Caribbean Subjects: Media, Culture, and Representation
Date: Friday, November 13
Time: 2:00PM – 8:00PM
Location: 239 Greene Street, 8th Fl.
Ticket: Free and open to the public. Registration required.
*Afternoon panels (2:00-5:30PM) will be at 239 Greene Street, Floor 8. The keynote will be delievered at the NYU King Juan Carlos Center (6:30PM).
“This event will explore the uniqueness and particularities of cultural production and the ubiquitousness in the transnational culture and race and gender dynamics in the region, the presentations will explore the genealogies of Latino culture, migration and cultural borrowing, cultural networks, and the tensions between national identities and cosmopolitanism, high culture and popular culture.
The speakers include keynote Frances Negron muntaner (Columbia University), Luis Rosario Albert (Universidad del Turabo), Odette Casamayor (University of Connecticut), Ariene Davila (NYU), Jill Meredity Lane (NYU), Wilfredo Burgos Matos (CUNY) Nicholas Mirzoeff (NYU), Zaira Rivera (Universidad de Puerto Rico), Yeidy Rivero (University of Michigan), Yesenia Fernandez Selier (NYU), Alex Trillo (Saint Peter’s University).”
