Events 2015-2021

Poster Strange Bedfellows
LatinX in Kansas

US and Hispanic Traders on the Santa Fe Trail in the 19th Century

Presentation by Sienna Cordoba, researcher at the National Park Service at the Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas. August 22, 2019.

Venuezuela in Crisis poster
Venezuela

Venezuela in Crisis

Panel featuring WSU Professors Dinorah Azpuru and Neal Allen of Political Science, and Rocio Del Aguila of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. May 9, 2019.
Poetry event poster
Creative Writing

 Literatura Viva

Multilingual poetry reading by guest professors Francisco Plata (St. John Fischer College, New York) and Pedro Vizoso (Hastings College, Nebraska) along with WSU students. May 3, 2019.
Aztec and Philosophy poster

Aristotle and Aztec Human Sacrifice

Presentation by WSU Professor Noell Birondo of Philosophy. April 11, 2019.

 

Poster AfroLatinX Feminisms
AfroLatinX Feminisms

AfroLatinX Feminisms of Cardi B & La Bella Chanel

Presentation by Dr. Omaris Zamora, Assistant Professor of Latino Studies at the University of Kansas. March 22, 2019.

Poster Asian-AfroLatinX Encounters
Asian & AfroLatinX

Asian-Afro-LatinX Interracial Conflict & Solidarity 

Presentation by Dr. Paula Park, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. March 4, 2019.

Pupusa Workshop poster
Food and Culture

Pupusa Workshop

Local cook Carmen Garcia shows participants how to prepare this traditional Salvadorian dish. April 12, 2018.
DACA poster
DACA

DACA in Salsa Verde

WSU students Tony Ibarra, Flor Mercado and Arely Navarrete, and local activist and educator Emira Palacios share their experiences as undocumented students and residents in Kansas. March 15, 2018.
Latin American talk series poster
Arts and Politics

Arts and Politics in Contemporary Latin America

Panel featuring WSU Professors Dinorah Azpuru of Political Science, and Claudia Costa Pederson of Art History. October 20, 2015.
Food Gentrification poster
Food and Culture

On Food Gentrification and Cultural Appropiation: A Critical Transnational Perspective

Presentation by Dr. Pilar Eguez Guevara, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. March 15, 2015.