#  The Legacy of Dominicanidad: A Symposium on the Work of Lorgia García Peña 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **January 30, 2020** 

 09:15AM - 05:30PM EST 

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 **Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street**  



 

 



 

 This symposium will highlight the wide-ranging impact of Lorgia García-Peña's scholarship, particularly her acclaimed 2016 book, The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nation, and Archives of Contradiction. Distinguished speakers will reflect on the significance of her work for multiple fields, including Latinx Studies, Black Studies, and Women and Gender Studies, as well as for the theme of this year's Charles Warren Center fellowship, The Past, Present, and Future of Ethnic Studies. This event will be live-streamed at warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu.

 9:15 Welcome

 9:30-11:40 Ethnic Studies and Lorgia García Peña's Scholarship

 George Lipsitz (UCSB)

 Lourdes Torres (De Paul, and editor of Latino Studies)

 Laura Briggs (UMASS Amherst)

 Chris Rodelo (Harvard, graduate student)

 11:40-12:50 Lunch

 1:00-2:40 Dominicanidad's Diasporic Reverberations

 Elizabeth Manley (Xavier)

 Silvio Torres-Saillant (Syracuse)

 Ginetta Candelario (Smith)

 2:40-2:55 Break

 3:00-5:10 What we are fighting for: Lorgia García Peña's Scholarly Legacy

 Ramona Hernández (CUNY)

 Robin D. G. Kelley (UCLA)

 Cornel West (Harvard)

 Keish Kim (Harvard, graduate student)

 5:10-5:30 Closing remarks

 Ju Yon Kim (Harvard)

 Genevieve Clutario (Wellesley)

 Presented by the Warren Center for Studies in American History, with support from:

 The Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights

 The Committee on Degrees in History and Literature

 The Mahindra Humanities Center

 The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

 The Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

 The Afro Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center

 Duke University Press is offering open access to The Borders of Dominicanidad until Feburary 6, 2020: [https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373667](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.1215_9780822373667&d=DwMFaQ&c=imBPVzF25OnBgGmVOlcsiEgHoG1i6YHLR0Sj_gZ4adc&r=2Vu3glTIuIqbedf61MAnGeonPL2FRtTS8XIITDfAyEs&m=oMmfAlGNDBNm1ve2owqwwk6JCxymwOR55I6UL8aLslc&s=jFN6xV1gKtGEMvY2wa2Dr6bSHJHQ1BFAeJ_Kq6MDz8s&e=)

 For 30% off print copies, use coupon code (E19GRCIA) during checkout at <https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-borders-of-dominicanidad>



 

 



 

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