum presenting Professor Christina León's recently published book, Matters of Inscription: Reading Figures of Latinidad (NYU Press). Matters … Read more
Tim Z. Hernandez Public Lecture
Donovan Lounge @ Greenlaw Hall 223"Tim Z. Hernandez is an award winning multi-disciplinary artist, author and performer. As a writer, his work includes poetry, novels, historical fiction, memoir, and screenplays, many of which have received international acclaim. His work has been featured in the Los … Read more
A Seminar with Tim Z. Hernández
Hyde Hall: Incubator Room 176 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaCoffee and pastries will be served. Please RSVP to Ariana Vigil (avigil@email.unc.edu) by Feb 3. Tim Z. Hernandez is an award-winning author, research scholar, and performer. He is the recipient of the American Book Award, and the International Latino … Read more
The Latina/o Studies Program and Kino Corner Present!: Girlfight (2000)
Greenlaw 101 204 Greenlaw Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for our bi-yearly collaboration with UNC Film Studies’ Kino Corner program (tarheels.kinocorner.live.edu): Karyn Kusama’s 2000 film Girlfight! "Diana (Michelle Rodriguez, in her first film role), without her father knowing it, trains as a boxer and achieves impressive success, … Read more
2025 Carolina Conference for Romance Studies: Existence as Resistance: (Em)bodying Counter-Narratives in the Humanities
The conference takes place on March 28th-29th in the UNC Student Union, and the keynote speaker is Lina Meruane from NYU, who is an incredible Chilean author and scholar whose work deals with a wide range of topics such as disability, … Read more
The Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series Presents: “Navigating Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas” with Theresa Delgadillo
Zoom: REGISTRATION REQUIREDTheresa Delgadillo will discuss an excerpt from her new book, Geographies of Relation, that examines the cinematic, performance, and recording career of Black Mexican singer and actress Toña La Negra to illuminate the ways in which her work contested anti-Blackness, … Read more