Wednesday, October 10
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thomas Hall 224

Keynote Lecture:

Astrid Fellner, University of Vienna, Austria
Comparative Ethnic Studies: Cultural Analysis and Critical
Traditions of Latina/o Literature in Europe

Thursday, October 11
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Benham Gateway Conference Center

Session 1: The Futures of Latina/o Studies

Participants:
Margaret Dorsey, University of Pennsylvania (Session Chair)

Ricardo Ortíz, Georgetown University
Latina/os and ‘Our’ New Américas

Arlene Dávila, New York University
The ‘Disciplining’ of Ethnic Studies: Or Why it’d Take Goya Foods and J.Lo to Endow Latino Studies

Miguel Díaz Barriga, Swarthmore College
Vendidos and Vendidas: Latinos/as Dancing with Consumerism

Astrid Feller, University of Vienna
Recent Developments in Latino/a Studies in Europe

Lázaro Lima, Bryn Mawr College
Do Latina/os Dream of Electric Sheep?

1:00 - 2:00 pm
Benham Gateway Conference Center

Break & Refreshments

2:00 - 3:30 pm
Benham Gateway Conference Center

Session 2: Sexing Latina/o Studies: Feminisms, Queer Studies and the Practice of Latinidad

Participants:
Sharon Ullman, Bryn Mawr College(Session Chair)

Heather Love, University of Pennsylvania
Queer Is, Queer Ain’t

Ricardo Ortiz, Georgetown University
Queer Latinidades

Astrid Feller, University of Vienna
Latina/o Queer Studies at Austrian and German Universities

Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, University of Michigan
Puerto Rican Queer Diasporas and Philadelphia Lives

Lázaro Lima, Bryn Mawr College
Feeling Queer, Feeling Brown

Cristina Beltrán, Haverford College (Discussant)

3:30 - 4:30 pm
Benham Gateway Conference Center

Session 3: The Languages of Latinidad: Readings by U.S. Latina/o Writers

Participants:
Heather Love, University of Pennsylvania (Session Chair)

Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, University of Michigan

Tamarinda Figueroa, Bryn Mawr College

Nicole López, Bryn Mawr College