Hispanic Heritage Month Lectures hosted by Jackson Chair
The John and Nancy Jackson Endowed Chair in Latin America & Professor of History, Dr. Felipe Hinojosa, would like to present three historical lectures for this year's Hispanic Heritage Month.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Armstrong Browning Library - Treasure Room
For the first Hispanic Heritage Month event, Dr. Sergio González will discuss how hospitality practices grounded in religious belief have long exercised a profound influence on Midwestern Latino communities. Drawing from his recently published book on the history of Latinos, faith, and social movements in Wisconsin, Sergio González will examine the power relations at work behind the types of hospitality – welcoming and otherwise – practiced on, and with, newcomers in the region. From assimilation to self-determination to sanctuary, faith spaces have been pivotal in the settlement experiences of Latinos in the Midwest. González will show how the history and lessons from this region, a space where Latinos now account for the largest and fastest demographic growth, have plenty to teach us about the future of Latino communities in the United States.
Thursday, October 3, 2024, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Foster 240 Auditorium
For the second Hispanic Heritage Month event, in response to the rising challenges to democracy across the Americas, we are launching a “Democracy Across the Americas” speaker series that brings together scholars, policy makers, and non-profit and religious leaders to discuss this issue from different disciplinary perspectives. This series seeks to explore ways we can build a more inclusive, representative, and multiracial democracy in Texas while considering current challenges to democracy across the nation and throughout the hemisphere. For our inaugural event, we invited three distinguished scholars whose work focuses on politics and culture in the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. Among other topics, this panel examines the impact of political violence and ideological and religious extremism on these countries’ democratic institutions.
Armed & Angry: Fascism on the Borderlands | Dr. Johanna Fernández
Thursday, October 10, 2024, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Armstrong Browning Library - Treasure Room
For the last Hispanic Heritage Month event titled "Armed & Angry: Fascism on the Borderlands", Dr. Johanna Fernández will discuss how Latinos are at the center of a battle in the public square about who we are and what our relationship is to the nation. Risking senseless violence against some of the oldest residents of the territory we now call the United States, Nativist leaders have cast Latinos as an existential threat to the nation, one that must be controlled and contained. Bound up in the politics of immigration and the American southern border, Latinos are now a battle ax in the ideological offensive of Nativist forces. This talk addresses the historical roots, contemporary dimensions, and grave dangers for democracy of anti-Latino violence in the United States.