Northern Illinois University

Center for Latino and Latin American Studies

2009 Fall Semester Events Sponsored or Co-sponsored
by Center for Latino and Latin American Studies

  • August 31-September 25, 2009
    Miguel Uc Delgado, Jesús Marcos Delgado Kú, Angel Ruíz Novelo, and Wilbert Vázquez

    Exhibition: "Crafting Maya Identity: Contemporary Wood Sculptures from the Puuc Region of Yucatán, México" Jack Olson Gallery, Visual Arts Bldg. 
    10:00-4:00 PM, Monday-Thursday, and 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Friday (Organizers: Division of Art History and School of Art)
  • September 19, 2009
    Symposium:
    "Globalization, Tourism, Cultural Identity, Authenticity, and Art"  
    9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Barsema # 200 (Organizers: Division of Art History and School of Art)
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  • September 22, 2009
    Rigoberta Menchú
    Public Lecture:
     TBA  
    7:00 PM, Carl Sandburg Auditorium, Holmes Student Center (Organizers: Latino Resource Center and Women Resource Center) 
  • October 6, 2009
    Christina Bueno, Ph.D. (Department of History, Northeastern Illinois University)
    Public Lecture:
    "Excavating Identity: Archaeology and Nation-Building in Porfirian Mexico"
    6:00 PM, Latino Center # 121 (Organizer: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies)
  • October 12, 2009
    "The Garden" Documentary and Panel Discussion
    6:00 PM, Latino Center # 121 (Organizer: Department of Geography) 
  • November 5, 2009
    Rosa M. Leal-Bautista, Ph.D. ('06) (Research Associate, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, México)
    Public Lecture:
    "The Mexican Caribe, Not Just for Tourists ... but for Geological and Environmental Research"
    4:30 PM, Latino Center # 121 (Organizer: Environmental Studies Program) 
  • November 9, 2009
    Jeffery R. Parsons, Ph.D. (Department of Anthropology/Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan)
    Public Lecture: "Vanishing Landscapes and Vanishing Lifeways: The Impact of Development and Modernization on Traditional Culture in the Valley of Mexico"
    7:00 PM, Latino Center # 121 (Organizer: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies)
  • November 10, 2009
    Jeffery R. Parsons, Ph.D. (Department of Anthropology/Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan)
    Seminar:
    "Traditional Maguey Utilization in Ancient Highland Mexico: How a Living Economy Informs the Ancient Past, and How a Globalized World Impacts this Indigenous Lifeway"
    10:00 AM, Latino Center # 121 (Organizer: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies)
     
  • For event information call: (815) 753-1531, or email: latinostudies@niu.edu