Speakers and
Cultural Events

 
 



Summary of the 1995 Speakers and Cultural Events

Eminent historians Lloyd C. Gardner of Rutgers University and Jonathan C. Brown of University of Texas-austin presented lectures co-sponsored by The Center and The Graduate Colloquium Series. Professor Gardner spoke on "Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam War," at a seminar on March 23, and provided a lecture entiled "America and 'Freedom Fighters:' Reagan in Nicaragua and Wiulson in Mexico" on March 22. Professor Brown's lecture is summarized elsewhere in Encuentros. In commemorating the 100 years since Jose Marti's death this year, Professor Ivan A. Shulman, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, led a seminar discussion on the social dimensions of textuality in writings by and about Marti. His talk focused on the little known connections between the great Cuban nationalist author and Latino workers in Key West, Florida, as expressed in the everyday texts of journal writing.

Significant policy questions regarding Latino civil rights and debates over multiculturalism in education were raised by two visitors this spring. Law Professor Gerald Lopez from Stanford University was invited by NIU's college of Law and the center to speak on legal, civil, and political issues surrounding the passage of Proposition 187 by California voters. He faced icy rains but a warm audience on April 20, and sparked debates among law students in the Moot court over the precedence of individual or socially constituted rights. Professor Evelyn Hu-DeHart of the University of Colorado offered well-attended workshops and a public lecture on "Rethinking America: The Practice and Politics of Multiculturalism in Higher Education,"sponsored by The Provost's Taskforce on Multicultural Curriculum Transformation.
 

"...music is a way of learning more about ourselves: our traditions, our culture, our heritage...." -Los Folkloristas
About 400 members of the NIU community enjoyed the Latin American music performed by Los Folkloristas of Mexico City, interpreters of the Nueva Cancion and diverse indigena, African and mestizosounds of the Americas. Internationlly known for renditions of modern and ancient music played on at least 60 distinct instruments, the group's fourth concert here was sponsored by the Center on September 26, 1994.

The Center was pleased to co-sponsor, with the School of Music and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, a recital by classical guitarist Javier Calderon and concert pianist Elizabeth Gutierrez. Presenting music by Spanish and Latin American composers on the evening of March 21, their recital included Sonata No. 24 in D minor by Pader Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783), Torre Bermeja by Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), Preludeby Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948) and Fantasia para un gentilhombreby Joaquin Rodrigo (1901- ).

We appreciate the efforts of other campus departments and student groups to bring Latino speakers, fine arts and popular events to campus. The Latino Awareness Month Commitee invited poet Martin Espada, University of Massachusets, to a reading and a talk entitled "The Savior is Abducted: Colonialism & Independence in Puerto Rico" on September 22, 1994. Elvia Alvarado, an activist for peasan communities in Honduras who wrote Don't be afraid Gringo, described her detention and deportation by INS officials during her trip from Central America to speak as an invited guest at NIU and other universities. From California, recording artists Los Lobospresented their unique combination of music last October: folklorico, blues, and Latino-Rock fusion at DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.

Spring 2000 Speakers

Marshall C. Eakin
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Sponsored by:  Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Lecture
"Tropical Capitalism:  Brazil's Flawed Industrial Revolution"
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Place: Illinois Room, Holmes Student Center
Seminar
"In the Shadow of Sao Paulo:  The Industrialization of Belo Horizonte, Brazil"
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Place: Latino Center, Conference Room

DoloresHureta
Artist -Exhibitor
Sponsored by:  Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Place: Sky Room, Holmes Student Center

Enrique Arias
Musician
Sponsored by:  Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Date: Monday, April 10, 2000
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Place: Heritage Room, Holmes Student Center

Fall 1999 Speakers

Tom Hansen
National Coordinator of the Mexico Solidarity Network
Lecture
"Terror in Chiapas"
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1999
Time: Noon - Brown Bag Lunch - Wesley Foundation
Place: Wesley Foundation, 633 W. Locust, NIU Campus
Sponsors
Center for Latino and Latin American Studies
Center for Black Studies
DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace & Justice
UCM/Wesley
Northern Coalition for Peace & Justice

Luis J. Rodriguez
Acclaimed Author and Nationally-Recognized Poet
Lecture
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Heritage Room, Holmes Student Center
Reception - Sponsored by: Alpha Psi Lambda, Inc.
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Place: Latino Center, 515 Garden Road
Poetry Reading
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Room 405, Holmes Student Center

Spring 1999 Speakers

Dr. Maria E. Pessoa de Carvalho
Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Brazil
 Lecture
"Women's Political Identity in Northeastern Brazil"
Date: April 29, 1999
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Room 305, Holmes Student Center

TLEN-HUICANI
 (The Singers of Veracruz)
'Best Folk Group in Mexico'
 Musical Performance
Date: April 28, 1999
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: Concert Hall, Music Building

Dr. Jose C. Moya
University of California, Los Angles
Graduate Colloquium Lecture
"Immigration in the Historical Development of the United States & Argentina"
Date: March 25, 1999
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: Lincoln Room, Holmes Student Center
Seminar
"Anarchism in the Land of the Tango"
Date: March 26, 1999
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: Campus Life Building, Conference Room 100

Dr. Victor Fowler
University of Havana
Lecture
"The City of Havana as Seen Through the Eyes of Cuban Writers"
Date: Febraury 16, 1999
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Campus Life Building, Room 100

Fall 1998 Speakers

Native American Women Conference
Date: November 14, 1998
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Place: Dekalb Area Women's Center
1021 State Street, DeKalb, IL

Ward Churchill
University of Colorado
Lecture
"Genocide and Denial in the American Indian Experience from 1492 to the Present"
Date: October 15, 1998
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Holmes Student Center

Mariana Romo-Carmona
Poetry Reading
"Award-winning Chilean writer will read from her novel Living At Night and from her forthcoming collection of short stories Speaking Like An Immigrant"
Date: October 13, 1998
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Holmes Student Center, Diversions

Professor Rory Miller
University of Liverpool
Department of Economic and Social History
Lecture
"Imperialism, Dependency, and Business History in Latin America"
Date: September 22, 1998
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room

Spring 1998 Speakers

Professor Refugio I. Rochin
Michigan State University
Founder and Director, The Julian Samora Research Institute

Graduate Colloquium Lecture
Date: March 31, 1998
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Holmes Student Center, Heritage Room

Research Seminar
Date: April 1, 1998
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place:Holmes Student Center, Room 306

Rev. Paula Bidle
Missionary in Chiapas, Mexico, who witnessed first-hand the Massacre in Chiapas.

LECTURE
"Low Intensity" Massacre in Chiapas, Mexico.
Date: March 5, 1998
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: First Congregational Church, DeKalb

Seminar
"Conflict in Chiapas, Mexico"
Date: March 6, 1998
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Holmes Student Center, 305

Professor Tino Villanueva
Boston University
Award-winning poet, founder and editor of "Imagine: International Chicano Poetry Journal".

Poetry Reading and Commentary
Date: February 16, 1998
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Skyroom, Holmes Student Center

Reception and Book Signing
Date: February 16, 1998
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Place: Chandelier Room

Fall 1997 Speaker

Mr. Carlos A. Ramirez

Opposition Daily Publicacion of Guadalajara Mexico
"The New Mexican Congress: Multi-Party Representation and United States-Mexican Relations"
Date: October 27, 1997
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Holmes Student Center, Room 505

Spring 1996 Speakers

Mr. Gregory Nava

Director of "El Norte" and "Mi Familia"
Keynote speaker, Voz de la Alianza Estudiantil Leadership Conference
Date: March 2, 1996
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: Sandburg Auditorium, Holmes Student Center
In collaboration with other officess on campus

Professor Elizabeth Newsome

University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
"Ritual Sacrifice, Rebirth, and the Pageantry of Cycle Endings at Copan"
Date: March 5, 1996
Time: 8:40 p.m.
Place: Room 102, Visual Arts Building

Dr. Ana Castillo

Award-winning poet, novelist, essayist, editor, and translator
"The Poetics of Concientizacion: Chicana Literature in the Changing Literary Canon"
Date: March 20, 1996
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Lincoln Room, Holmes Student Center

"A Countryless Woman"
Date: March 20, 1996
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Place: Room 505, Holmes Student Center
In collaboration with Women's Studies Program, Department of English, Honors Program and office of Affirmative Action

Professor Henry Dietz

University of Texas at Austin
"Migration, Grassroots Development, and the Shining Path: Twenty-five years in the Shanty Towns of Lima, Peru"
Date: March 21, 1996
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Illinois Room, Holmes Student Center

"What's Rational Behavior? Studying Poverty and Political Participation over time and across regime types"
Date: March 22, 1996
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Watson 110
In collaboration with the Political Science Department and the Graduate Colloquium Committee

Professor Walter LaFeber

Cornell University
"The United States and Central America during and after the Cold War"
Date: March 27, 1996
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Sky Room, Holmes Student Center

"The Impact of Technology and Industrialization on Foreign Policy"
Date: March 28, 1996
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Zulauf 1015
In collaboration with the Graduate Colloquium Committee

Professor Nils Jacobsen

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
"Revolution and Latin American History"
Date: April 4, 1996
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: Room 305, Holmes Student Center

Professor Eloy Rodriguez

Cornell University
"The Quest for new medicines from the Rain Forests of Amazonas and Congo"
Date: April 11, 1996
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Heritage Room, Holmes Student Center

"Empowering under-represented groups in the Winner-Take-All Society"
Date: April 11, 1996
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Engineering Room 101
In collaboration with the University Resources for Latinos and other offices on campus

Ms. Claudia Bernardi

Artist and human rights activist, University of California, - Berkeley
"Reconstructing the Massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador, 1981"
(Ms. Bernardi was part of the forensic anthropology team that exhumed the remains of the victims of the massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador. The legal, political and moral significance of the massacre are a defining moment in recent Central American history.)
Date: April 18, 1996
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Campus Life Building, Conference Room

"Art as Witness: The Art of Political Refugees"
(The human dimension of civil war in Argentina and Central America has served as artistic inspiration for Claudia Bernardi and her students, and resulted in several exhibitions.)
Date: April 19, 1996
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: Honors Program Conference Room, Campus Life Building
In collaboration with the Honors Program


 
 
 
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