Hispanic Heritage Month

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month: La Diversidad Nos Define

SPANISH
¡Bienvenidos a la página web de la Universidad de Temple dedicada a la celebración del Mes de la Herencia Hispana! El Mes de la Herencia Hispana honra a las historias, culturas y contribuciones de los miembros de nuestras comunidades hispanas y latinx.

ENGLISH
Welcome to the Temple Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month’s website! From September 15th through October 15th, the College of Liberal Arts will team with several other Temple campus partners for a university-wide celebration of Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s events will not only honor the history and contributions of the Latinx/Hispanic communities but also recognize its diverse range of cultures.

For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Hiram Aldarondo, Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
College of Liberal Arts

Scroll through to see our 25 events and celebrate with us all month long! You can also view and download the full schedule of the month long events. (PDF)

Event Series

September 15
Race, Identity, and History of Latinos in the United States
Speakers: Milagros Denis-Rosario, Johnny Irizarry, César Cabezas, Emma Restrepo, and Harvey Neptune
Location: Mazur Hall; Room 007
Time: 2:00 PM
Registration Link
Sponsors: Hosted by the Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT) and the Latin American Studies Program. Co-sponsored by: College of Education and Human Development, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Lew Klein College of Media and Communication’s Latino Initiative

Dr. Milagros Denis-Rosario

Dr. Milagros Denis-Rosario is an Associate Professor in the Department of Africana,  Puerto Rican and  Latino Studies at Hunter College-CUNY. She is the Director of the Puerto Rican/Latino sequence. She holds a Ph.D. in Latin America and Caribbean history from Howard University, a MA in Africana Studies from Cornell University, and a BA in Art History from the University of Puerto Rico. She has published in the Journal of Pan-African Studies, Latino Studies, Centro Journal, Hispanófila, and Memorias, among others. She also has served as a guest editor with the International Journal of Africana Studies and Memorias (Colombia). Her book “Drops of Inclusivity: Racial Formation and Meanings in Puerto Rican Society, 1898-the 1965” (SUNY Press 2022) studies the racial discourse in Puerto Rican society in the context of modernity and US ruling.

September 16
Upward Mobility in Latinx Communities
Speakers: Jennifer Morton (University of Pennsylvania) and Jody Agius Vallejo (University of Southern California); Moderated by Laura A. Orrico (Department of Sociology)
Location: Gladfelter Hall; 10th Floor
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Sponsors: Public Policy Lab

September 19
Borderland Circuitry: Immigration Surveillance in the United States and Beyond
Speakers: Dr. Ana Muñiz (Author)
Location: Gladfelter Hall; Room 914
Time: 4:30 PM
Sponsors: Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy

September 20
Latin America in Global Studies: An Alumni Panel
Speakers: Sarah Bernal, Kira Halma, Saskia Kercy, Rose Peterschmidt, Alex Voisine
Location: Gladfelter Hall; Room 914
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Sponsors: Global Studies

September 22
Coffee with authors José Ramón Velasco and Taty Hernández
Speakers: José Ramón Velasco and Taty Hernández; Moderated by Norma Corrales-Martin
Location: Mazur Hall; Room 821
Time: 5:00 PM
Sponsors: PHL Latin Book Fair and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

September 22
Outside Community Film Screening: “The Book of Life”- Film Screening
Location: Mazur Hall; Room 007
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Sponsors: College of Liberal Arts, The Philadelphia Film Society, Silent Philly, The Spanish Club, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

September 23
Latin American Book Fair
Location: Love Park
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Sponsors: PHL Latin American Book Fair

September 26
Diversity Dialogues
Location: Medical Education and Research Building; Room 341
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sponsors: Latino Medical Student Association, Office of Health, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

September 26
Capoeira Dance Performance
Location: Mazur Hall; Outside Terrace
Time: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Sponsors: Latin American Studies, The Center for Humanities at Temple and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

September 28
The Future of Latino Professionals: A Discussion with Damien Rivera (this event will be followed by a networking reception)
Speaker: Damian Rivera (CEO, Association of Latino Professionals for America [ALPFA])
Location: Fox MBA Commons
Time: 5:00 PM
Registration Link
Sponsors: Fox School of Business and the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, DEI Council & the Center for Ethics, Diversity, and Workplace Culture

September 29
Nonfiction Film, Ethnography, and Power Dynamics: Documenting Daily Life with Latin American Workers
Speakers: Claudia Zamora-Valencia (PhD Student in Anthropology) and Dr. Jennifer Lee (Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Social Justice Lawyering Clinic at the Sheller Center for Social Justice)
Location: Klein Law Building; Room 1E
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sponsors: Beasley School of Law and Latin American Studies (Latinex Testimonies Series)

September 29
At Peace in the Corn: The Life and Times of Magdalena Gonzalez during Guatemala’s Armed Conflict (1960-1996)
Speakers: Professor W. George Lovell (FRSC, Professor of Geography, Queen's University [Canada] & Universidad Pablo de Olavide [Spain])
Location: Mazur Hall; Room 821
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese

October 4
Latinx in the Law
Speakers: Alicia Anguiano (Deputy Director, Justice at Work), Andria Bibiloni (Staff Attorney/Independence Foundation Fellow, Philadelphia Legal Assistance), Stephanie Costa (Staff Attorney, HIAS Pennsylvania), Brenda Marrero (Executive Director, Public Interest Law Center), Anu Thomas (Executive Director, Esperanza Immigration Legal Services), Jaya Ramji-Nogales (MOD - Associate Dean for Research/I. Herman Research Professor)
Location: Klein Law Building; Room 1E
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sponsors: Latin American Studies and the Beasley School of Law

October 5
‘It’s that time of the year again!’ Unpacking identity categories during Hispanic Heritage Month
Speakers: Dr. Salvador Vidal-Ortiz (American University)
Location: Howard Gittis Student Center; Room 200B
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM and 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Two times are available for the presentation)
Sponsors: Department of Sociology

October 6
University College IDEA Committee Lunch and Learn
Speakers: Elvita Quinones (DEI Champion & President of the Philadelphia chapter of ALPFA)
Location: Virtual - Zoom; Passcode (151794)
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sponsors: University College
Elvita will be sharing details about her work with students (within and outside of Temple University) and her continued DEI work in Philadelphia. ALPFA is the Association of Latino Professionals for America. Questions are encouraged!

October 6
Latinx Art: Representation, Exhibitions, and Institutions
Speakers: Dr. Marcela Guerrero (Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City)
Location: Tyler School of Art and Architecture; Room ARCH 104
Time: 6:00 PM
Sponsors: Tyler School of Art and Architecture and the College of Liberal Arts

October 7
Group Position Theory, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice
Speakers: Grant Silva (Marquette University)
Location: Gladfelter Hall, Room 914
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sponsors: Department of Philosophy

October 7 & 8
Politics of Authenticity: Discourses and Practices of Resilience
Location: Mazur Hall; Room 821
Time: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the College of Liberal Arts

October 10
Can More Democracy Save Democracy? Understanding the Effects of Participatory Institutions on Citizens’ Perceptions of Democracy in Latin America
Speakers: Jared Abbott (Princeton University)
Location: Gladfelter Hall; Room 413
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Sponsors: Department of Political Science

October 11
Esencia Latina Dance Performance & Class
Location: Howard Gittis Student Center; Room 223
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Sponsors: Esencia Latina and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese

October 12
How to Study the Conquest in the 21st Century
Speakers: Laura Matthew (Marquette University) and Camilla Townsend (Rutgers)
Location: Gladfelter Hall; Room 914
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Sponsors: Latin American Studies and the History Department

October 13
A Conversation with Author Carmen Maria Machado
Speakers: Carmen Maria Machado, Moderated by Liz Moore
Location: Charles Library Event Space
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Sponsors: Temple Libraries, Intellectual Heritage and the College of Liberal Arts

Carmen Maria Machado

Carmen Maria Machado is a Philadelphia-based author of the best-selling memoir In the Dream House, the graphic novel The Low, Low Woods, and the award-winning short story collection Her Body and Other Parties. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction, the Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize. In 2018, the New York Times listed Her Body and Other Parties as a member of "The New Vanguard," one of "15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century."

October 13
‘Quererse Negra’ (Loving Yourself Black): Gender, Race, and Economies of Interiority by Mayra Santos-Febres
Speakers: Mayra Santos-Febres (University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus)
Location: Mazur Hall; Room 1221
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Registration Link
Sponsors: Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, Global Studies, Department of English, Department of Africology and African American Studies, Honors Program, and the Beasley School of Law

Mayra Santos-Febres

Mayra Santos-Febres was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, 1966. She has published the poetry collections Anamú y manigua (1990), El orden escapado (1991), Boat People (1994, 2021), Tercer Mundo (2004), Lecciones de renuncia (2021),  and Huracanada  (2018). Her  short stories include Pez de vidrio y otros cuentos, El cuerpo correcto, Un pasado posible y Mujeres violentas. She has also published the novels Sirena Selena vestida de pena (2001), Cualquier miércoles soy tuya (2002), Fe en disfraz (2009), Nuestra Señora de la noche (2006) y La amante de Gardel (2015), the essay Tratado de Medicina Natural para Hombres Melancólicos (2011) y Sobre piel y papel (2004), and the non-fiction novel Antes que llegue la luz (2021). In 2019 she won the Prix Nationale de Littérature de l’Académie de Pharmacie in Paris, for La amante de Gardel. In 2019, she was awarded a Rockefeller Bellagio Residency to finish her novel La Otra Julia (unpublished). Since 2020, she has been part of the Kellogg Foundation Solidarity Council for Racial Equity and received a grant with José Arturo Ballester Panelli (her husband) and  visual artist  Ballesta Nueve to develop a series of documentaries entitled "The AfroLatinx Healing Race Project." She wrote and conducted the educational series for WIPR/PBS "En la punta de la lengua” (1991-2001), “A viva voz” (2021), “Tu Espacio Literario” (2021),  and six documentaries entitled "Afrodescendencia en la piel y la conciencia" (2021),  also for WIPR/ PBS. In 2022, she became Artist-in- Residence at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center in Chicago, to edit her essay collection Quererse, Negra  (in-progress). In August 2022, she concluded the documentary "Loiza, the Land that Heals."

October 13
¡Fenomenal! Rompeforma 1989-1996 - Film Screening
Location: Conwell Dance Theater, 1801 N. Broad St, 5^th floor
Time: 5:45 PM
Sponsor: Ester Boyer College of Music and Dance and Department of Dance
Contact Merian Soto with any questions.
Join us for a preview of the documentary on the celebrated Latinx dance and performance festival in Puerto Rico, featuring seminal performances from the '80s and '90s. Screening will be followed by a round table discussion with directors Merián Soto and Viveca Vázquez, author Mayra Santos Febres, and video artist Laura Sofía Pérez.

October 14
Honoring the Legacy of Jesús Martín-Barbero
Location: Charles Library Event Space
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Speakers: Nick Couldry (London School of Economics), Marwan Kraidy (Northwestern University [Qatar]), Amparo Marroquín Parducci (Central American University), and Omar Rincón (University of the Andes)
Sponsor: Klein College of Media and Communication
Contact Brian Creech with any questions.

Jesús Martín-Barbero

Jesús Martín-Barbero was a Spanish-Colombia communication scholar and remains widely considered as one of the world’s preeminent thinkers on media, globalization and culture. He is best known for his seminal book Communication, Culture and Hegemony From the Media to the Mediations, in which he theorized communication as a process of mediations in which localized cultural practices operate and make sense in spite of the presence and power of dominant commercial media in people’s lives. The panel will discuss his legacy and contributions as a communication scholar.

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Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month: La Diversidad Nos Define

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