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[wd_asp id=1]Book Launch: Making the Latino South by Professor Cecilia Márquez
(Haga clic aquí para leer en español)
Join us to celebrate the release of Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation, Professor Cecilia Márquez's book on the history of Latinos in the US South from 1940-2011. Making the Latino South puts Latinos at the center of southern history and tells new histories of race, identity, and power in the region.
Professor Márquez and Professor Wesley Hogan will discuss the book from 5:15-6:00 PM followed by a catered reception and book signing from 6:00-6:30 PM. The event will take place at the Ruby Lounge in the Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University.
Books will be available to purchase at the event and can also be purchased in advance at Bookshop, UNCPress, or Amazon.
Simultaneous Spanish translation will be available for those interested.
Free parking will be provided in the lot at the corner of Anderson Street and Campus Drive.
RSVP is not required, but we would love to know if you plan to attend to help with our planning.
El jueves 14 de septiembre, acompáñenos a celebrar la presentación del libro Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation (El desarrollo del sur latino: historia de formación racial) de la profesora Cecilia Márquez sobre la historia de los latinos en el sur de EE. UU. de 1940 a 2011. El desarrollo del sur latino pone a los latinos al centro de la historia del sur y relata nuevas historias de raza, identidad y poder en la región.
Cecilia Márquez y Wesley Hogan conversarán sobre el libro de 5:15 a 6:00 p.m. Después de la conversación, habrá una recepción con servicio de catering y firma de libros de 6:00 a 6:30 p.m. El evento tendrá lugar en el salón Ruby Lounge del Centro de Artes Rubenstein de la Universidad de Duke. El libro se puede comprar durante el evento y también por adelantado en Bookshop, UNCPress, o Amazon.
Habrá servició de interpretación simultánea al español para los interesados.
Estamos proviendo estacionamiento gratis en la esquina de Anderson St. Y Campus Drive.
Haga clic aquí para avisarnos que va a asistir a la presentación (no es necesario confirmar su asistencia).
Co-sponsored by Duke University's History Department, Forum for Scholars and Publics, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, and Publishing Humanities Initiative
Speakers
Cecilia Márquez
Duke University
Cecilia Márquez is the Hunt Family Assistant Professor in History at Duke University. Her research focuses on the history of Latinxs in the U.S. South from 1940-Present. Dr. Márquez writes and teaches about the formation of Latinx identity, Latinx social movements, and the importance of region in shaping Latinx identity.…...
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Duke University
Wesley Hogan is Research Professor at the Franklin Humanities Institute and History at Duke University. She writes and teaches the history of youth social movements, human rights, documentary, and oral history. Her most recent book, On the Freedom Side, draws a portrait of young people organizing in the spirit of…...
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