MARCH 5, 2014: The UNT LMAS PROGRAM BECOMES AN OFFICIAL UNT PROGRAM THROUGH THE APPROVAL OF A 15 HR LMAS CERTIFICATE BY THE UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE!
Past Events:
The 2014-2015 PLATICAS INTERACTIVAS SERIES
Platicas Interactivas is series of student-faculty interactive talks for the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters designed to discuss Latino and Mexican-American sudies (LMAS) and research. These Platicas Interactives provide an interactive conversational forum between UNT researchers and UNT students to promote awareness of UNT research in the LMAS fields. This is an opportunity for all students to actively discuss with known UNT researchers how these researchers perform their research, what struggles they face in performing research and any other question that may be relevant or in the mind of students.
Assistant Professor Dr. Sandra Mendiola Garcia will present "Street Vending, Chicano Theater, and Mexican History" on February 26, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. in LANG 109. Please join Dr. Mendiola Garcia in this intriguing lecture. The event is free and open to the public!
Associate Professor Dr. Mariela Nunez-Janes will present "Superheroes Among Us: What Undocumented Youth Can Teach Us About Rising About the Power of Rising Above Injustice" on January 23, 2015 from 12:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in BLB 090. Please join Dr. Mariela Nunez-Janes for an interesting discussion on her research on undocumented youth!
Professor Dr. Alicia Re Cruz will present "From the Barrio to the Border Going Through Maya Milpas" on November 21, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. in Wooten Hall 113. Please join us for an intriguing and interesting lecture on the research conducted by Dr. Alicia Re Cruz! This is a great opportunity to interact and ask questions to a prominent LMAS researcher!
Dr. Amanda Mink's Lecture "Mapping Culture Across Borders: Music Research and U.S.-Mexico Relations in the 1930s and 40s.
Dr. Amanda Minks, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Anthropology at the Univ. of Oklahoma will hold a lecture on Wednesday, March 11 @ 4pm in room #321, Music Building (Ave C). This lecture is sponsored by the Division of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. The lecture is free and open to the public. The abstract of the lecture is:
In the 1930s and 40s, recording technology and music research were increasingly put to work in the documentation of local musics as a representation of regional, national, or universal human heritage in the Americas. This work was carried out under the auspices of national and international organizations that crafted cultural policies along with hierarchies of difference and value. The intellectual, political, and artistic interaction between Mexico and the United States was especially intimate and multilayered due to their shared history and border. In this presentation, I will examine how U.S. music researchers such as Charles Seeger, Henrietta Yurchenco, and Alan Lomax engaged (or failed to engage) with Mexican music, and how their projects intersected with broader inter-American politics. I argue for a more nuanced view of a history that is usually reduced to either celebratory homage of disciplinary forebears or critical dismissal of cultural imperialism. This analysis helps to recover the role of Mexican and other Latin American musics in the development of ethnomusicology as a discipline and practice. More broadly, it historicizes the contemporary discourse of Latino influence in the U.S. by emphasizing the deep roots of Latin American music in U.S. territory, and the long- term mutual influence between the U.S. and Mexico in cultural and political realms.Join us on February 2, 2015 at 7 p.m. at SAGE Hall room 116 (Reception following at 8:00 p.m.) for a special discussion on "Latino-Black Relations in American Politics" between prominent scholars of racial and ethnic studies. Rodney Hero, President of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Haas Chair in Diversity and Democracy at the University of California, Berkely and Alvin B. Tillery Jr., APSA National Program Chair for 2015 and Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University will be the prime speakers heading this discussion.
Distinguished Lecture Speaker Series Presents @ 8 pm in UNT Auditorium Monday, November 17, 2014.
http://studentaffairs.unt.edu/hinojosa
North Texas Latino Legilative Summit
A North Texas Latino Legislative Summit will be held to discuss legislative issues of interest to LMAS communities. The topics that are expected to be discussed are in the following areas:
Key Legislative Issues
- Education
- Political Access/Racial Profiling
- Health Care
- Business & Workforce Development
- State Budget Allocations
- Housing
WHEN: September 13, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: EL Centro College West Campus, 3330 N. Hampton, Dallas, TX 75212
For more information, please contact Mr. Hector Flores at hflores@lulac.org.
2014 UNT La Raza Graduation by UNT MUEVE Students.
WHAT: The UNT MUEVE Students held the 2014 UNT La Raza Graduation for UNT graduating seniors and their parents/friends to celebrate Latino achievement in higher education!
WHERE: The Library Forum
WHEN: April 26, 2014 at 4:00 p.m.
COST: Free but RSVP to Flyer
SPONSOR: UNT MUEVE STUDENTS AND UNETE
Book Presentation: "Mas Alla Del Rio Bravo Historia Mexicana del Norte de Texas"
WHAT: UNT History Department and the General Consulate of Mexico invite people to the book presentation "Mas Alla Del Rio Bravo" This book is the first book to compile the story of the Mexican people in North Texas and the authors Dr. Manuel García y Griego y Dr. Roberto Calderón and Ambassador Carlos Garcia de Alba and Dr. Mercedes de Vega are expected to be here for this presentation.
WHEN: April 11, 2014 at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Gallery of the Consulado General de Mexico, 1210 River Bend Drive, Dallas, Texas 75247.
COST: RSVP culturalesdallas@sre.gob.mx
SPONSOR: UNT Department of History and Consulado General de Mexico
PLANET TACO: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF MEXICAN FOOD BY DR. JEFFREY PILCHER
WHAT: The UNT Department of History welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Pilcer for UNT's third and final food history lecture of the 2013-2014 academic year. Dr. Pilcher is a professor of History at the University of Minnesota and one of the world's foremost food studies scholars. Much of his past research has focused on the history of food in Mexico. He will discuss his latest book: Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food.
WHEN: April 16, 2014 at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: UNT BLB Room 180
COST: Free and open to the public
SPONSOR: UNT Department of History
EVENT: UNT LATIN JAZZ PRESENTS STAN KENTON JAZZ STYLE-A NIGHT OF CUBAN FIRE!
WHAT: The UNT Latin Jazz group under the direction of Mr. Jose Aponte, Senior Lecturer of UNT College of Music, will play Stan Kenton Jazz Style for a night of Cuban Fire music. According to Wikipedia, "Stan Kenton was a pianest, composer, and arranger who led an innovative, influential and often controversial American Jazz orchestra. He donated his entire collection of music to the UNT College of Music and the Stan Kenton Hall Residence Hall is named on his honor. Join us for a night of Cuban Fire music!
WHERE: Kenton Hall, UNT College of Music.
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. On Saturday, April 5, 2014
COST: Free and open to Public.
Sponsor: UNT College of Music
EVENT: James Cox's Lecture "Alliances and Revolutions in Transnational American Indian Literature"
WHAT: James Cox, English, UT-Austin, author of The Red Land to the South: American Indian Writers and Indigenous Mexico presents a lecture entitled: "Alliances and Revolutions in Transnational American Indian Literature"
Abstract: In American Indian literary studies, the period between 1920 and 1960--the decades between the Progressive and Civil Rights eras--has long been understood as politically impotent and devoid of literary accomplishment. "Literary Revolutions" focuses on the work of several American Indian writers who traveled to Mexico in the middle of the twentieth century and wrote about it in ways that challenge if not fairly well undermine these two conventional claims about the period. The work of these authors constitutes an indigenous transnationalism or trans-indigenism, specifically indigenous contact across tribal national and settler-colonial borders. In a gesture to the seminal borderlands scholarship of Americo Paredes, who called regions heavily populated by people of Mexican descent "Greater Mexico," I propose thinking of this transnational indigenous imaginary as Greater Indian Territory and/or Greater Indigenous Mexico
WHEN: MARCH 28, 2014 3:30 p.m.
WHERE; SYCAMORE 119
COST: Free
SPONSORS: English Department and UNETE
BAROQUE EVENING WITH RENOWNED MEXICAN WRITER MONICA LAVIN
WHAT: Please join us for a very Baroque evening, as renowned Mexican writer Monica Lavin talks about the life and times of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of Mexico's most important literary figures, who has influenced many writers throughout the Spanish speaking world. For sample work of Author Lavin, Click Here. These presentations are done in collaboration with the Fort Worth Opera, who will be doing the world premiere of "With Blood, With Ink," an opera about Sor Juana. WHEN: March 25, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak Street, Dallas, Texas 75204 March 26, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at Artes de La Rosa at the Rose Marine Theater, 1440 N. Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76164 COST: Free of Charge SPONSORS: The Consulate General of Mexico in Dallas, Global Engagement UNT-International
EVENT: UNT 13th Annual Commemorative Lecture in Mexican American History
Dr. Beatriz de la Garza Lecture Rescheduled from Thursday, February 6, 2014 to Tuesday, March 25, 2014 due to Expected Inclement Weather
"The Republic of the Rio Grande: A Historical Orphan"
WHAT: "The Republic of the Rio Grande: A Historical Orphan" -- A lecture at the University of North Texas by Dr. Beatriz de la Garza, writer, author, lawyer, elected public official and historian, Austin, Texas. Dr. Beatriz de la Garza is the author of From the Republic of the Rio Grande: A Personal History of the Place and the People (UT Press, 2013), which received the Jim Parish Award from the Webb County Heritage Foundation. UT Press also published her earlier history, A Law for the Lion: A Tale of Crime and Injustice in the Borderlands (2003). Her books include works of fiction for children and young adults published by Arte Público Press, The Candy Vendor's Boy and Other Stories (1994) and Pillars of Gold and Silver (1997).
WHEN: March 25, 2014, Tuesday, 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Wooten Hall, Room 122, University of North Texas campus
COST: Free--Public Invited
SPONSOR: Mexican American Studies Minor and the Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
MAIN LMAS EVENT: LMAS KICKOFF!!
WHAT: For the first time ever at UNT, the Latina/o and Mexican American Studies (LMAS) program will hold a kickoff event to introduce the LMAS Program to UNT students, faculty, staff and the community. The LMAS Program offers the Integrative Studies LMAS Theme. The students will have an opportunity to learn about the LMAS program and meet and mingle with LMAS faculty in a relaxed setting. The kickoff event will include performances in mariachi music by UNT Mariachi Aguilas, in ballet folklorico by Wilson Ballet Folklorico and in Latin Jazz by Jose Aponte and the UNT Latin Jazz Lab. A reception will follow after the presentation to include food and relaxing Latin Jazz music!
WHEN: Friday, March 21, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to about 9 p.m.
WHERE: Business Leadership Building Atrium and BLB #180, University of North Texas campus
COST: Free--UNT students invited!
SPONSORS: UNT Provost Office and Vice President for Academic Affairs, UNT History Department, UNT Anthropology Department, UNT Sociology Department, UNT English Department, UNT Economics Department.
LECTURE ON: Presumed Incompetent: Breaking the Silence of Racism in Academia
WHAT: Dr. Yolanda Flores Niemann, Professor and Senior Vice Provost at the University of North Texas and three other female professors compiled a powerful book of personal narratives and stories of resilience and survival in the academia world entitled Presumed Incompetent: Breaking the Silence of Racism in Academia. Dr. Flores Niemann will lead a discussion and share her experiences in academia that lead her and others to write this book.
WHEN: March 18, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Times Ten Wine Cellar, 1100 Foch Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107.
COST: Free
Sponsors: UNT Provost Office and Vice President for Academic Affairs and HWNT-Fort Worth Chapter
EVENT: 1st UNT LATINA/O AND MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES (LMAS) OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR LECTURE
WHAT: Join us at the 1st UNT Latina/o and Mexican American Studies (LMAS) Outstanding Scholar Lecture given by Dr. Gary Segura, professor of political science and director of Chicana/o Studies at Stanford University. Dr. Segura is also co-founder and principal investigator of the national polling firm Latino Decisions. http://news.unt.edu/news-releases/expert-discusses-hispanic-political-in...
"The Future is Ours: How Latinos will Define the Next Era in American Politics"
WHEN: February 17, 2014 , (Monday) , 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Business Leadership Building, Room 180, University of North Texas campus
COST: Free--Public Invited
SPONSOR: Department of Political Science and UNT Provost's Office
EVENT: 14th Annual Equity and Diversity Conference
WHAT: Conference features aids activist Sheryl Lee Ralph and Master of Diversity Training Lee Mun Wah. Conference offers workshops from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Click here for schedule of workshops!
WHEN: February 21, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE: Gateway Conference, 801 N. TX Blvd, Denton, TX 76203
COST: General Public $150, UNT Faculty/Staff/Alumni $50, Current UNT Students Free. To register please use this link: http://edo.unt.edu/content/equity-diversity-conference
SPONSORS: Wells Fargo, Residence life, Office of Spiritual Life, and the Registrar's office
EVENT: FEM FLICKS FILM SERIES: A CRUSHING LOVE: CHICANAS, MOTHERHOOD AND ACTIVISM
WHAT:The Fem Flicks Film Series explore gender and complex issues that women face worldwide. A Crushing Love honors the achievements of five activist Latinas--labor organizer/farm worker leader Dolores Huerta, author/educator Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez, writer/playwright/educator Cherrie Moraga, civil rights advocate Alicia Escalante, and historian/writer Martha Cotera - and considers how these single mothers managed to be parents and effect broad-based social change at the same time. (58 min). Each screening is followed by a guest lecturer. For this documentary, Dr. Sandra Mendiola Garcia, Assistant Professor of History will lead a brief Q&A session afterwards. Dr. Mendiola Garcia is part of UNT's Latino/a and Mexican-American Studies Program. Her research focuses on Latin American History, Mexican History, and Labor and Gender History. http://www.library.unt.edu/events/media-library/fem-flicks-film-series-c...
WHEN: February 26, 2014 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Chilton Hall, Room 111C
COST: Free--Public Invited
SPONSOR: UNT Women's Studies Program, UNT Multicultural Center, and UNT Media Library.
EVENT: RECEPTION TO HONOR TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERTO ALONZO AND THE RECIPIENTS OF THE ROBERTO ALONZO SCHOLARSHIPS!
WHAT: College of Education Dean Jerry R. Thomas extends invitation to UNT faculty for the reception offered to honor Texas State Representative Roberto Alonzo and the recipients of the Roberto Alonzo Scholarships. It is expected that 38 recent scholarship recipients will be present at this ceremony.
Representative Alonzo has worked hard during these last ten years to make it possible to give 1.5 million dollars in scholarships to bilingual education students. You are invited to attend the reception to show our gratitude for his efforts. Representative Alonzo is expected to meet with Dean Dr. Jerry Thomas and UNT President Dr. Neal Smatresk prior to the reception to enhance the efforts to produce more bilingual teachers as they are currently few in the state of Texas. Please RSVP to royann.cox@unt.edu if planning to assist.
WHERE: APOGEE STADIUM CLUB BALLROOM
COST: RSVP royann.cox@unt.edu
SPONSORS: College of Education
EVENT: The UNT Multicultural Center Invites You To Celebrate Twenty Years of Diversity
WHEN: March 4, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Multicultural Center (STUB 122B)
COST: Free- RSVP by Phone to (940) 565-3424 or e-mail multicultural@unt.edu
Featuring: Eliotte Dunlapl, UNT Alumni and Original Student Protestor for Creation of Multicultural Center speaking at 7 p.m. in BLB 180