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

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **January 30, 2020** 

 09:15AM - 05:30PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

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



 

 



 

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###  This symposium is free and open to the public, and it will be live-streamed at <https://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)  **11:40-12:25 Lunch**

 **12:30-2:40 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) Duke University Press is offering open access to García Peña's *The Borders of Dominicanidad* until February 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>

 *This event is 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; and The Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Additional cosponsors to be announced.*



 

 



 

 

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