Preliminary Schedule

Universidad del Turabo

Escuela de Artes Liberales y Educación General

Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez

Smithsonian Latino Center

Dialogues across the Puerto Rican and Caribbean Diaspora: Second Encounter

Preliminary Schedule

DATE AND TIME	TOPIC	PANEL
Dialogues across the Puerto Rican and Caribbean Diaspora: Second Encounter Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 Universidad del Turabo – Casa Rectoría
ARRIVAL & CHECK IN 6:30 p.m. Casa Rectoría	AM HOTEL CHECK-IN Welcome Reception and Dinner  (Musical Performance)	All invited guests and press (Musical Performance)
Dialogues across the Puerto Rican and Caribbean Diaspora: Second Encounter Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018 Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez
Session 1: 9:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m. MCEH- Argentina Hills	Topic: Perspectives on the Puerto Rican and Caribbean Diaspora	Artist-Activists of Nueva York Dr. E. Carmen Ramos,  Smithsonian American Art Museum, RamosEC@si.edu /  202-633-3751 Boricua Community Building in Chicago Carlos Hernández, Founder & Executive Director, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, carlos@praachicago.org   Title TBA? Dr. Hadiya Sewer Affiliation? hmsewergibney@gmail.com
Session 2: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MCEH- Argentina Hills	Topic: Boricuas at Intersections with other US Communities	Historical Conversations between Puerto Ricans and African-Americans                                   Frances Negrón Muntaner, NYU, bikbaporub@aol.com Dominicans and Puerto Ricans, from the Islands to the Mainland Ramona Hernández, CUNY DSI, rhernandez@ccny.cuny.edu Puerto Ricans and Latinidad in the United States Arlene Dávila, NYU, ad62@nyu.edu
12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m.	LUNCH
Session 3: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 pm MCEH- Argentina Hills	Topic: Comparative Colonial Conditions	Reflections on the Status of Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane María Efrén Rivera, UPR Escuela de Derechos, Río Piedras Efrenriveraramos@gmail.com Contemporary Independence and Indigenous Sovereignty Movements in Hawai’i KālewaCorrea, Curator, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center CorreaS@si.edu Comparisons between Puerto Rican and Filipino Struggles for Sovereignty and Immigration Narratives Theodore Gonzalves, Curator, Smithsonian National Museum of American History GonzalvesTh@si.edu
Dialogues across the Puerto Rican and Caribbean Diaspora: Second Encounter Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez
Concurrent Sessions 1: 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. MCEH-Sala Ana G. Méndez	Topic 1: Contemporary Caribbean Diasporic Problems and Issues	Caribbean Diasporic Issues in Education Dr. Arlene Torres, CUNY Arlene.Torres@cuny.edu Diasporic Issues in Language Prof. Juan Valdez Duran,  Executive Director, DRTESOL pts.english@gmail.com A New Puerto Rican Hub in Florida                                  Dr. Carlos Vargas, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College cvargasr@hunter.cuny.edu
Concurrent Session 2: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MCEH-Sala Ana G. Méndez	Topic 2: Literature, Art, and Music of the Caribbean Diaspora	Caribbean Music Migration              Dr. Jaime Bofill Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico jaimebofill@hotmail.com Contemporary Themes in Caribbean and Caribbean Diasporic Literature Dr. Mayra Santos Febres mayra.santosfebres@gmail.com Reflections on the Recent Migration and Contemporary Puerto Rican Art. Dr. Laura Bravo López UPR, Río Piedras laura.bravo@upr.edu
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	LUNCH
2:30 p.m. Departure	Return to hotels and departure

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