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Latinx Scholarship Symposium

March 28, 2025


Latinx Scholarship Symposium

Migration Studies Lab

Start time: 9:00 a.m.

End time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Cabell Library Lecture Hall (901 Park Ave, Richmond, VA 23284)

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Description

Join the HRC’s Migration Studies Lab for a transformative day of dialogue, research, and discovery at the Latinx Scholarship Symposium, a groundbreaking gathering of scholars in Latino/a studies and migration studies from across Virginia and North Carolina. As Latinx communities face unprecedented challenges, this symposium aims to unite students, foster faculty collaboration, and amplify Latino/a scholarship.

This symposium will feature dynamic panels that explore community-engaged projects and Latino history, an open dialogue on immigration, and a keynote presentation by Tanya Gonzalez, Executive Director at Sacred Heart Center. Learn about newly published books in Latino studies, including Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation (UNC Press, 2023) by Cecilia Márquez; Between Here and There: Creating the Political Economy of Mexican Migration 1900-1942 (Oxford University Press, 2024) by Daniel Morales, and The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration (Princeton University Press, 2024) by Brianna Nofil.

This event is free and open to all. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner is provided to those who RSVP. Please RSVP no later than March 20th, 2025.

Program

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast Meet & Greet

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Introduction

  • Dean Catherine Ingrassia, College of Humanities & Sciences
  • Cristina Stanciu, Director, VCU Humanities Research Center
  • Antonio Espinoza, Co-Director of the HRC Migration Studies Lab

10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

"Día de los Muertos: A Model for Pedagogical, Community, and Research Connections in Teaching Latinx History & Culture"

  • Fawn-Amber Montoya, James Madison University
  • Nicole Wilson, James Madison University 
  • Elaine Kaye, James Madison University 
  • Yenisei Montes de Oca, James Madison University
  • Dianna Meza, James Madison University

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Día de los Muertos Q&A and Feedback Session

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Lunch

12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

New Work by Scholars in the Southeast

  • Cecilia Márquez, Duke University, Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation
  • Daniel Morales, Virginia Commonwealth University, Between Here and There: Creating the Political Economy of Mexican Migration 1900-1942
  • Brianna Nofil, William & Mary, The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration
  • Estela Diaz Knott, Lua Project, “Los Appalachianos” 

2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Break

2:10 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Keynote Presentation and Q&A

  • Tanya González, M.P.A., Director of Sacred Heart Center 

2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

"Latino Virginia" Oral History Project

  • Gabriela Leon-Perez, Virginia Commonwealth University

  • Discussion of oral history archives at VCU libraries 

3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

"Latino Virginia" Q&A and Feedback Session

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Open Dialogue: Next steps for collaborations for Latinx Southeast Scholars

Potential for Open Educational Resources in teaching and research materials

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Reception/Dinner