The event will be held in Puerto Rico; the times listed below are Atlantic Standard Time (AST) and not Eastern Standard Time (EST). The event live-stream will start at 8am (EST) at ii.umich.edu/lacs

During the last few decades, scholars have used the categories of race, gender, and ethnicity to understand and incorporate the contributions of populations that were previously marginalized in academic works. These categories have been useful in the analysis of cultural dynamics, socioeconomic transformations, and political struggles. By unpacking the categories of race, gender, and ethnicity, and by looking at their intersections, scholars have contested and expanded on traditional notions of power, violence, identity, citizenship, and culture. Moreover, these categories have been important in advancing interdisciplinary knowledge by opening up multiple research possibilities for comparative and trans-regional works that have led to a general reassessment of national and area studies.

PROGRAM (Presentations will be in English and Spanish)

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

[9:00-9:15am] Welcome

[9:15-10:45am] Keynote panel

[11:00-1:00pm] Panel I: Interrogating Masculinities

[2-4pm] Panel II: Unsilencing Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

[9:00-11:00am] Panel III: Approaches to Gender and the Subaltern Subject

[11:15-1:15pm] Panel IV: Race and Colonialism

[2:15-4:15pm] Panel V: Gender, Religion, and Contentious Traditions

For details of each panels, download the event poster/program at http://www.ii.umich.edu/lacs/events