Language and Culture

Upcoming Events:

• Jul 7
  

  Negotiating Latinx LGTBQ Identity in New York

  Time:  6:00pm

  Screening of “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” (David France, 2017) via Netflix, followed by discussion with the audience.
  
  ***Please, be aware that this activity requires membership to Netflix***

• Jul 14
  

  Making America Great Again? Immigration and Border Anxiety

  Time:  6:00pm

  Screening of “The Wall” (Brian Kaufman, 2018) via Amazon Prime, followed by discussion with the audience.
  
  ***Please, be aware that this activity requires membership to Amazon Prime***

• Jul 21
  

  Tango, Diasporas, and Encounters (Part I) Guest Speaker: Flor Argento

  Time:  6:00pm

  This two-lecture series will celebrate the tango as a popular art that speaks about the encounter of people, music, and dance since its origins in the Rio de la Plata to our current days when it is a worldwide phenomenon. Attesting to its vitality and its global importance, UNESCO declared tango a world cultural heritage in 2009.

• Jul 28
  

  Milongueros and the Culture of Transgression Guest Speaker: Flor Argento

  Time:  6:00pm

  This two-part lecture series will celebrate the tango as a popular art that speaks about the encounter of people, music, and dance since its origins in the Rio de la Plata to our current days when it is a worldwide phenomenon. 
• Aug 4
  

  “This is How You Lose Her” Simultaneity and Identity in Junot Diaz’s Stories

  Time:  6:00pm

  Discussion of Junot Diaz’s collection of short stories This is How You Lose Her (2012).
• Aug 11
  

  Being Young, Gifted, Black (Gay and Poor) in Brazil

  Time:  6:00pm

  Screening of “Socrates” (Alexandre Moratto – Brazil, 2019) via Amazon Prime, followed by discussion with the audience.
  
  

  ***Please, be aware that this activity requires membership to Amazon Prime***