Migration

Afro-Latin@s Conference, Nov. 3–5, 2011

21 October 2011

Afro-Latin@s Conference: Black Latinos and Black Latinas in the United States November 3–5, 2011 In an effort to promote dialogue and commemorate the United Nations Declaration of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent, the afrolatin@ forum announced a three-day transnational conference on Black Latinos and Latinas in the United States to [...]

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CFP: Latino(a) Research Review (Feb 1, 2012)

20 September 2011

Call for Papers for Special Issue of the Latino(a) Research Review (LRR) The Legacies of Puerto Rican Social, Cultural, and Political Activism in the United States Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: February 1, 2012   For this special issue, the Latino(a) Research Review (LRR) invites articles that document and analyze different forms of social, cultural, and [...]

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2012 PRSA Conference Call-for-Papers

14 April 2011

10th Biennial Conference Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA) October 24–28, 2012 University at Albany – State University of New York (SUNY) Call for Papers, Panels and Presentations BORICUAS AND OTHER BORDER CROSSERS: OF DIASPORAS AND LATINIDADES Join us in celebration of PRSA’s Twentieth Anniversary. The Puerto Rican Studies Association’s conference meeting of October, 2012, will [...]

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Convocatoria Conferencia PRSA 2012

14 April 2011

Décima Conferencia Bienal Puerto Rican Studies Association 24–28 de octubre de 2012 University at Albany – State University of New York (SUNY) Convocatoria: Ensayos, Paneles y Presentaciones BORICUAS Y OTR@S TRANSGRESORES DE FRONTERAS: SOBRE DIASPORAS Y LATINIDADES Únanse a nosotros para celebrar el Vigésimo Aniversario de PRSA. La Décima Conferencia Bienal de la Asociación de [...]

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Rosario Morales, 1930-2011

14 April 2011

Rosario Morales, 1930-2011 by Aurora Levins Morales and Richard Levins Born in 1930 to immigrant parents from Naranjito, Rosario grew up in Harlem and the South Bronx, in a working class home. She attended Hunter College in the late 1940s, where her interests in science and social justice led her to join the Communist Party. [...]

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CENTRO Journal CFP Special Issue August 2011

14 April 2011

Centro Journal — Special Issue — Call for Papers Deadline for Submissions: August 15, 2011 Guest Editor Edgardo Meléndez Hunter College, CUNY Migration was an important element in the Puerto Rican experience throughout the twentieth century. In 1900, the colonial government promoted migration as a solution the presumed problem of the island’s overpopulation. Thousands of [...]

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