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The Other Side of Immigration Film Screening

Roy Germano
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Based on over 700 interviews with men and women living in the Mexican countryside, The Other Side of Immigration asks why so many Mexicans leave home to work in the United States and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind.  A Q and A with filmmaker Roy Germano, who received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Texas in Austin, and a reception, followed the film screening.  This event was free and open to public and was co-sponsored with the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, SALA, Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Culture Lecture Series, and the School of Law.

14th Annual Comparative Literature Conference

Thursday, March 22-24th, 2012

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is hosting the 14th Annual Comparative Literature Conference named Cultural and Linguistic intersections of the Transatlantic. For more information, visit the website.

Precious Knowledge
Film Screening

Dr. Augustine Romero
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Arizona lawmakers believe Tucson High School teachers are teaching victimization, racism, and revolution in their Ethnic Studies classes. Meanwhile Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies Department have data showing that almost 93% of their students, on average, graduate from high school and 82% attend college. The Dos Vatos Productions team filmed a year in the classroom to find out why the Mexican American Studies program is so popular with students, so misunderstood by the public, and discover what actually happens in the classroom. Dr. Augustine Romero, from the Tucson Unified School District, answered questions after the film. This event was co-sponsored with the College of Education, Instruction and Teacher Education, Office of International and Comparative Education, the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies and the Walker Institute.

Immigration Nation? Raids, Detentions and Deportations in Post-9/11 America

Lecture and Book Signing
Tanya Golash-Boza
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Dr. Tanya Golash-Boza has a joint appointment in Sociology and American Studies at the University of Kansas.  She is the author of three books as well as dozens of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and essays in online and print magazines addressing issues blackness in Peru, Latino/a identity in the U.S., and the human rights impact of U.S. immigration policies.  Her scholarship recently earned the Distinguished Early Career Award of the Racial and Ethnic Minorities Studies Section of the American Sociological Association.  Her books are available for purchase at the University Bookstore at the Russell House and a book signing and reception was held after the lecture.  This event was free and open to the public and was co-sponsored with the Walker Institute, the Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies, the Department of Sociology and the Hispanic Literatures and Cultures Lecture Series.