2009 Chicano and Latin American Studies Conference
Conference Schedule
Schedule Opening |
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Event |
Description |
Speaker |
Time |
Location |
Registration |
Registration |
The registration desk will remain open from 7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House, Gallery Area |
Art Exhibit |
Art Exhibit |
Coordinator Dr. Keith Jordan |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House |
Welcome Remarks |
Welcome by the Conference Committee |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House, Board of Directors Conference Room /Whitten Conference Room |
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Opening Address |
“Movements and Memory: The Case of Christopher Columbus” |
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Kubal, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House, Board of Directors Conference Room /Whitten Conference Room |
Group 1 |
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Event |
Description |
Speaker |
Time |
Location |
Session 1 |
“The Mexican Independence Movement, 1810-1821” |
Speaker: Dr. Jesus Luna, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Kremen School of Education ED140A |
Session 2 |
“Nationalism and Nation Making in South America: The Case of Peru and Chile” |
Speaker: Dr. William Skuban, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Kremen School of Education ED140B |
Session 3 |
“The Hybridity of the Spanish Language in the Central Valley of California: Implications for Classroom Teachers” |
Speaker: Dr. Rosie Arenas, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Kremen School of Education ED140C |
Group 2 |
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Event |
Description |
Speaker |
Time |
Location |
Session 4 |
“Cholos, Bandits, and Spitfires: Historical and Contemporary Mis-representations of Hispanics and Latinos in Pop Culture and Mass Media” |
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Jones, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Kremen School of Education ED140A |
Session 5 |
“Independencia and the Status of Immigration in the California Central Valley” |
Speakers: Dr. Keith Clement, California State University, Fresno and Mercedes Valadez, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Kremen School of Education ED 140B |
Session 6 |
“Ambivalent Nationalists: Californios and the Mexican State, 1821-1848” |
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Cady, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
Kremen School of Education ED 140C |
Keynote Speaker Address |
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Lunch |
Featuring entertainment by Los Danzantes de Aztlán, |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House, Board of Directors Conference Room /Whitten Conference Room |
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Keynote Address |
“Electoral Revolutions: Forging a New Vision for Latin America” |
Speaker: Dr. Miguel Tinker-Salas, Pomona College |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House, Board of Directors Conference Room /Whitten Conference Room |
Group 3 |
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Event |
Description |
Speaker |
Time |
Location |
Session 7 |
“The Internment of Japanese-Latin Americans and Redress of Historical Injustices Perpetrated by the U.S. Government” |
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Jendian, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
University Student Union, Room 312 |
Session 8 |
“Latino Educational Attainment: Findings in the Areas of Increasing Retention, Persistence, and Graduation Rates Among Latinos in the Central Valley” |
Speaker: Dr. Albert Valencia, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
University Student Union, Room 313 |
Session 9 |
“Independence: Political Change Without Economic Transformation” |
Speaker: Dr. Antonio Avalos, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
University Student Union, Room 314 |
Group 4 |
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Event |
Description |
Speaker |
Time |
Location |
Session 10 |
“Gritos de Independencia, Strokes of Independence: Explore Some Examples of Mexican Popular Art, Celebrations, and Customs from the Mexican Independence to the Zapatista Movement” |
Speaker: Professor Nereyda Maroot, Fresno City College |
Friday, March 27 |
University Student Union, Room 312 |
Session 11 |
“Latino/Latina Health and Wellbeing in the Central Valley” |
Speakers: Dr. Bridget Conlon, California State University, Fresno and Dr. Virginia Rondero Hernandez, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
University Student Union, Room 313 |
Session 12 |
“Sages, Savages, and Spacemen: Images of Native Latin American Civilizations in Euro-American Art and Media” |
Speaker: Dr. Keith Jordan, California State University, Fresno |
Friday, March 27 |
University Student Union, Room 314 |
Closing Remarks |
Closing Remarks - Acknowledgments |
The CSU, Fresno Mariachi, Director Dr. Donald Henriques |
Friday, March 27 |
Smittcamp Alumni House, Board of Directors Conference Room /Whitten Conference Room |
Independencia en las Américas: History, Impact and Consequences
Friday, March 27, 2009