Time: 6 pm to 8 pm
Contact: Nathan Henne · nchenne@loyno.edu · 865-3842
Location: Multimedia Room 2, Monroe Library
Queer Brown Voices, a 2015 release from University of Texas Press, chronicles the experiences of fourteen Latina/o LGBT activists and presents a new perspective on the hitherto-marginalized history of their work in the last three decades of the twentieth century. In this talk, co-editors of that volume, Uriel Quesada, Letitia Gomez and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, share with the audience the writing process behind Queer Brown Voices and discuss the importance of personal narratives for the Latino LGBT community.
Sponsored by Latin American Studies, the Department of Languages and Cultures, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies of Loyola University
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm
Contact: Behrooz Moazami · bmoazami@loyno.edu · (504) 865-2162
Location: Miller Hall 114
The presentation will draw from the successful tale of Alfred Nicola in the US at the turn of the twentieth century, why he came and what this meant to his own country of origin that was in transformation (in his most recent book, see below). Building on this, it will look at immigration then and today, the impacts and implications, the reasons and challenges.
The event includes a talk and a book signing by the author Raif Shway.